506 REPORT OF COMMISSIONER 



OF FISH AND FISHERIES. 



41. 



1886. Verrill, A. E. Notice of recent 

 additions to the Marine lnverte- 

 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: Pohjnoe 

 aurantiaca, Leanira robusta, Amphi- 

 nome lepadis, Leodice benedicti, Noto- 

 phyllum americanum, Anaitis formosa, 

 A. picta, Castalia cincinnata, Poly- 

 dora tubifex, Syllis spongiphila, Ophi- 

 oglycera gigantea, Ammochares artifex, 

 Lepraza abyssicola, Sabella picta, Syn- 

 apta brychia, Ophiacantha fraterna, 

 O. varispina, O. gracilis, Amphiura 

 fragilis, Cladocarpus flexilis, 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- 

 deoz, 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. S. F. C. 1885, part 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. C. 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. 8. F. C. 1885, part 13, pp. 605- 

 705, 20 pis. 

 Contains notes on bathy metrical 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 A Ibatross in June and July, 

 1885. 



49. 



1888. Cope, E. D. List of Batrachia and 



Reptilia of the Bahama Islands. 



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

 436-439. 



Based partly on Albatross collections; 

 Liocephalus loxogrammus described as 

 a new species. 



