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Descriptions of Sets,— See Plate VI. 



i, 2, 3, 4, — Collected May 20, 1894, near the edge of Sayers' 

 Woods at the southern end. White with creamy tint, marked 

 with specks, hair lines and small splashes of burnt sienna and 

 umber, and a few faint markings of lavender-gray, vinaceous- 

 cinnamon and lilac seated almost wholly in a ring around the 

 larger ends ; the hair lines being of zigzag pattern and found 

 only within the wreath. Size .65.X.51, .63x49, .66X.51 and .66x 

 .52 inch. 



5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10. — Collected May 19, 1897, southern end of 

 Savers' Woods ; three feet from site of preceding set. Faint 

 creamy tint ; — in point of markings this is an abnormal set, 

 two being entirely unmarked, — two are very faintly marked 

 with barely discernible specks of liver brown and pinkish vina- 

 ceous, and two are moderately marked with pinkish vinaceous 

 and vinaceous-buff ; on one crowning the larger end and on the 

 other, distributed in a beautiful wreath around the end. Size : 

 .62x49, .62x49, -59 x 48, .61x48, .61x48 and .62x48 inch. 



11, 12, 13, 14, 15. — Collected May 21, 1899. Midway low- 

 er edge of Sayers' Woods. In this the creamy tint ground is a 

 strong characteristic. One of the two very heavily blotched 

 sets. Markings over entire shell, but most abundant in a 

 crown about the larger end and extending almost to the mid- 

 dle of the shell — uniform throughout the set ; — large blotches 

 of vinaceous, over which is diffused smaller blotches, spots and 

 pin-points of burnt sienna, pinkish vinaceous and vinaceous- 

 cinnamon and lilac. .66X.50, .66X.50, .65x48, .65X.50 and .6ox 

 .52 inch. 



16, 17, 18, 19, 20. — Collected May 24, 1897, in a small grassy 

 nook in the Unks' Hollow Woods, one mile west of Rush's 

 Hollow. Creamy tint, marked about the larger ends, where 

 an irregular wreath is discernible, with vinaceous-cinnamon, 

 and on one — the most heavily marked — much lavender is dis- 

 tributed. In this set the distribution varies from heavilv to 



