2G2 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OK UNITED STATES. 



€ii'i'i|K'di:i. 



Injiiriims: 



((. \'>\ (lulling- the edj»e of knives ami spades employed in 

 •• ciittin}:- ill" wliale blubber: 



2*270. \\hn\f ]):\iumU'. {('oroiiitla diiuhma, ham.) ^>n ilriod Nkin of " liuiii|i- 

 lisck" wliiilc \cw Kii^iliind coast. U. S. Fisli Coniniissioii. 



h. ])\ (»bstiuctin,n" the progression of vessels \i])ou ^\lli(•ll 

 they allix tlieiiiselves: 

 2271. ]lnrn:iv\vii (Il(il(iiiu-i riK/dtnn, &c.). Caliloniia. II. ircniphill. 



ANNULOSA. 



AiiiifBida.— Worms and leeches. 



A. Useful: 



1. In surgery and medieiue : 



3226. Leech {Mucrubiklla decora, Vcnill). New Ilavcu, Coun. A. E. Ver- 



rill. 



3227. Ditto. (Macrohdella ay*.) Mouiilain Lake, Cal. II. ITimpliill. 



2. For bait in fishing: 



3228. Earthworm (Lumhricm ta-rcsiris, L.). Washington, D. C. W. 1 'ai- 



mer. 



3229. Sea-worm (Xc/m sp. ?). Sau Francisco, Cal. if. lIciiipliilL 



3. For food: 



19713. Dried worms {Eplnidra sp.). Prepared for ibod by tin' Monachee I'i- 

 Ute Indian.s. Owen's Lak(>, Cal. Stephen Powers. 



Iil714. Dried wonns. Used in making son]) liy the Monachee Pi-Ute Intlians. 

 Owen's Lake, Cal. Sft'ithcn Powers. 



B. Injurious: 



1. By boring into and destroying oyster- shells: 



329G3a. Oyster-shell, showing ravages (of Ilctcronercisf). Sontli Norwalk, 

 Conn. Iloyt Brothers. 

 NoTK. insects and lanaj, commouly called worms, affecting 

 chiefly agricultnral interests, are not here inchuled. 



K'ADIATA. 



RaHiale*!*. — Ssea-ukciiins, stakfisii, cokai.s, seedus^i:, etc. 



N. !'.. Strictly ornamental corals and gorgonias, liaving no special 

 useful ap]>lieati(m, have, for the same reasons wliicli jieces- 

 sitated the ex<-hision of tlie s(»I»'ly ornaTiiciital sliclls, be«'n 

 here omittrd. 



A. Use fid: 



1. Fo<t(l-prodii(iiig: 



3226. Trepaug;' IWche-de-mer {Ilolullntria sp. f). .^aii Diego, Cal. II. 

 Ileniphili. 



