Notes on Tertiary Fossils with Descriptions of New Species. 8 1 



from the Claiborne ferruginous sand has been described as Ros- 

 tellaria whitfieldi, Heilpr. 



The typical lot consists of four specimens all poorly preserved, 

 and the locality is determined by the contents as before. The 

 Lisbon collections of Mr. Hale were evidently labelled "Vicksburg" 

 by mistake. The figure given by Whitfield is misleading as to the 

 suture, though the description is correct. This species should be 

 retained as a Cerithium. 



8. TuRRiTELLA EURVNOMEWhitf 'd. ,isequalto T. miiltiUra:vc\^ 

 both only vareties of T. hiimcrosa Con., which also includes my T. 

 bellifcra, (This Journal, Vol. 8, July, 1885). 



9. Veluteria expansa, Whitfd. 



Prof. Whitfield informs me this species was obtained from the 

 dirt out of a large Volute newcombiana, Whitfd,, as the only local- 

 ity for this species is at Bells Landing, the habitat of this form is fixed. 

 The species has a 7'cry suspicious resemblance to a very young or 

 embryonic Infiiiulibulum trochiformis, Lam. 



All the localities given in this paper of Prof. Whitfield's seem 

 to be mixed, judging by my own collections, and as Hale consid- 

 ered tlie Tertiary much thinner than it turns out to be, he may have 

 mistaken different beds and misplaced the fossils. Some of the 

 early Alabama collectors would not always give their exact locality 

 because it was considered of but little importance. 



H. 



As a contribution towards the Eocene paleontology of Texas 

 the following species received from Dr. F. L. Yoakum collected near 

 Palestine, Texas, are here given. The material consists of a rather 

 soft red clay holding a large amount of Iron known as the " Iron 

 Strata" and also a bright green indurated material very much like 

 " Burrstone " in some of its various forms. 

 From the Iron Strata we have: 



Venericardia mooreana, Con. 



Ostrea divaricata. Lea. 

 " sellceformis. Con. 



Nucula ovula, Lea. 



Anomia ephippioides, Gabb. 



Astarte sulcata. Lea. var. 



Crassatella antestriata, Gabb. 

 " sp? (Cast.) 



