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32846. Ditto. {Tapes laciniaia, Cpr.). San Diego, Cal. H. Hemphill. 

 32854. Ditto. (T. staminea, Conr.). Baulinas, Cal. H. Hemiihill. 

 32844. Ditto. Toinales Bay, Cal. H. Hemphill. 



32869. "Heu clam" (J/«cfraso7irfissJmrt, Ch.). Massachusetts Bay. W. H. 



Dali. 



32870. Ditto. Shells ntiUzetl for catch-alls. Newport, R. I. N. C. Peterson. 

 32888. Ditto. {M. falcata, G\A.). Alaska to California. W. H. Dall. 

 32826. " Ga^ers'^ (Sell hoth(erus ludtalli, Cow.). Oregon. J. G. Swan. 

 .32852. Ditto. Baulinas, Cal. H. Hemphill. 



32874. Salmon tcllen (J/aconjrt, sp.). Florida. T. A. Conrad. 



32848. *'Tellens" (J/, naswto, Conr.). San Francisco markets. H. Hemp- 

 hill. 



32847. "Flat clam" (SemeZe^eci^a, Cpr.). San Diego, Cal. H. Hemiihill. 

 32909. " Razor-fish " ( Solen ensis, L. ). Cow Bay, New York, B. J. M. Carley. 

 32881. Ditto. (Sil iqua 2}atula, BixoQ.) Alaska to California. W. H. Dall. 

 32955. "Soft-shelled clams" (J/j/a arcnaria, L.). Cape Cod, Mass. E. G. 



Blackford. 



32829. Ditto. Oyster Bay, L. I. E. G. Blackford. 



32833. Ditto. Accidentally transplanted with young oysters to San Fran- 

 cisco Bay, where it now abounds greatly. Oakland, Cal. H. 

 Hemphill. 



33094. Ditto. Bay of Fundy, N. S. G. F. Mathew. 



32850. Date-fish {Plaiyodon cancellatus, L.). Baulinas Bay, Cal. H. Hemp- 

 hill. 



32856. Ditto. {Z'lrphwa crispata, lu.). Baulinas, Cal. H.Hemphill. 



B. Useful or ornamental bivalves other than those affording 

 food: 



a. Pearl-producing. 



1. Iviver mussels: 



26092rt. River mussel afi'ording pearl-shell, illustrating application of raw 



material. Cincinnati, Ohio. D. H. Shaffer. 

 26092. Carvings, from pearl-shell afforded by river mussels, for nse as studs, 



buttons, pins, brooches, «Ssc. Cincinnati, Ohio. D. H. Shaffer. 

 26092&. Pearls derived from river mussels. Cincinnati, Ohio. D. H. Shaffer. 



. A series of river mussels of various species, one valve polished, the 



other in its original condition in each case. Chicopee, Mass. Jas. 

 T. Ames. 

 2598G to 26010. Another series, both valves polished, from Dr. C. A. Miller, 

 Cincinnati, Ohio, comprising the following species: 

 Unio rufjosus, Barnes. 

 alatus, Say. 

 ornatus, Lea. 

 verrucosnSy Barnes. 

 gihbosus, Barnes. 

 rectus, Lam. 

 cyl'mdricus, Say. 

 pyramidatus, Lea. 

 tuiercuJatus, Barnes. 

 sUiqiioidcs, Barnes. 

 eirculas. Lea. 

 anodontoides, Lea. 

 jruslulosHs, Lea. 

 ctaiealus, Barnes, &c., &c. 



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