80 Remarks on Certain Species of 



iiig with his description, I do not pronounce it faulty, but 

 assume that sooner or later a form such as he must have had 

 before him will come under my notice. 



H. IcBvigata is a very variable species, — the following forma 

 are in my cabinet : — 



a. Piam, maj. 14, min. 12, Alt. Y mill. Hah. unknown. 

 6. " « lY " 14 " 8 " " N. Carolina. 



pale yellowish horn colored, polished, irregularly striated, 

 " wrinkled." 



c. Diam. maj. lY, min. 14, Alt. 6 mill. Hah. Maryland. 



in sculpturing much like var. h. 



d. Diam, maj. 24, min, 20, Alt. Y mill. Hah. Georgia. 



regularly striated — last whorl with microscopic spiral lines 

 on the upper surface. 



e. Diam. maj. 26, min. 22, Alt. 9 mill. Hab. Middle Georgia. 



very finely striated — microscopic elevated points in spiral 

 lines on the upper and under surface of the last whorl — 

 shell very thin ; umbilicus larger than in other forms, and 

 aperture more rounded ; the entire shell of the same color, 

 — in the other varieties the base is of lighter color than 

 the upper surface. This is allied in form to H. fuliginosa 

 Griff. 

 /. Diam. maj. 13, min, 20, Alt. Y mill. Hah. Georgia. 



striae above like var, d, but they are continued over the 

 periphery to the umbilical excavation. 

 g. Diam. maj. 23, min. 20, Alt. 9 mill. Hah. St, Augustine, Florida. 



shell polished, sculpturing like var, &, the color of the upper 

 surface as dark as H. fuliginosa, — beneath pale. 



Helix inornata Biiiiaey. 



Stnonymy, 



Helix glaphyra Say^. Nich. Enc. IV. t. 1, f. 3, 1816. 



inornata By. Bost. Jl. III. p. 419, t. 21, f. 3, 1840. 



glaphyra Pfr. Mon. I. No. 120, 1848. 



inornata By. Terr. Moll. II. p. 22Y, t. 34, 1851. 



