506 EEPOET OF COMMISSIONER OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



41. 



1886. Verrill, a. E. Notice of recent 

 additions to the Marine Inverte- 

 brata of the northeastern coast 

 of America, with descriptions 

 of new genera and species and 

 critical remarks on others. Part 

 V. — Annelida, Echinodermata, 

 Hydroida, Tunicata. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1885, vol. 8, pp. 

 424-448. 



The genus Ophioglycera and the fol- 

 lowing new species described: Polynoe 

 aurantiaca, Leanira robusia, Amphi- 

 nome lepadis, Leodice benedicti, Noto 

 phyllum americanurn, Anaitis formosa, 

 A. picta, Castalia cincinnata, Poly- 

 dora tubifex, Syllis spongiphila, Ophi- 

 oglycera gigantea, Animochares artifex, 

 Leprcea abyssicola, Sabella picta, Syn- 

 apta brychia, Ophiacantha fraterna, 

 O. varispina, O. gracilis, Amphiura 

 fragilis, Cladocarpus Jlexilis, Culeolus 

 tanneri. 



42. 



1886. Washburn, F. L. Deep-sea dredg- 



ing on the U. S. S. Albatross. 



Trans. Am. Fish. Soc, pp. 17-21. 



A brief description of the ship and 

 the methods of deep-sea exploration. 



43. 



1887. Benedict, James E. Descriptions 



of 10 species and a new genus of 

 Annelids from the dredgings of 

 the steamer Albatross. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1886, vol. 9, pp. 

 547-553, 6 pis. 



The genus Crucigera and the follow- 

 ing species described: Protula diome- 

 dece, P. alba, Hydroides spongicola, H. 

 protulicola, Crucigera websteri. 



44. 



1887. Collins, Capt. J. W. Report on 

 the discovery and investigation 

 of fishing grounds made by the 

 Albatross during a cruise along 

 the Atlantic coast and in the 

 Gulf of Mexico, with notes on 

 the Gulf fisheries. 



Rep. U. S. F. C. 1885, part 13, pp. 217- 

 311, 10 pis. 



Contains chapters on shore and bank 

 fisheries, sponge, turtle, red-snapper, 

 and other fisheries, statistics, etc. 



45. 



1887. Tanner, Z.L. Report on the work 

 of the U. S. F. C. steamer Alba- 

 tross for the year ending Decem- 

 ber 31, 1885. 



Rep. U. 8. F. C. 1885, -psirt 13, pp. 3-89, 

 5 pis. , 9 figs. 



Outline of contents: Fishery, hydro- 

 graphic and deep-sea investigations off 

 South Atlantic coast, in Gulf of Mexico, 

 and off New England coast; notes on 

 results of dredge hauls; tabular records 

 of dredging and other operations; re- 

 port of naturalist, etc. 



46. 



1887. Tanner, Z. L. Record of hydro- 

 graphic soundings and dredging 

 stations occupied by the steamer 

 Albatross in 1886. 



Bull. U. S. F. a 1886, vol. 6, pp. 277- 

 285. 



47. 



1887. Smith, Sidney I. Report on the 

 Decapod Crustacea of the Alba- 

 tross dredgings off the east coast 

 of the United States during the 

 summer and autumn of 1884. 



Rep. U. S. F. C. 1885, part 13, pp. 605- 

 705, 20 pis. 



Contains notes on bathymetrical dis- 

 tribution, character of eyes, number of 

 eggs, etc.; systematic arrangement of 

 species; the following described as new: 

 Notastomus vescus, Hymenodora gra- 

 cilis, Benthesicymus moratus. 



48. 



1887. Collins, J. W. Notes on an in- 



vestigation of the great fishing 

 banks of the western Atlantic. 



Bull. U. S. F. C. 1886, vol. 6, pp. 369- 

 381. 



Notes by the writer as fishery expert 

 on board the Albatross in June and July, 



1885. 



49. J 



1888. CoPE,E. D. Listof Batrachiaand 



Reptilia of the Bahama Islands. 



Proc. U. S. Nat. Mus. 1887, vol. 10, pp. 

 436-439. 

 Based partly on ^Z6a<ros.s collections; 

 Liocephalus loxogrammus described as 

 a new species. 



