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and Pleuromma, sp., common. Glione limacina and decapod larvae were 
also common. 
May 14, evening (lat. 38° 03' NT., long. 74° 12' W.) ; small net, quantity 
4 drams. The bulk consisted of Themisto bispinosa , and of copepods, 
of which Galanus , sp., seemed to be the most abundant, with Centropages 
Ujpicus nearly as common, and Candace pectinata , rare. Sagitta and 
Spirialis , sp., were also very abundant, and larval decapods, Glione 
limacina and Pleurobrachia rhododactyla , all common. 
May 15, 7.30 p. m. (lat. 38° 39' N., long. 74° 03' W.) ; small net, 
quantity 2 drams. Consisted mainly of the following copepods : Galanus , 
sp., Centropages typicus , Temora longicaudata and Pleuromma , sp., with 
Anomalocera Pater sonii, rare. Spirialis , sp., and fish eggs were common ; 
and Themisto bispinosa , young, the zoese of crabs, an dannelids were 
rare. 
May 20, morning (lat. 38° 42' N., long. 74° 21' W.); small net, 
quantity 4 drams. Consisted mostly of Temora longicaudata , Galanus , 
sp., Centropages typicus , and the zoese of crabs. The following were 
also abundant : Fish eggs, Sagitta , Spirialis , sp. 
May 20, 7.30 p. m. (lat. 38° 50' N., long. 74° 06' W.); small net, 
quantity 6 drams. The bulk consisted mainly of one species of copepod, 
Anomalocera Patersonii , with Galanus , sp., and Centropages typicus , 
abundant, and Candace pectinata , rare. The following also occurred: 
Embryo fishes, very abundant ; fish eggs, few ; decapod larvae, common ; 
Themisto bispinosa , young, few ; Ostracoda , common; Sagitta, few; 
Glione limacina , few ; Spirialis , sp., abundant ; Pleurobrachia rhodo- 
dactyla, abundant. The following insects were taken, from one to three 
specimens of each : Geranomyia , sp., Eristalis transversus , Siphonophora , 
sp., Misumena americana, Epeira labyrintha , young. 
May 20, 7.45 p. m. (lat. 38° 50' 2ST., long. 74° 06' W.) ; large net. 
Contained a few Sagittas and a few crustacean larvae. 
May 21, morning (lat. about 38° 56' IN., long. 73° 47' W.) ; small net, 
quantity 1 dram. Consisted almost exclusively of Anomalocera Pater- 
sonii , , which were noticed as the green crustaceans. 
May 21, evening (lat. about 39° 26' K, long. 73° 40' W.) ; very small 
amount, consisting almost entirely of Anomalocera Patersonii , as in the 
previous towing. 
May 22, 8 a. m. (lat. about 39° 43' N., long, about 73° 39' W.); small 
net, quantity 1J drams. Temora longicaudata , Centropages typicus , Gala- 
nus, sp., and fish eggs very abundaut; larval decapods, Spirialis, sp., 
and Sagitta , few ; 1 specimen of annelid. 
May 22, 8 p. m. (lat. 39° 45' K, long. 73° 49' W.); small net, quan- 
tity 20 drams. Composed mainly of copepods and larval decapods, 
the former consisting mostly of Temora longicaudata , with Galanus, sp., 
common, and Candace pectinata rare; and the latter including repre- 
sentatives of Brachyura, Anomura, and Macrura. Other forms were 
observed as follows: The young and eggs of several species of fishes; 
