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29526. Shell flowers. Made from Florida shells. E. F. Gilbert, Jackson- 

 ville, Fla. 



32869. "Hen Clam" (Mactra solidissima Chem). Painted inside and used 

 for catch-alls. 



32840. Cuneate clam (Gnathodon cuneatus). 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. megotara, Hanley. 

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

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

 chusetts to South Carolina. Xylotrya fimbriate Jeffreys. 

 Long Island to Florida. 



Specimens of wood showing ravages. 



32982. Bangor, Me. (Brig H. B. Emory.) C.H.Parker. 



32908. In lignuni-vitse wood Gloucester, Mass. Samuel Elwell, jr. 



33106. {Teredo chlorotica, Gld.) Wood's Holl, Mass. Vina! N. Edwards. 



33105. (Xylotrya fimbriata, J effr.) Wood's Holl, Mass. Vinal N. Edwards. 



32984. (Teredo navalis? L.) New Haven, Conn. A. E. Verrill. 



32902. (Teredo sp.) Showing damage effected in white-pine wood in one 

 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 six weeks. Charleston, S. C. 



A. G. Hunt, 



32815. (Teredo sp.). Gulf coast. Dewey. 



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

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



33616. (Teredo sp.) Showing ravages in six weeks. Indian River, Fla. 



G. S. Hobbs. 



33617. (Teredo sp.) Showing ravages in three months. Indian River, Fla. 



G. S. Hobbs. 

 33638. (Teredo sp.) Wood showing ravages. IJ. S. Fish Commission. 

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



alcohol.) U. S. Fish Commission. 



Martesia cuneiformis, Gray. Boring pholad. 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 oilier than mollusca, inhabiting oyster-beds and destructive to shell- 

 fish. 



Panopeus Sayi, Smith. Mud Crab. 



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

 (See Section, Crustasea, Echinoderms, <$-c. ) 



