XLVI CONTENTS. 



Page. 

 XVIII. Eeport upon the invertebrate animals, &c. — Continued. 



List of species 451 



10. Animals, parasitic, on fishes, &c 455 



List of species 459 



III. Fauna of the estuaries, harbors, ponds, and marshes 460 



1. The sandy shores and bottoms of brackish waters 462 



List of species „ ...» 464 



2. The muddy shores and bottoms of brackish waters 46^ 



List of species 470 



3. The oyster-beds in brackish water 472 



List of species 476 



4. The eel-grass in brackish waters 478 



List of species 480 



5. The piles of wharves, bridges, floating timber, rocks, &c., in 



brackish waters 481 



List of species 482 



IV. Fauna of the ocean shores and outer colder waters 484 



1. The rocky shores off the open coast 485 



List of species 486 



2. The sandy shores off the open coast 489 



List of species 490 



3. The rocky bottoms off the open coast 491 



List of species 498 



4. The sandy and gravelly bottoms off the open coast 500 



List of species , 504 



5. The muddy bottoms off the open coast 506 



List of species 511 



B. — Lists of species found in the stomach of fishes — food of fishes 514 



C. — The metamorphoses of 1 he lobster and other Crustacea, by S. I. Smith 522 



D. — Catalogue of the marine invertebrate animals of the southern coast of New 

 England and adjacent waters, by A. E. Verrill, S. I. Smith, and Oscar 



Harger 537 



Articulata 539 



Insecta 539 



Arachnida 544 



Pycnogonidea 544 



Crustacea 545 



Annelida 5 80 



Scolecida 627 



Turbellaria 627 



Mollusca 634 



Cephalopoda 634 



Gastropoda .., 636 



Lamellibranchiata 669 



Tunicata 698 



Bryozoa 707 



Radiata 715 



Echenodermata 715 



Acalephae 722 



Polypi or Anthozoa 737 



Protozoa 740 



Spongiae 740 



Addenda 745 



Errata 749 



Table of contents 751 



E.— Alphabetical index to report of A. E. Verrill 455 



