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The fine species of which Figure 105 gives a 
good idea, lives mostly in the north, and is especi- 
ally abundant in Oregon and Washington. The 
shells vary much in size and color, but the larger 
ones are an inch and a half in diameter. The col- 
or is generally dark beneath, but it is more or less 
banded and lighter above. Albino specimens have 
been found. The animal has a tinge of red in its 
complexion, and altogether I know of no more 
beautiful combination of form and color than is 
seen some misty morning in summer when this 
fine snail is found extended on a cushion of fresh 
green moss, beneath the protecting foliage of an 
old forest tree. 
Epiphragmophora imfumata, Gld., the Smoky 
Snail, is commonly reckoned as a variety of the 
last species, but it is so different that I prefer to 
consider it as distinct. It lives along the north- 
ern coast region of California. In size it is similar 
to EK. fidelis, but the shell is much depressed and 
flattened, and the body-whorl has a sharp, angular 
edge, or keel. The shell has a peculiar cloth-like 
surface, and is of a nearly black color throughout. 
The umbilicus is distinct, and the aperture very 
oblique. 
Epiphragmophora — mor- 
= | monum, Pfr., the Mormon 
(Island) Snail, is shown in 
Figure 106. The shell is 
large and depressed, the sur- 
face glossy, and the brown 
girdle is edged with white. There is a large umbil- 
Fig. 106 
