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** Not hirsute, globosely turbinate. 



f Nearly black, ivith sometimes a red band. 



3. Aglaja fidelis, Gray. 



Plate 5, figure 8. 



Subcorneal, moderately elevated ; spire depressed-trochiform ; 

 whorls 7, rounded ; suture distinct ; surface thick, rugosely 

 striate, with slight impressed revolving strias ; aperture ob- 

 liquely semilunar, lip a little reflected below, scarcely thick- 

 ened within, partially covering the umbilicus. Light brown 

 to black, with generally a narrow red band, chocolate within, 

 lip pink. 



Diam. 87, height 20 mill. 



Oregon. 



ff Reddish-ashen, not banded. 

 4. Aglaja anachoreta, W. G. Binney. 



Plate 5, figure 9. 



Orbicularly convex ; spire elevated, conic, suture impressed ; 

 whorls 6, granulated; aperture transversely rounded, lip thick- 

 ened, slightly expanded, the extremities approaching, partly 

 covering the umbilicus. Reddish-ashen, lip tinged with violet. 



Diam. 26, height 14 mill. 



California. 



Is this a variety of the following species? It is very like 

 it in form, but has no band. 



fft Yellowish-brown, ivith a narrow dark band. 

 5. Aglaja arrosa, Gould. 



Plate 5, figure 10. 



Globosly conic, spire elevated, suture not much impressed ; 

 whorls 7, somewhat convex, declining a little at the aperture, ru- 

 gosely striate, malleate, with indistinct revolving lines; aperture 

 widely semilunar ; lip narrowly expanded, a little reflected 

 below; umbilicus partly covered. Brown, with a dark brown, 

 nearly black band above the periphery, visible on* the spire ; 

 light chocolate within. 



Diam. 35, height 20 mill. 



San Pablo Bay to Bay of Monterey, California. 



