262 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OP UNITED STATES. 



Cirripedia. 



Injurious: 



a. By dulliug tlie edge of kuives and spades employed in 



" cutting in" whale blubber: 



2270. Whale barnacle {Coronula diadcma, Lam.) ou dried skin of " hump- 



back" Avhalc. Now England coast. U. S. Fish Commission. 



b. By obstructing the progression of vessels upon which 



they affix themselves: 



2271. BariiiU-\o^ (Ihilaiiits ritgatus, &c.). California. H. Hemphill. 



ANNTJLOSA. 

 Annelida. — Worms and leeches. 



A. Useful: 



1. In surgery and medicine : 



3226. Leech {MacroMella decora, Verrill). New Haven, Conn. A. E. Ver- 



rill. 



3227. Ditto. {MacroMella a-^.) Mountain Lake, Cal. H.Hemphill. 



2. For bait in fishing : 



3228. Earthworm {Luvilricus terrestris, L.). Washington, D. C. W. Pal- 



mer. 



3229. Sea-worm {Nereis sp. ?). San Francisco, Cal. H. Hemphill. 



3. For food : 



19713. Dried worms {Epliydra sp.). Prepared for food by the Mouachee Pi- 



Ute Indians. Owen's Lake, Cal. Stephen Powers. 



19714. Dried worms. Used in making soup by the Monachee Pi-Ute Indians. 



Owen's Lake, Cal. Stephen Powers. 



B. Injurious: 



1. By boring into and destroying oyster- shells: 



32963a. Oyster-shell, showing ravages {oi. Heteronerdsf). South Norwalk, 

 Conn. Hoyt Brothers. 

 Note. — Insects and larvse, commonly called worms, affecting 

 chiefly agricultural interests, are not here included. 



EADIATA. 



Ra Jiates. — Sea-urciiins, starfish, corals, medusa, etc. 



!^. B. Strictly ornamental corals and gorgonias, having no special 

 useful application, have, for the same reasons which neces- 

 sitated the exclusion of the solely ornamental shells, been 

 here omitted. 



A. Usefid: 



1. Food-producing: 



3226. Trepang; B6che-de-mer {Rolothuria sp.?). San Diego, Cal. H. 

 Hem^jhill. 



