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Food of the fish . — Care was taken to examine tbe stomachs of all of the red snap- 
pers and groupers obtained in order to determine, if possible, from their food the 
character of bottom which they might be expected to resort to most frequently, but 
they were in the habit of ejecting their food while being hauled in, and their stom- 
achs were generally empty. The little material that was secured from this source 
consisted of several varieties of fish, including the fiying fish, eels, crabs {Galappa), 
and mantis shrimp {Sqtiilla), all of which may be regarded as active animals that 
could rarely be taken in the dredge. The ovaries of the females were in no cases 
much developed. 
LISTS OF THE BEAOHYURA, MOLLUSOA, AND FISHES COLLECTED. 
By W. C. Kendall. 
THE BRACHYUEA. 
Leptopodia sagittaria (Fabr. ). 
Stations 5072, 5088, 5099 ; 21J to 34 fathoms ; three specimens, all S . 
Podochela gracilipes Stimpson. 
Stations 5055, 5073, 5078, 5102, 5106, 5117 ; 32 to 38 fathoms ; one to four specimens 
at each station. 
Metoporhaphis, sp. nov. (?). 
Marco, one specimen, $ . 
Arachnopsis filipes Stimpsou. 
Stations 5072,5076, 5078, 5104, 5117; 30 to 51 fathoms; one specimen at each 
station. 
Libinia dubia Milne-Edwards. 
Card’s Sound (2 2 ), and Little Gasparilla (1 S ). 
Libinia emarginata (Say), var. (?). 
Charlotte Harbor, 1 2 . 
Epialtus dilatatua A. M. -Edwards (?). 
Bird Key, 1 2 . 
Pericera cornuta (Herbst) (?). 
Station 5110, 21 fathoms, 1 S . 
Pericera, sp. 
Station 5063, 27 fathoms, one specimen. 
Mithrax (?), sp. 
Station 5108, 27 fathoms, 1 young S . 
Microphrys bicornutus (Latreille). 
Bird Key, 3 3,62. 
Mithraculus sculptus (Lamarck.). 
Bird Key ; 13 3 , 18 2 . 
Lambrus agonus Stimpson. 
Stations 5053, 5076, 5078, 5079, 5102, 5104, 5107, 5115, 5116: 25 to 51 fathoms; 
one to two specimens at each station. 
