38 A. E. Verrill— Results of recent Dredging 
that report, and now for the first time recorded from the 
—— coast of New England. 
y, however, be well to state sia the fauna of the locali- 
ties isolacind under the groups a, b, ¢ , 1s nearly identical 
with, though a little more arctic than, ‘that of the outer waters 
” Martha’s Vineyard and Cuttyhunk Island, described in the 
eport referred to: while that of the localities under e ,/ and g, 
is essentially the same as that of Vineyard Sound and the 
estuaries and harbors connected with it, as described in the 
me work, though the fauna of the Peconic Bays is a little more 
southern than that of Vineyard Sound or Wood’s Hole. 
List of species new to the fauna of Southern New England. 
In this list I have included, also, a few species added to the fauna during 
excursions from New Haven, y and others, though not obtained during 
the explorations by the Fish Commission. few species, marked (*), not new to 
the fa have also been in in r to he local or to 
rect the nomenclature. But numerous 5 ta ——— of Crustacea and Sponges, 
added to th a last summer, are here omitted, because not yet s adhelennie 
studied. Many of them are undescribe 
Arachnida. 
Pycnogonum littorale Miller=P. pelagicum Stimpson. West of Race Point, 50 
fathoms (Nos. 35, 36). 
Thalassarachna Verrillii Packard. ion water and just below, and in pools, 
among eel-grass, ascidians, hydroids, e' 
ee 
The Crustacea have been identified by Mr. 8. I. Smith 
*Hyas coarctatus Leach. Coxe’s Ledge, 2 tig Basing i Sa. (Nos. 85-90). 
Dexamine Thea? Boeck. Noank Harbor, among ee 
Melita dentata Boeck. Off Fisher's. Island, 9 yr off Watch Hill, 18 
yoy thoms. 
Melita, sp. southeast 10 miles from Block Island, 32 fathoms, 
muddy; off isos of “ot Shoals, 5 N. H., 35 fathoms. 
* Ampelisca hala = Ampelisea, sp., Smith in Report on Invert., p. 
561, pl. Iv, 7 ie v1. Off Buzzard’s Bay, 29 fathoms, 1871. 
Fisher’s I. Sd.,,17 fathoms; “Block I. Sd., 17 to 19 fathoms 
(Nos. 74, 75); off Tete! ik, Conn. ; here among eel-grass. 
A. limicola Bate (Stimpson sp.). Noank Harbor, among eel-grass and mud, com- 
i ’s I. to 
a 
sca, sp. nov. Fisher's od, 7 fo 9 fathoms; Block I. Sd., 17 to 19 
in x nae 74, 75); off Metha'e Vineyard, 23 fat’ ms, 1871. 
Xeno clea megachir Smith. Trans. Conn. Acad., ive “OF Watch Hill, 18 fathoms. 
*Hyperia medusarum. Off New Haven; Noank ; Vineyard Sound, and north- 
ward 0 on n Oyanea and other jelly-fishes. 
HI. spinipes A rd Sound. 
Several other ey "any of Amphipods, not yet dete rae were obtained. 
veral undetermined species drum-fish 
(one in the gill-cavity and on on the skin and fins), orange file-fish, skate, etc. 
Off Wa ; Long. 1. Sd., 24 to 50 
Costa. 
fathoms, off Race Point, (Nos. 35, 36, 47). 
