128 WEST AMERICAN SHELLS 
icus, and the lip is recurved. This species lives in 
the Sierra Nevada Mountains, and was first named 
from specimens taken on Mormon Island in the 
American River. It does not live in Utah, as one 
would at first suppose. 
There are several varieties. Var. cala, Pils., is 
smaller and less depressed. It is dark reddish 
brown in color. The types are from the Calaveras 
Big Trees. Var. buttoni, Pils., resembles the last 
in color, but the shell is more depressed, and the 
surface is set with little prominences that bear gol- 
den brown hairs. Var. hillebrandi, Newe., is some- 
times reckoned as a distinct species. The shell is 
yellowish horn color, with a chestnut band bor- 
dered by white. In fresh specimens the shell is 
hirsute. This variety also comes from the moun- 
tain region. 
Epiphragmophora circumcarinata, Stearns, the 
Keeled Snail. This species was described by Dr. 
Stearns as a variety of E. mormonum, but it seems 
too distinct to remain as such. The shell is widely 
umbilicated, flattened, angulated, with a periphe- 
ral keel. Beside this there are many cross-ribs, 
parallel with the lines of growth. A rare species 
from Tuolumne Co., Cal., possibly identical with 
Oreohelix elrodi, from Montana. 
Cypress Point is a projection of land, a few 
miles south of Monterey, which looks out boldly 
upon the broad Pacific ocean. The huge waves 
come rolling in and beat themselves into spray 
against its rugged cliffs, and the sweet breath of 
