116 THE NAUTILUS. 



grooved to the end of the canal. Outer lip thin and broken T 

 the notch shows small on the last line of growth. Aperture el- 

 liptical; columella curved, slightly encrusted. There is a slight 

 umbilical fissure. Length, 23; breadth, 9 mm. ; length of aper- 

 ture including canal 9 mm. 



Type, University of California, coll. Type locality, upper 

 pleistocene, at Pacific Beach, San Diego, Co. The type and 

 three other specimens were collected by Mr. Henry Hemphill. 



CONUS CALIFORNICUS FOssiLis, var. nov. Plate V, fig. 9. 



This answers the description of Conus californicus with the 

 exception that it is much larger, stronger, and with spire much 

 more elevated. Length, 40; width, 19; height of spire 14 mm. 

 angle of spire 70. 



Type is in the Oldroyd collection, Stanford University. 

 Type locality, lower San Pedro series, Nob Hill cut, San Pedro. 

 This variety is found in both the upper and lower San Pedro 

 beds. 



VERMETUS NODOSUS, n. sp. Plate V, fig. 10. 



Shell a fragment; length, 46; breadth, 11 mm.; smooth and 

 perfectly^round and curved, septate within. The specimen has 

 three large pear-shaped nodes, two of which are opposite each 

 other, over the septum, one lengthwise of the shell, and the 

 other crosswise. 



Type is in the Oldroyd collection Stanford University. Type 

 locality, lower San Pedro series of the Nob Hill cut, San Pedro. 



TORNATINA TUMIDA, 11. Sp. Plate V. fig. 8. 



Shell cylindrical, smooth, white, whorls five including the 

 nuclear, which is small and sunken; spire rather flat, sutures 

 deeply channeled; aperture nearly the length of the body whorl; 

 posterior end narrowed, anterior much dilated and rounded 

 toward the columella, which is strongly plicated, and covered 

 with a light incrustation extending nearly to the top of the 

 whorl. Length. 6; breadth, 3^ mm. 



Type is in the Oldroyd collection Stanford University. Type 

 locality Lower San Pedro series of the Nob Hill cut, San Pedro, 

 Cal. 



