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BULLETIN OE THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Eudorellopsis deformis (Rroyer). 
S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 116; M. J. Rathbun, 1905, 
p. 31; Caiman, 1912, p. 623. 
Off Vineyard Sound Lightship, 16 fathoms, x 
female. — Caiman. 
Family DiASTYLimE. 
Diastylis sculpta Sars. 
S. I. Smith, 1879, p. hi ( D . sculptus); M. J. 
Rathbun, 1905, p. 31; Caiman, 1912, p. 657. 
Vineyard Sound, at the surface, in July, August, 
and September, mostly females or young; 
males rare; adult males taken by V. N. Ed- 
wards in April and May. — Smith. Low water 
to 60 fathoms. — Rathbun. Woods Hole, sur- 
face, 1 female. — Caiman. 
? Diastylis quadrispinosa Sars. 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 554, 507; S. I. Smith, 
1879, p. 112 ( D . quadrispinosus ); M. J. Rath- 
bun, 1905, p. 32; Caiman, 1912, p. 658. 
Off Marthas Vineyard in 18 to 23 fathoms, on 
muddy bottom; Vineyard Sound, off Tar- 
paulin Cove, 10 to 12 fathoms. — Smith. Vine- 
yard Sound, 18 fathoms, and neighboring parts 
of the ocean. — Caiman. 
Undetermined species belonging to this order are 
sometimes in considerable numbers. 
Diastylis abbreviata Sars. 
S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 113 ( D . abbreviates); M. J. 
Rathbun, 1905, p. 32. 
No definite local records, though this region lies 
within the range of the species as stated by 
Smith. 
Diastylis polita Smith. 
S. I. Smith, 1879, p. 108 ( Diastylis politus, sp. 
nov.); M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 33; Caiman,, 
1912, p. 655. 
Vineyard Sound, at surface, in January, March, 
April, May, July, and December; females, 
with eggs in May. — Smith. Seven to ten fath- 
oms. — Rathbun. Woods Hole, several lots re- 
corded for February, April, and May. — Cal- : 
man. 
Oxyurostylis smithi Caiman. 
Caiman, 1912, p. 667 (sp. nov.). 
The type of this species was taken at Woods Hole 
in surface tow, by V. N. Edwards, May 6, 1906. 
Specimens identified by Dr. Caiman were 
taken at Woods Hole and vicinity in 1881 and 
1882; also December, 1903, October, Novem- 
ber, and December, 1904, and April and May, 
1906. 
frequently taken in the local tow by Mr. Edwards, 
Order STOMATOPODA. 
Family Ciilorideu.ida:. 
Lysiosquilla armata Smith. 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 29. 
“ From stomach of flounder, southwest of Gay 
Head, 17 to 27 fathoms (determination doubt- 
ful);” Vineyard Sound, in 1882, one speci- 
men. — Rathbun. 
Lysiosquilla scabricauda (Lamarck). 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 29. 
“ Vineyard Sound, surface,” September 13, 1875. 
Chloridella empusa (Say). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 551, 369, etc. 
( Squilla empusa ); Bumpus, 1898b ( Squilla ); 
M. J. Rathbun, 1905, p. 29. 
Adults comparatively rare locally. This species 
inhabits muddy shores and bottoms; ‘‘prob- 
ably it usually burrows in the mud below low- 
Ckloridella empusa — Continued. 
water mark.”-*— Smith. Occurs down to 12 
fathoms. — Rathbun. Smith records one from 
the stomach of Palinurichtkys perciformis, 
taken at Woods Hole. Recorded by Miss 
Rathbun from Woods Hole, Vineyard Sound, 
Buzzards Bay and Acushnet River. One 
adult specimen taken by Mr. Edwards in a 
fyke net in Great Harbor, December, 1908; 
another sent from Edgartown in same month. 
Mr. Gray, of the Marine Biological Laboratory 
supply department, is obliged to send to dis- 
tant points for this species, being unable to 
obtain it locally in sufficient numbers for 
laboratory purposes. Bumpus records that 
the young are occasionally taken in the tow 
net during August. 
