12 A. E. Verrill—Dredgings on the Coast of New England. 
of the surface was 72°; and (n) in N. lat. 41° 25’, W. long. 65° to 
65° 25’, where the temperature varied at different hours from 
66° to 70°. 
Among the species obtained here were Neptunus Sayi Stimp., 
Nautilograpsus minutus Edw., Latreutes ensiferus Stimp., Lucier, 
Mysis, Thysanopoda, Callio opeus leviusculus, Hyperia, two spe- 
cies, and seven other genera allied to Hyperia, all of which are 
new to the North American coast, viz: Anchylomera, Oxycepha- 
lus, Platyscelus, Thyropus, Phrosina, Phronima, Pronoe ; besides 
these there were species of Sapphirina, Lepas, and many other 
Crustacea. Among the Acalephs were Stomolophus me/eagris 
Ag., Pelagia cyanella Per. and Les., and Cestum Veneris (?) Les., 
of which the first two have been known before o only from far 
south, on the coasts of Florida and 8S. Carolina, and the last 
from the Mediterranean ; Physalia Arethusa Til., and Charybdea 
periphylla Per. and Les., were also obtained, both of which are 
properly Gulf Stream species. The latter has apparently been 
unobserved since it was briefly described in 1809, and very 
imperfectly figured. Of Mollusca there were Salpee in abun- 
ance, three species of //eteropods new to our coast, and ten 
“eae of Pteropods, previously unknown in our waters. Amon 
e latter are * Sinliola acus (Eschscholtz sp.), and four other 
species of the same genus, two of Pleuropus, with species of 
Spiralis, etc. Besides these, Sagitta was abundant, also various 
larval Crustacea, and attached to floating masses of Fucus ves- 
tculosus and Sargassum bacciferum were species H aan etc. 
A small fish (Mote/la) was also taken at the su 
Dr. A. S. Packard, of Salem, Mass., kindly: consented to 
take charge of the dredging on the last cruise of the Bache, 
for Messrs. Smith and Harger were obliged to return to New 
Haven. It ought to be mentioned here, however, that he had 
long desired to explore the region of St George's Bank, and 
had he returned from Europe “earlier in the season he would 
doubtless have gone on the previous cruises. He was assisted 
by Mr. Caleb Cooke, of Salem, who has had considerable ex- 
Rhy in collecting, both on our coast and that of Africa. 
W. long. 67° 49’; the others were made in sequence, cons 
eastward, as the steamer approached and passed over the crest 
f the bank, near its eastern end; but the last, in 150 fathoms, 
aa a little farther north as well as east from the precedin 
ones. It will, therefore, be apparent that the region examine 
on this cruise was quite distant from those explored previously, 
