1853.] ' 321 



CORNULIXA, CoJl. 



Shell short-fusiform, spinous ; columella rounded; labium with three teeth 

 two of them very small. 



This genus embraces three Eocene species, which differ from Monoceeos in 

 having a rounded columella and three teeth on the labrum. 



1. C. MINAX. 



Murex minax, Brander, Desh. Coq. Foss. pi. 77, fig. 1, 2. 



2. C. ARMIGERA, Cou. 



Short-fusiform, ventricose, ponderous, with two remote series of distant, 

 prominent thick spines, the one on the shoulder, the other below, commencing 

 near the columella and rather below the middle of the large volution ; base 

 carinated ; labrum with a short conical tooth and two small teeth situated 

 below it. 



Monoceros armigerirs, Con., Foss. 'Shells of Tert. Form. p. 37, pi. 15, fig. 1, 

 Oct. 1833 ; Bronn. Index Pal. p. 471. 



Melo7igena armigera. Con., Foss. Shells, 1st ed. Aug. 1S33. 



Fiisiis Taitii, Lea, Cont. to Geol. p. 152, pi. 5, fig. 159, Dec. 1833. 



Locality. Claiborne, Alabama. Not uncommon. 



The labrum of this shell is generally broken, but when entire, it shows two 

 very small teeth in addition to the one situated at the termination of the re- 

 volving groove. 



3. C. CRASSICORNUTA, Co. 



Melongenacrassicornnta, Con., Jour. Acad. Nat. Sc. 2d series, pi. 11, fig. 31. 

 The labrum of the only specimen found is broken, but the shell so nearly 

 resembles C. minax, that it is confidently arranged in the same genus. 



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On motion of Dr. Elwyn, it was Resolvedj that the Secretary be 

 directed to call a special meeting of the Academy, on Tuesday evening 

 next, for the purpose of considering the expediency of erecting a new 

 Hall. 



Mr. Vaux presented the following Report : 



The Committee appointed to procure funds for the purchase of the 

 Anatomical collection belonging to the estate of the late Dr. Samuel 

 George Morton, and now in the Museum of the Academy, report that 

 they have procured the sum of 4000, which is the price agreed for,, 

 and they at the same time submit the following list of names, being 

 those of gentlemen, to whose liberality the Academy is indebted for the 

 advantage of possessing the collection in question in its own right. 



(Signed) Wm. S. Vaux, 



Charles D. Meigs, 

 John Cooke. 



Subscribers to Dr. JJorton's Anatomical Collection. 



Charles Henry Fisher, Thomas Biddle, Henry J. Williams, Charles 

 D. Meigs, Thomas T. Lea, John Farnum, John A. Brown, William 

 Welsh, Richard Price, Morris L. Hallowell, Joseph D. Brown, William 

 Piatt, Joseph Swift, Singleton A. Mercer, A. J. Lewis, George W. 

 Carpenter, George B. Wood, J. Francis Fisher, David S. Brown, John 

 B. Meyers, Lewis R. Ashhurst, Caleb Cope, Richard D. Wood, Samuel 

 Y. Merrick, James Dundas, J. Pemberton Hutchinson, Henry Pepper, 

 John Cooke, John Lambert, Robert Pearsall, Joseph S. Lovering, 



