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specimens being of a beautiful wine color, while others are 

 dusky and smoky. There is no special variation from the 

 typical form worthy of note outside of the color. 



34. Z. minusculus Binney. I have found this shell upon 

 one occasion only. The station was in moss, on a large 

 granite boulder, where it was associated with ferreus Morse, 

 Pupa contract a Say, P. simplex Gould, Vertigo pentodon Say, 

 and H. /meatus Say. The specimens were in all respects 

 typical. 



35. Z. milium Morse. This species was found associated 

 as stated in the last note. It is rare here, and exhibits no 

 character not typical. 



36. Z. ferreus Morse. This species was found associated 

 with the last two as stated. The shells were in all respects 

 typical. 



37. Z. placentnlus Shutt. Typical specimens of this species 

 occur here. I have collected this shell in Tennessee, Virginia, 

 Kentucky, and here. It presents little variation except in 

 point of size. It seems to be a comparatively rare species, 

 and needs to be studied together with capsellus, andrewsi and 

 significans. 



38. Zonites sterkii Dall. A few specimens of this very rare 

 species have been found here, among leaves, in the drier 

 portions of the forest, associated with py gmeum, fulvus , lineata, 

 and Pupa pelhicida (?). 



39. Z. fulvus Drap. This wide-ranging species is found in 

 the forest, among the leaves, but always very sparingly. It 

 represents no special characters different from the type. 



40. Z. gularis Say. The most common land shell here, 

 occuring everywhere in the forest, at all elevations, with the 

 greatest possible variation in form and size, umbilicate and 

 non-umbilicate. It is the most carnivorous and predaceous 

 of all species, attacking and devouring animals much larger 

 than itself. Some of the varieties would pass for typical 

 suppressus. Some of the more widely umbilicate forms have 

 alliances with macilentus and lasmodon, while the non-umbili- 

 cates range close to cuspidatus if they do not include it. This 

 group of forms, beginning with suppressus, needs thorough 

 revision by some one having an abundance of properly pre- 

 served material, of all ages, from authentic localities. When 



