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 ALGiE. 



RHODOlMKLE^ffl: (inclnding LaiarenoiesB). 



Dasya elegans, Ag. (Chenille.) 

 Keported from Salem and Ipswich, probably with insufficient 

 authority. The range of this species is from " Key West to Cape 

 Cod" (Dr. Farlow's list). 



Bostrychia rivularis, Earv. 

 "Isles of Shoals, N. H.(?) to Florida" (Dr. Farlow's list). This is 

 doubtful as an Essex county species. 



Polysiphonia urceolata, Grev. 



Common. 

 Var. patens. 



Cape Ann (Dr. Farlow's list). 

 Var. formosa. 



New England (Dr. Farlow's list). 

 Polysiphonia subtilissima, Mont. 



Essex county (Rev. A. B. Hervey), Newburyport (Dr. Farlow's 



list), Gloucester (Dr. Farlow). More common southward. 

 Polysiphonia Olneyi, Man. (Dough-balls.) 



Essex county (Rev. A. B. Hervey). 

 Polysiphonia Harveyi, Bailey. (Nigger-hair.) 



Salem (Rev. A. B. Hervey), Gloucester (Dr. Farlow, Mrs. Bray). 

 Var. arietina, Harv. 



Little Nahant (Dr. Farlow), Lynn beach (Frank S. Collins). 

 Polysiphonia elongata, Orev. (Lobster- claws). 



Lynn, southward (Dr. Farlow's list). Frequent along the shore 



from Cape Ann, southward (Rev. A. B. Hervey and Frank S. 



Collins). 

 Polysiphonia violacea, Grev. 



Salem, Gloucester (Mrs. Bray, Frank S. Collins) ; Ipswich beach, 



a most beautiful specimen (Mrs. T. S. Greenwood). 

 Polysiphonia flbrillosa, Grev. 



Cape Ann, southward (Dr. Farlow, in herb. P. A. S.) ; Essex county 



waters (Rev. A. B. Hervey, Mrs. Bray). 

 Polysiphonia variegata, Ag. 



Danvers (Rev. A. B. Hervey, in herb. P. A. S.). 

 Polysiphonia atrorubescens, Grev. 



Gloucester (Mrs. A. L. Davis, in herb. P. A. S.); frequent from 



Gloucester, southward (Rev. A. B. Hervey, Mrs. Bray). 



