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204. G. Haleiana, Lea. Fig. 276. Subulate, very nar- 

 row, smooth, thin, polished; spire much elevated, suture im- 

 pressed; whorls y, convex; aperture small, ovate, angular at 

 the base. Yellowish horn-color, sometimes with two bands, of 

 which the lower is broadest. Alexandria, La. 



205. G. rubella, Lea. Fig. 277. Awl-shaped, carinate 

 and striate above, rather thin ; spire attenuate, suture very 

 much impressed; whorls 8, very convex; aperture quite 

 small. Reddish, without bands. Murphy, Cherokee C\ N. C. 



206. G. spinelia, Lea. Fig. 278. Much attenuated, smooth, 

 thin; spire elevated, sharp-pointed, suture well impressed; 

 whorls 9, somewhat flattened; aperture very small, ovate. 

 Dark olive. Lighter on the suture, not banded, white within. 

 JSijcamore, GJaibome Co., Ttnn. 



_207. G. Draytonii, Lea. Fig. 279. Smooth, conical, 

 thick ; spire raised, suture very much impressed ; whorls 6, 

 €oavex; aperture small, ovate. Dark chestnut-brown, with- 

 out bands or obscurely banded, dark brown within. Fori 

 George and Walla, Oregon. 



207a. G. nigrina, Lea. Conical, smooth, thin, polished; 

 spire elevated, suture impressed; whorls 6, slopingly convex; 

 aperture small, ovate. Dark olivaceous or nearly black, pur- 

 ple or oliA^aceous within. California. 



Distinguished from G. Draytonii by color and texture. 



208. G. proximia, iSa^. Figs. 281 — 284. Conical, rather 

 slender, smooth, shining; spire acute, carinate, suture much 

 impressed ; whorls 7, slopingly convex ; aperture rather large, 

 rhomboidal. Reddish-brown, with or without bands. N. C, 

 jS. C, Tenn., Alabama River. 



Fig. 281 is appro.rimafK, Hald.; Fig. 283, abjecia, Hald.; Fig. 283, rabri- ' 

 cata, Lea ; Fig. 284, TiiUiaaa, Lea. 



208a. G. rufescens. Lea. Fig. 285. ' Elongated, conical, 

 smooth, rather thin, shining; spire elevated, suture well im- 

 pressed ; whorls 7, convex, carinate towards the apex ; aper- 

 ture small, elliptical, angular below. Dark red, purplish 

 within. Mamma's Greek, Tenn. 



i. Striate species, spire elevated. 



209. G. Virginica, Omel Figs. 286—290. Elongated, 

 conical, smooth, rather thin; whorls 6, the upper ones cari- 

 nate, convex or flattened, either' smooth or with one to ten re- 

 volving striie; aperture elongate-elliptical. Brownish or oliva- 

 ceous, generally with two bands. Middle States. 



A veiy variable species. 



