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B. Iiijurioxis: 



1. By destroying food-producing niollusks or shell lisb,, 

 such as clamsj mussels, oysters, and razor-fish : 



32850. Ribbon wlielk {Fnlflur carica). Floiida. T. A. Conrad. 



32859. Reversed wlielk {Fuhjitr perversa). Caroliuas. Dr. Wm. Stnni.-son. 



328G1. UixiryyvheWi {Sycoliipiis caiHiUculatus). Vineyard Sonnd. Dr. ^\m. 



Stimpson. 

 32864. ^YmgGd conch {Stromhusalatus). Tampa Bay, Florida. T. A. Conrad. 

 32863. Tliorny drill (Hcmifusus hicoronatits). Tampa Bay, Florida. T. A. 



Conrad. 

 32835. Drill ( Urosalpinx. chiemis). Florida to Massuelnisetts Bay. W. H. Dull. 

 • 32975. Drill. South Norwallc, Conn. Hoyt Bros. 



32837. Peri^vinkle {Purpura jloridana). Barataria Bay, La. Gustav Kolin. 

 32892. "Sea-snail {Lunatla Lewisii). Monterey, Cal. H. Hempliill. 

 32913. Sea-snail {Xeverita reduziamt). California. W. H. Dall. 

 27620. Sea-snail (Neverita daplkata). North Carolina. T. D. Kurtz. 

 32866. Sea-snail {Lunatia /uro.s). Massachusetts Bay. C. B. Fuller. 



2. Injurious by destroying vegetable substances and 

 garden plants : 



33088. Slug {Limax HcwstoHi). Oakland, Cal. H.Hemphill. 



IfIoiIuf<ca acepliala.— Bivalve shellfish. 

 A. Producing food or used as bait. 



* Oysters. 



1. Series illustrating distribution and geographical vari- 

 eties : 



O^ti-ea virgiiiica, Gmehn.— East American^ oysters. 



32784. Northern variety ((>. horcaUs, Lam.) Prince Edward's Island. J- 



AV. Dawson. 



32813. Nova Scotia. J. H. Willis. 



32785. Shediac, New Brunswick. W. H. Dall. 



33092. " Pourrier Bed." Shediac, New Brunswick. G. F. Mathew. 



33093. "Buctouche." Kent County, New Brunswick. G. F. Mathcw. 

 32783. Miramichi River, New Brunswick. AV. H. Dall. 



32977. Indigenous oyster, now extinct. Shell-heaps. Damariscotta, Maine. 



Robert Dixon. 



32978. Ditto. Shell-heaps. Sheepscot River, Maine. Robert Dixon. 

 32810. Indigenous oyster (var. horcaUs). Buzzard's Bay, Mass. Dr. AVm. 



Stimpson. 



32814. Specimens showiug color-bands. Rhode Island. General Totten. 



IsjOTE.— The followiug series of oysters from the vicinity of New 

 York were furnished by Mr. B. J.M. Cariey, oyster-dealer, of 

 Fulton INIaricct, New York, through Mr. E. G. Blackford : 



32790. "Greenwich." Greenwich, Conn. 



32777. "Blue Point." Long Island, New York. 



32779. "Lloyd's llarljor." Long Island, New York. 



