full grown, vcr)' claslic and touyh. Ii ilivir^cs an<l 

 sul>-fiivic!cs by rcgul'*- r..r!.;,v^'s, the axils i ...^ wjilc 

 and roumlcil. Sonuiiuus .i froiul, or a i-"" '• ••, ill 

 divide into three or four lolxrs at ilic vimc jitjint, 

 sprcathng out hkc th- -f the hand when 



widely o|)ened. Again, the lorkinj^s will follow each 

 other, in r.ipicl sut < cs>ion, and again, only at long 

 intenals. «-vrnil. and often q bumlle 



of fron*' line ■ I hold- fast 



upon ih' rhc ro! I.irk brown or puq)le. 



It shrinV •" adher«^ 'l«»scly t«) 



pajHT. \^ ntii in ii m iki > inteii^mi^ micro- 



scopical »i>crimens. it non from l>ong IsLind 



Sound northward. I lia^c luuntl it as plentiful at 

 NcwjKJrt, as at Marblehead. 



Genus — SC/X.f f f Btvcn, 



SltNAlA FIRCKIJ-ATA, ItlN 



Ihc forked Scinam n not a s«.i; commou ^...ut, 

 but is worth looking for wherever it is likely to he 

 found, vii, : in our warmer seas, south of Cape ro<l, 

 es|)ecially at New|>ort, Gay !icad, and Kalama, 

 Mass., and in California, where it is said to be quite 

 common. I took several fine pUnls in NewiK)rt in 



