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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Scoloplos fragilis (Verrill). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 598, 344, etc. (, 4 b - 
thostoma fragile, sp. nov.). 
Woods Hole. — Verrill. Quisset Harbor, 2 to 3 
fathoms .muddy bottom ( Phalarope station 127), 
2 specimens*; south arm of West Falmouth 
Harbor, beach of sandy mud, between tides*; 
Round Hill Point, between tides*; rocky shore 
at end of Scraggy Neck*; Eagoon Pond, at both 
ends*; Katama Bay, at two points*. — Survey. 
Great Pond* (E. D. Congdon, col.). 
Scoloplos robustus (Verrill). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 597, 343, etc. (An- 
thostoma robustum, sp. nov.). 
Woods Hole. — Verrill. Lower half of Buzzards 
Bay, at four stations; dredged in 6 to 7 fathoms, 
sandy mud and muddy sand. — Survey. Also 
recorded from shores at Fort Phoenix* and 
Scraggy Neck*, Naushon side of Robinsons 
Hole*, on mud flats and Katama Bay, at two 
points*. 
Fish Hawk stations*: 7640 (1 small), 7643 (1 
small), 7652 (1), 7675 (1 fragment). 
Scoloplos sp., sp. 
A specimen, attributed to this genus by Dr. 
Moore, was taken in Vineyard Sound at Fish 
Hawk station 7686. Verrill and Smith (1873, 
p. 600 and 508) record an undetermined 
“ Anthostoma" from the deeper waters off Gay 
Head and Buzzards Bay. 
Family Tomoptbrid^. 
Tomopterus helgolandica Greef. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 626, 453 {Tomopterus 
sp. undet.); Moore, 1903a, p. 798. 
Vineyard Sound, immature specimens taken in 
evening. — Verrill. Taken twice at Crab Ledge 
(Aug. 19 and 22, 1902), by means of tow net 
lowered nearly to the bottom, in 19 fathoms of 
water. — Moore. Collected by V. N. Edwards 
in surface tow in Woods Hole Harbor, April, 
May, and December; sometimes in consider- 
able numbers. 
Family Spionid-B. 
Spio selosa Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 602, 344, etc.(sp. nov.). 
Woods Hole and Naushon Island. — Verrill. 
Common under stones on shores of sand and 
mud; the young have been taken at surface in 
the evening. 
Spio robusta Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 603, 345, etc. (sp. 
nov.). 
Woods Hole and Naushon, in sand at low-water 
mark. — Verrill. Great Pond * (E- D. Cong- 
don, col.). 
Spio sp. undetermined. 
Near Weepecket Island, in 7 fathoms, clear sand 
(Phalarope station 109*), 1 specimen, in frag- 
ments. 
Scolecolepis cirrata Malmgrcn. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 602, 416, etc. 
In deeper parts of Vineyard Sound, near its 
mouth on bottoms of sand and gravel. — Verrill. 
Scolecolepis viridis Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 600, 345, etc. (sp. 
nov.); Mead, 1897, p. 270; Bumpus, 1898a. 
Woods Hole. — Verrill. Tarpaulin Cove, both on 
shore and in 3 to 4 fathoms (Phalarope stations 
17* and 19*); Naushon shore of Robinsons 
Hole *, in shoal water; Katama Bay *.— Survey. 
Great Pond* (E- D. Congdon, col.). 
“ The breeding season of this worm is nearly over 
by the 1st of May. The eggs are deposited 
inside of the sand tubes in which the females 
live.” — Mead. 
fPrionospio tenuis Verrill. 
Verrill, i882d, p. 370; 1884, p. 665. 
Woods Hole (?) in harbor mud, also at surface; a 
larva, probably of the same species, was taken 
once in September. — Verrill. Fewkes (1883, 
p. 167) erroneously applies this name to a larva 
taken at Newport (see Magelona rosea). 
Prionospio heterobranchia Moore. 
Moore, 1907, p. 195 (sp. nov.). 
Only known specimen “was dredged from the 
soft ooze at the bottom of the deepest part of 
the Eel Pond at Woods Hole on August 4, 
1902.” 
Polydora tubifex Verrill. 
Verrill, 1885, p. 438 (sp. nov.). 
Woods Hole, 1 to 5 fathoms, sandy mud; larvae 
at surface in August and September. — Verrill. 
Rather common at North Falmouth, and occa- 
sional on muddy flats elsewhere. — Moore. 
Polydora concharum Verrill. 
Verrill, 1879, p. 174 (sp. nov.; not recorded 
locally). 
Vineyard Sound, in 12 fathoms, at Fish Hawk 
stations 7523 bis (1)* and 7732 (several).* — - 
Survey. Crab Ledge and off Sankaty Head, 
in shells. — Moore. 
