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[[pencil annotation]] L'herbitim [[/pencil annotation]]
[[ink sketch of elongated oval form]]
6 Mephitis from Louisiana brown
à lignes blanches
M. interrupta
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Pittsburg Drs Truuit
              Aigiter
              Joel Lewis
              Beclin
Louisville Jos. [[Naresleda?]]
Kentucky Dr Jos. Wheelright.

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[[pencil and ink sketch ant]] 
Formica s. Termes morsitans --
Dans les [[barrens?]] du Kentucky [[live?]]
des nids de 4 pieds coniques à plus
bouches, se jettent sur vous ave furieux 
quand on les derange
Grand Natl. ant. noire luisante
Abdomen [[bossa?]] grand obtus ligne

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Formica miniata ^[[crocea?]] Henders--Bois
Entt. rouge de brique même les pieds et
Yeux -- longueur [[inv?]]. 3 lignes

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N.G. Ellipstoma zonalis
9 [[ink sketch of gastropod shell with annotation]] ge. nat. [[/sketch and annotation]]
[[a second ink sketch of gastropod shell from different angle]]
Helix fresh Water Kentucky & Natches - shell thick
volut. 3 zones pale violet
dessous plat [[ret---?]] [[strikethrough]] ev [[/strikethrough]] [[preng?]] - 3 spira
bouche obl. levre bordées intt.
Natica S.. Pleuropus -.

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[[ink sketch of gastropod shell with annotation]] 4 p. long [[/sketch and annotation]]
Voluta cliffords fossile Walnut hill
100 Mil North Natchez
blanc de creme luisant 8 spira
obt. angul. Columella à 3 gross
rides relevées, levres bordées -- 
Canal pr droit stries transv extl.

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[[ink sketch of a shell with annotation]] ge nat. [[/sketch and annotation]] 
Venus? dans cette Volute
lisse [[li--s.?]] creme une fosse profond.
au côté droit supérieur - [[Cyphuris?]] ?
[[viene--?]]

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[[3 ink sketches of different views of a gastropod shell]] 
Planorbis S Solanium
fossile Tennessee
6 p diametre lisse 4 spira
1ͤ très grande cyl. déprim
torse - spira plate [[prag?]] [[strikethrough]] dess [[/strikethrough]]
dessous - Ombit. dessus --

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