64 POST-PLEIOCEXE FOSSILS. 



Genus, CANCELLAIIIA — Lam. 



C A N C E L L A E I A K E T I C U L A T A 

 Plate X. Fig. 6. 



Voluta reticulata, Linn., Syst. Nat., p. 1190. 



Cancellaria reticulata, Lam., An. sans Vert, Vol. 9, p. 401. 



Cancellaria reticulata, Ravenel, Cat. Coll. Shells, p. 14. 



Cancellaria reticulata, L. R. Gibbes, Tuomey's Geol. So. Ca., appendix, p. xx. 



Cancellaria reticulata, Tuomey Sf Holmes, Pleiocene Foss. So. Ca., p. 142, pi. 28, fig. 16. 



DESCRirxioN. Shell ovate, ventricose, thick; spire short, acute; whorls longitudinally 

 and transversely grooved, obliquely reticulated ; aperture sub-ovate, emarginated ante- 

 riorly, pointed at posterior extremity; labrum marked within with transverse ridges; 

 columella straight, thick, obtuse, with strong oblique folds; pillar sub-umbilicated , suture 

 distinct but compressed. — T. 4- H. 



This species is found recent on the Southern coast. 



Plate X. Fig. 6. 



Locality. Simmons'; Wando. Museum, College of Charleston; Cabinet F. S. H. 



CANCELLARIA V E N U S T A . 



Plate X. Fig. 7. 



Cancellaria venusta, Tuomey Sf Holmes, Pleiocene Foss. So. Ca., p. 144, pi. 23, fig. 18. 



Description. Shell sub-fusiform, turrited, regularly cancellated ; whorls with longi- 

 tudinal, oblique ribs, sulcated transversely; inner lip reflexed on body whorl, smooth and 

 with a distinct raised edge, extending from the base of the pillar and uniting above with 

 the labrum in an arch; columella with two prominent folds slightly oblique; margin of 

 outer lip scolloped, transversely ridged within with ten ridges ; ridges equi-distant, 

 straight, long; aperture profoundly ear-shaped, emarginate; suture profound. 



This is the most graceful of all its congeners, and cannot be confounded with any 

 olhex. — T.SfH. 



Plate X. Fig. 7, Natural size. 



Locality. Simmons' Bluff. Museum, College of Charleston; Cabinet F. S. H. 



