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CATALOGUE OF ILLUSTRATIONS OF THE ECONOMICAL INVER- 

 TEBRATES OF THE AMERICAN COASTS. 



MOLLUSCA. 

 inollu!«ica cephalopoda. — Squids and cuttles. 



32905. Sepia " boue," or endostenm, in natural condition. East coast of tlio 



United States. ' Uses: Fed to cage-birds requiring lime. 

 32905rt. Pounce: Powdered sepia-bone; used in rewriting over erasures to 



pi'event blotting, in medicine as an antacid. 

 33005. Cuttle-tisb (Octopus pimdatus, Gabb). California to Alaska. Used 



for bait in the cod-lishery, and by tlie natives for food. "\V. H. 



Dall. 

 25972. Oil of squid {Ommastreplies illecchrosa). Capt. N. E. Atwood, Prov- 



incctown, Mass. 



I?IoIlii§ca g-astefi'opoda. — Sea-snails, &c. 



A. Useful: 



1. Used for food or bait : 



32885. Velvet chiton (Crjiptoclnion stcllcri). Alaska to California. Indian 



food. W. H. Dall. 



32886. Coat-of-mail shell (Eathcrhia titnicata). Alaska to California. Indian 



food. W. H. Dall. 



32883. LiivaTpct (AanwatcstitdhiaUs). Connecticut to Labrador. W. H. Dall. 

 32904. Western limpet (Acmcca iMi'ma). Alaska to California. W. H. Dall. 

 32880. Eockwinkle (Litorina suhienebrosa). Alaska to Oregon. W. H. Dall. 

 32882. Periwinkle {Purpura canalkulaia). Alaska to California. W. H. 



Dall. 



32884. Periwinkle (Purpura osfrina). California. "VV. H. Dall. 



32903. Periwinkle (Purpura lapUhis). Cape Cod to Labrador. W. H. Dall. 



2. Useful by producing x^earl-sbell, &c. : 



32830. Turban-shell (Tvoc/fi.stCHS 9!0JTmi(). California. H. Hemphill. 

 32832. Top-shell (Pomaulax undosum), in natural state. California. H. 



Hemphill. 



32831. Top-shell, prepared to show ^learly layers. California. H. Hemp- 



hill. 

 29301. Manufactured state of various kinds of American pearl-shells derived 



from gasteropods or sea-snails. Furnished bj^ A. B. De Freco & 



Co., 428 Broadway, New Y(nk. 

 32838. Sea-ears (Haliolis Eamcliailaiia), affording pearl-shell and food. 



Alaska. J. G. Swan. 



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