BIOLOGICAL SURVEY OF WOODS HOLE AND VICINITY. 
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Amphitrite ornata — Continued . 
piles at New Bedford,* and from a gravel beach 
on west side of Katama Bay.* 
“ The limits of the breeding season are unknown. 
Although about 800 worms were collected . . . 
between the first of June and the last of 
August, only seldom were ripe eggs and ripe 
spermatozoa obtained.” — Mead. Verrill re- 
cords the taking of young in the tow in the 
evening, but the month is not stated. 
Leprcea rubra Verrill. [Chart 69.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 615, 382, etc. (sp. 
nov.). 
Vineyard Sound; Woods Hole. — Verrill. Gay 
Head, at several stations; eastern half of Vine- 
yard Sound, fairly common; recorded once 
from head of Buzzards Bay; dredged in 3 to 13 
fathoms, sand and gravel; also recorded from 
« Vineyard Haven* and Edgartown,*on piles. — 
Survey. 
Fish Hawk station*: 7526 (2), 7543 bis (1), 7634 
(3 young), 7732 (1 young), 7748 (2), 7750 (sev- 
eral), 7755 (1), 7757 (1), 7759 (several frag- 
ments), 7767 (several), 7769 (several), 7770 
(several), 7772 (several). 
Phalarope and Blue Wing stations*: 2 (frequent 
in hydroid colonies), 3 (frequent in hy droid 
colonies), 8 (2 young), 9 (1 young, 44 (many 
young, among algse), 45 (1), 49 (1), 57 (several 
young), 58 (very common), 62 (several young). 
Verrill records the taking of young at the surface 
in the evening. 
Nicolea simplex Verrill. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 613, 321, etc. (sp. 
nov.). 
Vineyard Sound. — Verrill. Taken several times 
in the western end of Vineyard Sound; dredged 
but twice elsewhere; 8 to 13 fathoms, sand and 
stones, in one case on Laminaria; recorded also 
from Nobska Point on rocks below low tide* 
and from Vineyard Haven on piles of wharf.* 
Fish Hawk stations*: 7532 (several young), 
7656 (2 tubes on Laminaria), 7689 (several, 
chiefly young), 7690 (1), 7692 (1), 7693 (1), 
7722 (1), 7730 (3). 
Verrill records the presence of the young in tow, 
July and August evenings. 
Pista intermedia Webster. [Chart 70.] 
Buzzards Bay, tubes occasionally taken, chiefly 
at inshore stations; a few records from the 
, western part of the Sound; 3 to 12 fathoms, on 
various bottoms, more commonly sandy mud. 
Fish Hawk stations*: 7621 (many fragments), 
7626 (ends of tubes), 7629 (1 tube), 7630 (sev- 
Pista intermedia — Continued. 
eral ends of tubes), 7639 (several tubes), 7645 
(ends of several tubes), 7659 (fragments), 7664 
(2 tubes), 7666 (1 tube), 7671 (3 tubes), 7674 
(itube). Supplementary stations: 7567(1906), 
7723 (1906). 
Phalarope and Blue Wing stations*: 50 (1 frag- 
ment of tube), 52 (fragment of tube), 83 (frag- 
ments of several tubes), 85 (fragments of tube), 
123 (fragments of tubes), 160 (several tubes), 
163 (1 tube). 164 (tubes), 165 (tubes). 
Pista palmata (Verrill). [Chart 71.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 614, 321, etc. ( Scion - 
opsis palmata, sp. nov.) ; Bumpus, 1898b 
{Scionopsis palmata). 
Vineyard Sound, low-water mark to 1 fathom. — 
Verrill. Tubes common at inshore stations of 
Buzzards Bay; less frequent at those of Vine- 
yard Sound ; dredged at 3 to 7 fathoms (rarely 
at greater depths), in sand, gravel, and mud; 
recorded also from Nobska Point,* and from 
piles at Vineyard Haven.* 
Fish Hawk stations*: 7688 (1 tube), 7751 (2), 
7781 (several tubes). 
Phalarope stations: 2 (1), 8 (1), 64 (several frag- 
ments of tubes), 65 (tubes), 87 (x tube), 96 
(several tubes), 97 (several tubes), 98 (1 tube), 
103 (1), 108 (several tubes), no (many tubes), 
114 (1 tube), 115 (1 tube), 117 (several tubes), 
128, 129 (1 tube), 132 (1 tube), 133 (few tubes), 
137 (several tubes), 140 (several tubes), 141 (3), 
144 (1 tube), 146 (several tubes), 147 (several 
tubes), 149 (few tubes), 150 (tubes), 152, 153, 
160 (several tubes). 
Bumpus records that the eggs were apparently 
ripe in August, though artificial fertilization 
was not attempted. 
Thelepus cincinnatus (Fabricius). 
Crab Ledge, at 6 stations; 16 to 25 fathoms, 
chiefly on gravelly bottoms, forming sand- 
incrusted tubes attached to stones. — Survey. 
Off Sankaty Plead. — Moore. 
Fish Hawk stations*: 7603 (2), 7605 (tubes), 
7606 (1 tube), 7607 (several with tubes), 7608 
(1 tube), 7609. 
Loimia viridis Moore. 
Moore, 1903, p. 723 (sp. nov.). 
The type specimen was taken by G. M. Gray 
on Ram Island, Woods Hole harbor, in sandy 
mud, August 4, 1902; a second specimen has 
been taken at North Falmouth. 
