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The species is also quoted from Oregon, and is referred by New- 

 comb to Margarita Bay."— B-B 177-178, f 311. 



Margarita bay, Lower California, Newcomb; Natividad. Is- 

 land, Anthony, 189G. Mistakenly referred to Oregon by Tryon. 



"Though doubtless similar in origin and in coloration, areo- 

 la ta is smaller than Veatchii and has a more depressed spire, and 

 on the whole is easily separable from the latter if a good series is 

 compared."— Dall Phila ac pr 1900, 100, 



The 4 f in B-B f 311 represent levis in the 2 outer and 

 Veatchii in the 2 inner f. 



E. PANDOKiE. 



Under Helix.— "Shell imperforate, globose-conic, rather 

 solid, reddish above, violet on the apex, ashy below, bound with 

 numerous, interrupted, light blotches and lines; whirls five, round- 

 ed; suture impressed; aperture subcircular; peristome narrowly re- 

 flected, white, its ends approaching; throat bluish; columella 

 thickened, roun led. Greater diameter 17, lesser 16; height 14 

 mm. 



"Helix pandorse, Forbes, Zool soc pr 1850, 55 t 9 f 3 a, b.— 

 Con Icon 671.— Pfeiffer Mon Hel Viv 3:127; in Chemnitz ed 2, 

 3:467 t 156 f 17, 18 (1853).— Gould Terr Moll 3:15.— W G Binney 

 Terr Moll 4:18 t 76 f 8. 



"Helix damascenus, Gould, Boston Soc Nat Hist pr 6-11 



(O 1856). 



"Polymita pandora?, Tryon, Am J Conch 2:320 t 6 f 8 

 (1866). 



"Margarita Bay, Lower California. The specimen figured 

 wants the characteristic revolving lines and blotches."— B-B 179- 

 180 f 315. 



Stearns in N Y ac annals 2:136 says he regards "H. areo- 

 lata, pandoras, Veatchii and levis as varieties of a single species." 



