262 ANIMAL RESOURCES AND FISHERIES OF UNITED STATES. 



Cirfl'Bpedia. 



Injurious : 

 a. By dulling- the edge of knives and spades employed in 

 " cutting in" whale blubber: 



2270. Whalo barnacle (Coronula diadcma, Lam.) on dried skin of "hump- 

 back " whale. New England coast. U. S. Fish Commission. 



1). By obstructing the progression, of vessels upon which 

 they affix themselves : 



227L Barnacles (Balanus rugatus, &(i.). California. H. Hemphill. 

 ANNULOSA. 

 Aiiiiefiida. — Woems and leeches. 



A. Useful: 



1. In surgery and medicine : 



322G. Leech {Macrobdella decora, Verrill). New Haven, Conn. A. E. Ver- 

 rill. 



3227. Ditto. (MacroMella ST[).) Mountain Lake, Cal. H.Hemphill. 



2. For bait in fishing : 



3228. Earthworm {Lumhricus tcrrcsiris, L.). Washington, D. C. W. Pal- 



mer. 



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



3. For food : 



19713. Dried worms {Ephydra 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 Mouachee Pi-Ute Indians. 



Owen's Lake, Cal. Stephen Powers. 



B. Injurious: 



1. By boring into and destroying oyster- shells: 



32983a. Oyster-shell, showing ravages (of Reteronereis ?). Soufli Norwalk, 

 Conn. Hoyt Brothers. 

 NoTK. — Insects and larvae, commonly called worms, atfectiug 

 chiefly agricultural interests, are not here included. 



EADIATA. 



Madlatte^. — Sea-urciiins, starfish, corals, medusa, etc. 



IST. B. Strictly ornamental corals and gorgonias, having no special 

 useful apj)lication, have, for the same reasons which iieces- 

 sitated the exclusion of the solely ornamental shells, been 

 here omitted. 



A. Useful: 



1. Food-producing: 



3228. Trei)aug ; Bdchc-de-mer (Ilolothuria sp. ?). San Diego, Cal. II. 

 Hemphill. 



