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bulletin of the bureau of fisheries. 
Class NEMERTINEAa 
Family Carinelumj. 
Carinella pellucida Coe. 
Vineyard Sound, Buzzards Bay, Woods Hole, 
Juniper Point, Nobska Point; under stones 
and among algae low water to 8 fathoms. — Coe. 
Ripe sexual products at Woods Hole in July. 
Family Carinomidaj. 
Carinoma tremaphoros Thompson. 
Breakwater (Buzzards Bay side), Great Pond, 
Falmouth; low water to i fathom, in sandy 
localities. — Coe. 
Sexually mature in September. 
Family CephalotrichidaJ. 
Cephalothrix linearis (Rathke). 
Verrill, 1892, p. 442; Coe, 1S99. 
Newport, Woods Hole. — Verrill. Woods Hole, 
Juniper Point, Penzance (Buzzards Bay side), 
Naushon Id.; not abundant; found under 
stones and hard clay, and in gravel and mud. — 
Coe. Verrill states that it “often occurs gre- 
gariously, many individuals being intricately 
coiled up in a mass.” 
Sexual products mature at Woods Hole in 
August; eggs can be artificially fertilized. — - 
Coe. 
Family Reniosomidaj. 
Parapolia aurantiaca Coe. 
Coe, 1895, p. 518 (sp. nov.); 1899. 
Shore of Devils Foot Island, in Woods Hole 
Harbor; two specimens found in sand at low-water 
mark, August, 1894. The sexual products were 
then mature. 
Zygeupolia rubens (Coe). 
Coe, 1895, p. 521 ( Valencinia rubens, sp. nov.); 
1899 ( Valencinia rubens). 
Near “Gut of Canso,” in Woods Hole Harbor, 
Bay shore of Penzance, Quisset Harbor; fairly 
common near low- water mark, several inches in 
the sand, occasionally under stones. — Coe. 
Family LinEidas. 
Lineus viridis (Fabricius). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 628 ( Nemertes Hindis ) ; 
Verrill, 1879, p. 185; 1892, p. 418; Coe, 1899. 
Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound (very com- 
mon), Woods Hole, Newport; under stones be- 
tween tides, and in shallow water on rocky 
bottoms. — Verrill. Eel Pond, Great Harbor, 
Juniper Point, Little Harbor, Bay side of Pen- 
zance, Hadley Harbor; common under stones 
at low water. — Coe. 
Sexually mature in June ; eggs laid under stones at 
low water; maybe artificially fertilized. — Coe. 
Lineus viridis sanguineus (Rathke). 
Associated with Lineus viridis, not uncommon.- — 
Coe. 
Lineus socialis (Leidy). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 628, 324, 392 ( Ne- 
mertes socialis)', Verrill, 1879, p. 185 ( Lineus 
communis ); Verrill, 1892, p. 424; Coe, 1899. 
Vineyard Sound; “in great abundance under 
stones from mid-tide to near high-water mark ’ ’ ; 
very gregarious. — Verrill. Eel Pond, Little 
Harbor, Great Harbor, Hadley Harbor; in eel- 
grass and under stones; not common. — Coe. 
Eggs mature in midwinter at New Haven. — Coe. 
Lineus bicolor Verrill. 
Verrill, 1892, p. 426 (sp. nov.); Coe, 1899. 
Vineyard Sound, common; “usually taken on 
shelly or stony bottoms, among algae, ascidians, 
and hydroids. ” — Verrill. Nobska, Tarpaulin 
Cove, and westward; 3 to 5 fathoms. — Coe. 
Buzzards Bay, near Cuttyhunk, at Phalarope 
station 103; 5 fathoms, mud.* 
Local specimens taken in July, 1898, contained 
mature sexual products. — Coe. 
Micrura leidyi (Verrill). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 630, 324 ( Meckelia 
rosea) ; Verrill, 1892 , p. 436 ( Cerebratulus leidyi ) ; 
Coe, 1899 ( Cerebratulus leidyi). 
Vineyard Sound, Woods Hole, Newport, very 
common, burrowing in sand near low-water 
mark , occasionally under stones. — Verrill. Un- 
catena Gutter, bay shore of Penzance. — J. P. 
McMurrich, in Marine Biological Laboratory 
card catalogue. Great Harbor, Bay side of 
Penzance, Naushon, Quisset, Falmouth.— 
Coe. 
Fish Hawk stations 7521 * (Vineyard Sound) and 
7647 * (Buzzards Bay); 6 to 10 fathoms, sand 
and mud. — Survey. 
Breeds commonly at Woods Hole in July and 
early August, sometimes earlier than July; 
eggs may be artificially fertilized. — Coe. 
Micrura caeca Verrill. 
Verrill, 1892, p. 531 (sp. nov.; not listed for 
this region); Coe, 1899. 
Vineyard Sound, Bay shore of Penzance, Great 
Harbor, Naushon, Quisset Harbor; in sand be- 
tween tides. — Coe. 
Sexual products mature at Woods Hole in Au- 
gust; eggs can be artificially fertilized, and 
reared to the pilidium stage. — Coe. 
a Specimens from points designated by an asterisk (*) were identified by Prof. W. R. Coe. 
