INVERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 521 



Blue Shark ; (Milamia Milberti.) 



A large specimen caught at Wood's Hole, iu August, coutaiued a 

 quantity of small bivalve-shells, Toldia sapotilla. 



Tiger-Shark; {Galerocerdo tigrina.) 



Specimens caught at Wood's Hole, in August, contained large univalve 

 shells, Buccinum undatum and Lunatia lieros. 



DoG-FiSH ; (Mustelus canis.) 



Several specimens caught at Wood's Hole, in August, contained lob- 

 sters, Homarus Americanus ; spider-crabs, Lihinia canaliculata ; rock- 

 crabs, Cancer irroratus. 



Sand-Shark ; {EugompJiodus littoralis.) 



Many specimens taken at Wood's Hole, in July and August, contained 

 lobsters, Homarus Americanus, in abundance; Cancer irroratus ; and 

 squids, Loligo Pealii. 



Co^EMON Skate; "Summer Skate;" {Raia diaphana.) 



A specimen taken at Wood's Hole, May 14, contained rock-crabs, 

 Cancer irroratus; a young skate; a long slender fish, {Ammodytes f .) 

 Another, caught in July, contained Cancer irroratus. 



Peaked-nose Skate; {Baia Iwvisf.) 



Specimens caught in Vineyard Sound, May 14, contained numerous 

 shrimps, Crangon vulgaris ; several Conileraconcliarum ; several Annelids? 

 among them Nejplithys ingens ; MecJcelia ingens; two specimens of PJiasco- 

 losoma Gouldii; razor-shells, Unsatella Americana^ (the "foot" only, of 

 many specimens ;) a small fish, Ctenoladrus hurgall. Specimens taken at 

 Menemsha, in July, contained large numbers of crabs, Cancer irroratus ; 

 and of lobsters, Homarus Americanus. 



Sting-Eay; {Trygon centroura.) 



Specimens caught at Wood's Hole, in July and August, contained 

 large numbers of crabs. Cancer irroratus ; squids, Loligo Fealii ; clams, 

 Mya arenaria ; Lunatia lieros. 



Long-tailed Sting-Eay; (Myliohatis Freminvillei.) 



Specimens taken in Vineyard Sound, in July, contained an abundance 

 of lobsters, Homarus Americanus ; crabs, Cancer irroratus ; also clams, 

 Mya arenaria ; and Lunatia lieros. 



" Rabbit-Fish." 



A specimen taken at Wood's Hole, in July, contained a lobster, Homa- 

 rus Americanus. 



" Fog-Fish." 



A specimen caught at Wood's Hole, July 1, contained hermit-crabs, 

 Eupagurus poUicaris. 



