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bulletin of the bureau of fisheries. 
Bated secunda — Continued. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7527 bis (1)*, 7539 bisf, 7549 
bis (few)*, 7552 bis (few)f, 7553 bis (5)$, 7554 
bis(i)f, 7563 bis (3)*, 7564 bis(3)t, 761st, 773 2 *< 
7739 ( 3 )*. 7753 (2)*. 7754 (i)t. 7755 (*)*> 776° 
(1)*, 7764 (3)f, 7766 ( 3 )t, 7768!, 7769 (several)t, 
7770 (6)*, 7772 (3)f, 7775$, 7776 (3)*- 777 s ( x 
with eggs)*, 7783 (few)*. 
Females with eggs taken in August. — Kunkel. 
Family Gammarid^. 
Gammarus locusta (Linnaeus). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 557, 314, etc. 
( Gammarus ornatus ); Holmes, 1905, p. 500; 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 67. 
Distribution general along shores, between tides. 
Recorded for a considerable number of points 
on shoresof Buzzards Bay and Vineyard Sound ; 
taken in surface tow in December and June. 
Dredged by the Survey at a few stations, in 2 
to 5 fathoms. 
Blue Wing stations* (all at Gay Head): 45 (2 
small), 47 (few), 48 (1). 
Females with eggs taken in August. — Kunkel. 
Gammarus annulatus Smith. [Chart 93.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 557, 314, etc. (G. 
annulatus, sp. nov.), 558, 439, etc. (G. nata- 
tor ); Holmes, 1905, p. 501; M. J. Rathbun 
1905, p. 67. 
Vineyard Sound, under stones, among rockweed , 
etc . , on shore ; also in vast numbers at the sur- 
face, usually among floating weed. — Smith. 
Nine scattered stations in Vineyard Sound; 
one in Quicks Hole; none in Buzzards Bay; 
dredged in 1 y 2 to 13 fathoms.— Survey. Also 
recorded from Round Hill Point, between 
tides!; and in surface tow at Woods HoleJ, for 
the months of January, March, April, May, 
June, July, and December. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7525 bis (5)*, 7547 bis (i)f, 
755 1 ( J )t. 7554 (3)t. 7557 (many)t. 
Phalarope and Blue Wing stations: 3 (20)*, 29 
(1)*. 33 (1 small)t, 49 *. 5 1 (*)t- 
Females with eggs recorded for April, May, and 
June. — Kunkel. 
Smith records the occurrence of this species in 
the stomach of the haddock, tomcod, herring, 
and mackerel. 
Gammarus marinus Leach. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 559, 314, etc. ; Holmes 
1905, p. 502; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 67. 
Woods Hole, Weepecket, Cuttyhunk, and other 
places in Vineyard Sound and Buzzards Bay; 
Newport. LTnder stones, below high-water 
mark; sometimes abundant. 
Carino gammarus mucronatus (Say). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 559, 370, etc. ( Gam- 
marus mucronatus)', Holmes, 1905, p. 503; 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 68. 
Of general distribution. Eel Pond*, New Bed- 
ford Harbor];, West Falmouth Harbori, Ka- 
tama Bay!, head of Lagoon Pond!. New- 
port. — Rathbun. Found upon algae and 
among eelgrass, even in brackish waters. 
Females with eggs recorded August, 1906. 
Smith records the occurrence of this species in 
the stomach of the tomcod and spotted flounder 
( Lophopsetta maculata). 
Melita dentata (Kroyer). 
Holmes, 1905, p. 504; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 68 
(no local records). 
Buzzards Bay. — Holmes. 
Melita nitida Smith. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 560, 314, etc. (sp. 
nov.); Holmes, 1905, p. 505; M. J. Rathbun, 
1905, p. 69. 
Woods Hole, near “breakwater.” — Holmes. 
Beneath stones and among rockweed at low 
tide; among eelgrass in brackish waters. — 
Smith. Specimens identified by Dr. Kunkel 
from shore collections at Wareham River and 
West Falmouth Harbor, August, 1906. 
Melita parvimana Holmes. 
Holmes, 1905, p. 506 (sp. nov.); M. J. Rathbun, 
1905, p. 69. 
A single specimen taken by S. D. Judd at New- 
port. 
Elasmopus Icevis (Smith). [Chart 94.] 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 559, 315, etc. ( Mocra 
Icevis, sp. nov.); Holmes, 1905, p. 507; M. J. 
Rathbun, 1905, p. 69. 
Vineyard Sound, beneath stones and among 
rockweed at low tide. — Smith. Pretty gener- 
ally distributed throughout Vineyard Sound, 
especially at inshore stations; taken a few 
times along the eastern shore of Buzzards Bay; 
dredged for the most part at depths of 10 fath- 
oms or less (2 to i3)on bottoms of sand , gravel, 
and stones. — Survey. Recorded from shore 
collections! at Nobska Point, Katama Bay, 
Wareham River, and New Bedford Harbor. 
Fish Hawk stations: 7525 bis (2)*, 7541 bis (1 
with eggs)*, 7547 bis (1)*, 7552 bis (1)*, 7553 
bis (2)!, 7564 bis (1 small)!, 7706*, 7721 (2)!, 
7725 (i)t, 7731 (1)*, 7751 (1 small)*, 7764 (few, 
mostly small)*, 7767 (1)*, 7768 (several)*, 
7775 i 1 small)*. 
