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FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



20526. Shell flowers. Made from Florida shells. E. F. Gilbert, Jacksou- 



ville. Fla. 

 32869. "Ken C\ain" (Macti-a soUcUssima Chem). Painted inside and used 



for catch-alls. 

 32840. Cuneate clam. {Gnathodon cuneains). Semi-fossil (in shell heaps); 



used for macadamizing roads. Lake Salvador, Louisiana. Gus- 



tav Kohn. 



Injurious bivalves. 



Teredo. Ship-Worm. 



T. navalis, Linne. Florida to Vineyard Sound. T. megoiara, Hauley. 

 Massachusetts to South Carolina. T. Thomsonii, Tryon. Mas- 

 sachusetts and Buzzard's Bay. T. dilatata, Tryon. Massa- 

 chusetts to South Carolina. Xylotrya Jimhriata^ Jeffreys. 

 Long Island to Florida. 



32982. 

 32908. 

 33106. 

 33105. 

 32984. 

 32902. 



Specimens of tvood showing ravages. 



Bangor, Me. (Brig H. B. Emory.) C. H. Parker. 



Gloucester, Mass. Samuel El well, jr. 



Charleston, S. C. 



Indian River, Fla. 



In lignum-vitse wood. 



{Teredo chloroiica, GUI.) Wood's Holl, Mass. Vinal N. Edwards. 



{Xylotrya fimhriaia, Jeffr.) Wood's Holl, Mass. Vinal N. Edwards. 



{Teredo navalis? L.) New Haven, Conn. A. E. Verrill. 



{Teredos]}.) Showing damage effected in white-pine wood in cue 

 year. Pier 44, North River, N. Y. W. T. Pelton. 

 32901. Showing damage to hard-pine wood effected in one year. Charles- 

 ton, S. C. W. T. Pelton. 

 32983. Schooner Carrie Melvin; done in sis weeks. 

 A. G. Hunt. 



32815. {Teredo up.). Gulf coast. Dewey. 



32816. Showing lining of tubes. Texas. Dr. Schott. 

 19405. {Xylotrya sp.) Coast of Oregon. J. G. Swan. 



33616. ( Tere(?o sp.) Showing ravages in six weeks. 



G. S. Hobbs. 



33617. {Teredos]).) Showing ravages in three months. Indian River, Fla. 



G. S. Hobbs. 

 33638. {Teredos]).) Wood showing ravages. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 33630. Teredo megotara. Hanley. Off Martha's Vineyard. (SiJecimens in 



alcohol.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Martesia cuneiformiSj Gray. Boring pbolad. Southern coast of the 

 United States to New Jersey. Eare and local further north, 

 and in Long Island Sound. Abundant on oyster-beds of Ches- 

 apeake Bay. 



33580. Tangier Sound, Maryland. T. W. B. Clark. 

 (For illustration of ravages, see oyster section, "Ravages of enemies.") 



Enemies other than mollusca, inhabiting oyster-beds and destructive to shell- 



Jish. 



Panopeus Sayi, Smith. Mud Crab. 



3628. Off Martha's Viueyard. U. S. Fish Commission. 

 (See Section, Crustacea, Echinoderms, cjc.) 

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