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bulletin of the bureau of fisheries. 
Embletonia pallida Alder & Hancock. 
Bergh, 1885, p. 36. 
Vineyard Sound, near Woods Hole, 3 specimens 
(described by Bergh) were collected by Ver- 
rill July 15, 1881. 
Coryphella mananensis (Stimpson). 
Verrill, 1882c, p. 552. 
No specific local records given by Verrill. Speci- 
mens from the following points were assigned 
to this species by Dr. MacFarland: Woods 
Hole, March 18, 1896; vicinity of Woods 
Hole (G. M. Gray, collector); Quicks Hole, 
March 25, 1898 (G. M. Gray, collector); Vine- 
yard Sound, near Quicks Hole, May, 1898; 
Vineyard Sound, at Fish Hawk stations 7686 
and 7718. 
Coryphella salmonacea (Couthouy). 
Gould, 1870, p. 240 ( JEolis salmonacea; not listed 
for this region). 
Four specimens, thus identified by Dali and 
Bartsch, were taken at Crab Ledge (Fish Hawk 
station 7603). Others which were regarded 
by the collectors as being of the same species 
as the foregoing were taken at Fish Hawk sta- 
tions 7605 and 7607 (likewise at Crab Ledge). 
Facelina bostoniensis (Couthouy). 
Gould, 1870, p. 241 (Asolis bostoniensis ); Ver- 
rill, 1880c, p. 389; Bumpus, 1898, p. 488 
( Eolis bostoniensis). 
At Newport, etc., “common from above low 
water to 20 fathoms, on Obelia and other hy- 
droids. ’’ — Verrill. Woods Hole, or vicinity, 
March, 1898; “breeding.” — Bumpus. Surface 
tow, local pierf , November 19, 1904; 3 speci- 
mens (V. N. Edwards, collector). Piles of 
local pierf, February 2, 1907: 1 specimen. 
Fiona marina (Forskal). 
Verrill, 1882a, p. 339 ( Fiona nobilis ); Verrill, 
1882c, p. 551 ( Fiona nobilis). 
South of Marthas Vineyard, on floating tim- 
bers. — Verrill. Vicinity of Woods Holef, 2 
specimens (G. M. Gray, collector). 
Family Dotonid/B. 
Doto coronata (Gmelin). 
Gould, 1870, p. 236; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
665, 400, etc.; Bumpus, 1898, p. 487. 
Vineyard Sound. — Agassiz, cited by Gould. 
Off Gay Head. — Verrill. Woods Hole Harbor, 
among sertularians. — G. M. Gray. Bumpus 
records the taking of this species locally by 
dredge in March, 1898. Gay Head, at Blue 
Wing station 44f, 1 specimen. — Survey. 
? Doto formosa Verrill. 
Verrill, 1875a, p. 41; 1882a, p. 551. 
No definite local records, though this region lies 
within the range of the species as stated by 
Verrill. 
Family HERM/EiDaj. 
Hermcea cruciata (A. Agassiz) Gould. 
Gould, 1870, p. 253; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
667. 
Naushon Island. — A. Agassiz. 
Alderia harvardiensis (A. Agassiz) Gould. 
Gould, 1870, p. 254 (not listed for this region); 
Bumpus, 1898, p. 488. 
Woods Hole, or vicinity, March, 1898; “breed- 
ing.” — Bumpus. 
Elysia chlorotica (A. Agassiz) Gould. 
Gould, 1870, p. 255; Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 
667, 480. (In neither work listed for this 
region.) 
Six specimens, thus identified by Dr. MacFar- 
land, were collected by Mr. Gray in the vicin- 
ity of Woods Hole. Mr. Gray reports the 
occurrence of this species in the Eel Pond, 
Lackeys Bay and Hadley Harbor. 
Elysiella catula (A. Agassiz, Gould). 
Gould, 1870, p. 256 (Placobranchus catulus); Ver- 
rill, 1872, p. 284; Verrill and Smith, 1873, 
p. 668, 480. 
“Woods Hole, among eelgrass, common.” “It 
also has the power of floating with the bot- 
tom of the foot at the surface of the water.” — 
Verrill. 
Family AuRicuumE. 
I Alexia myosotis (Draparnaud). 
Verrill and Smith, 1873, p. 662, 383, etc. 
In brackish waters, on piles, etc., near high-water 
mark. No definite local records, though this 
region lies within the stated range of the 
species. 
Melampus lineatns Say. 
Gould, 1870, p. 467 ( Melampus bidentatus; not 
listed for this region); Verrill and Smith, 1873, 
p. 662, 463, etc. ( Melampus bidentatus)] Dali, 
1889, p. 92. 
Salt marshes and weedy shores of Vineyard 
Sound and Buzzards Bay, very common. 
Wareham River, on muddy banks, between 
tides; beach east of Fort Phoenix, under rocks 
between tides; south arm of West Falmouth 
Harbor. (Collected by Cole; identified by 
Dali and Bartsch.) 
“Contributes largely to the food of the minnow 
and other small fishes, as well as to that of 
many aquatic birds.” — Verrill. 
