1>: VERTEBRATE ANIMALS OF VINEYARD SOUND, ETC. 579^ 



fig. 1,) occurs with the last species, but has uot been noticed liviug. It 

 has about the same range as the B. ampliitrite. 



Balanus eburneus Goukl. (p. 381.) 



Op. cit., p. 15, PL 1, fig. 6, 1841, Darwin, op. cit., pp. 248, 614, PI. 5, fig. 4. 



From Massachusetts Bay to Florida and the West Indies. It sometimes 

 occurs in brackish or even fresh water. Professor J. Wyman found it 

 living about 50 miles up the St. John's Eiver, Florida, where the water 

 was fresh enough to drink, and the specimens lived well when trans- 

 ferred to a vessel of perfectly fresh water. 



Balanus improyisus Darwin. 



Op. cit., pp. 250, 614, PI. 6, fig. 1. 

 Darwin gives this species as occurring in England, Nova Scotia, United 

 States, West Indies, and South America, so that it undoubtedly occurs 

 upon the coast of Xew England. 



Balanus crenatus Bruguiere. (p. 381.) 



Eucyclop. Method., 1793, (teste Darwin :) Darwin, op. cit., pp. 261, 615, PL 6, fi-g. 6. 

 Balanus rugosns Gould, op. cit., p. 16, PI. 1, fig. 10. 



Dredged abundantly in Vineyard Sound. It ranges from the arctic 

 regions of the Atlantic to the Cape of Good Hope and the West Indies. 



Balanus balaxoides Stimpson. (p. 305.) 



Marine luvertebrata of Grand Mauan, p. 39, 1853 ; Darwin, op. cit., pp. 267, 615 

 PI. 7, tig. 2. Lepas halanoides Linne, Systema Naturse, 1767, (teste Darwin.) 

 Balanus ovularis and elongatus Gould, op. cit., pp. 17, 18, PI. 1, figs. 7, 8. 



Extremely abundant between tides. It inhabits the whole Xorth 

 Atlantic. 



CoKONULA DIABE3IA De BlainviHe. (p. 400.) 



Diet, des Sci. nat., 1824, (teste, Darwin ;) Gould, op. cit., p. 12; Darwiu, op. cit., 

 pp. 417, 623, PI. 15, fig. 3, PI. 13, figs. 1, 2, 7. Lepas dladenia Linne, Systema 

 Naturie, 1767, (teste Darwin.) 



Attached to whales taken on the coast, both north and south of Cape 

 Cod. It is found throughout the whole North Atlantic. 



Lepas fascicularis Ellis and Solander. Plate YII, fig. 34. (p. 382.) 



Zoophytes, 1786, (teste Darwiu;) Darwin, op. cit., p. 92, PI. 1, fig. 6. 



Found in vast numbers in Vineyard Sound, in June and July, and 

 frequently taken in the Bay of Fundy in August. 



Lepas pectixata Spengler. (p. 382.) 



Darwin, op. cit., p. 8.5, PL 1, fig. 3. Anatifa dentafa Gould, op. cit., p. 21, PL 1, fig. 

 11. 



Attached to ships' bottoms, but probably does not live long after 

 arriving on our coast. It lives throughout the warmer parts of the 

 Atlantic. 



