826 
BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES. 
Agardhiella tenera — Continued. 
and 74, few; 77, many; 7761, many; Vineyard 
Haven 70, 71, 72 and 7762, many. Drifted 
fragments, 7548. 
Summer, undoubtedly at other seasons. 
Farlow, 1873, p. 289 (Solieria chordalis J. Agardh), 
Woods Hole; A. A. B. Ex., fas. iv, no. 143, 
( Rhabdonia tenera J. Agardh), Woods Hole (W. 
G. Farlow). 
Cystoclonium purpurascens (Hudson) Kiitzing. 
[Chart 254.] 
Common, attached to stones in fairly deep water. 
Dredged by the Survey in 2^2 to 13 fathoms 
(most plentiful in 4 to 10 fathoms), over sandy, 
shelly, and stony bottoms, occasionally over 
mud. A scattered distribution through Vine- 
yard Sound and in the lower portion chiefly of 
Buzzards Bay. 
Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond, Grassy 
Ledge, Juniper Point. Nobska. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion — 7653 and 7654, 
few. Lower portion- — 7656, 7659, and 7680, 
few. Inshore — Cuttyhunk 104, one. Drifted 
fragments, 7616. 
Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion — 7720, one; 
7729, few. Narrow portion — 7524 bis, two; 7525 
bis, 7542 (1907) and 7549 (1907), few. Easterly 
portion — 7760, one. Inshore — passage of Woods 
Hole 1 18, few; Nonamesset 8, many; Robin- 
sons Hole 20 and 22, many; Pasque 25, many; 
Quicks Hole 29, few; Nashawena3o, one; Cut- 
tyhunk 33 and 34, many; Gay Head 44, 49, 56, 
57, 58, and 59, many; 60, few; Marthas Vine- 
yard 52, 62, and 63, few. 
Summer. 
Farlow, 1873, P- 2 9°> Gay Head, Woods Hole. 
Cystoclonium purpurascens var. cirrhosum Harvey. 
[Chart 255.] 
Common, on stones and larger algae in fairly deep 
water. Dredged by the Survey in 1 to 17 fath- 
oms (most plentiful in 4 to 12 fathoms), over 
Order RHOD 
Family Spi-eEROCOCC acE/E . 
Gracilaria confervoides (Linnaeus) Greville. 
Occasional, on muddy shores. 
Mattapoisett (Collins). 
September 14, 1902 (Collins). 
Collins, 1903, p. 232, Mattapoisett; P. B.-A., fas. 
xxi, no. 1041, in dense tufts, floating, Matta- 
poisett, September 14, 1902 (F. S. Collins). 
Cystoclonium purpurascens var . cirrhosum — Con. 
sandy, shelly, and stony bottoms, occasionally 
over mud. Distribution chiefly in the lower 
portion of Buzzards Bay and westerly portion 
of Vineyard Sound. 
Buzzards Bay: Upper portion — 7639 and 7653, 
few. Lower portion — 7651 (1907), 7656, 7659, 
7662 (1907), 7663, 7664, 7666, 7672, and 7673, 
few. Inshore — Sow and Pigs iu,many; Cut- 
tyhunk 100, many; 102, few; 112, many on 
Phyllophora; Cove west of Cuttyhunk Neck 
July 27, 1905, many; Penikese 113, many; 
Gull Island 115, few; 116, many; Nashawena 
80, few; Pasque 82 and 85, few; 83, many; 
Naushon 86, many. Drifted fragments, 7665. 
Vineyard Sound: Westerly portion — 7581(1907), 
7585, 7601, 7676, and 7678, few; 7686, one; 7692 
and 7693, few; 7703, 1 on Rhodymenia; 7706, one; 
7707, many; 7717, few; 7718, many; 7719, one; 
7722, one; 7730, many. Narrow portion — 7523, 
few; 7534, one; 7740, one; 39, few. Inshore — 
Nonamesset 1, one; 8, few; Robinsons Hole 20 
and22,many; Pasque 24 and 25, many; Quicks 
Hole 27, few; Cuttyhunk 32, 33, and 34, many; 
Sow and PigS35,one; 36and37,few; Gay Head 
50 and 51, considerable on bottom; 44, 45, 46, 
47, 48, 49, 56, 58, and 59, many; 60, 7581 (1907) 
and 7731, few; 7731 (1907), many; also Devils 
Bridge August 17, 1903, haul 1, few; hauls 2, 
3, and 4, many; Menemsha Bight 53 and 54, 
few; August 9, 1904, few; July 17, 1905, haul 
2, many; Marthas Vineyard 52 and 63, few. 
Drifted fragments, 7572, 7677, 7700. 
Summer. 
Euthora cristata (Linnaeus) J. Agardh. 
Rare, on stones in 8 to 10 fathoms off Gay Head 
(Farlow). 
August and September 1, 1873 (Farlow). 
Farlow, 1876, p. 698, dredged off Gay Head; 
Farlow, 1881, p. 153, 154, Gay Head in 8 or 
10 fathoms. 
Gracilaria multipartita (Clementi) Agardh. 
Occasional, on stones, sandy and muddy bot- 
toms. Dredged by the Survey in 2 to 14 fath- 
oms (most plentiful in 4 to 10 fathoms), over 
sandy and stony bottoms. Distribution chiefly 
at inshore stations in the narrow portion of 
Vineyard Sound. 
Woods Hole: Entrance to Eel Pond. Hadley 
Harbor (W. G. Farlow). 
