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15. PHYSA TRITICEA, Lea. 



Plate 6. fig. 12. 



Shell subfusiform, pellucid, shining, reddish- 

 chestnut ; spire short, rather pointed ; sutures 

 slightly impressed; whorls four, somewhat 

 constricted ; aperture elongate, lined within. 



Length 6*5, diam. 3-8 mill. 



California. 



** Shell ornamented hy white longitudinal hands. 

 16. PHYSA VIRGATA, Goidd. 



Plate 6, fig. 11. 



Shell moderate, solid, smooth, elongate- 

 ovate, olivaceous, with longitudinal white 

 stripes; spire elevated, acute; whorls four to 

 five, well separated; aperture lunate, two- 

 thirds the shell's length ; columella moderately 

 folded, but with a heavy callus, within yellow- 

 ish-red. 



C55) 



