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described form, but too imperfect for characterization. Mr. Wool- 

 man writes me that the locality from which these specimens were 

 obtained has yielded upward of sixty species of Molluscan remains, 

 which is rather more than that obtained from any one locality 

 within the State, from this bed, so far as I know. 



DESCRIPTION OF A NEW SPECIES OF CYPRiEA. 



BY JOHN FORD. 



In the description of Cyprcea cruenta Grael. var, Greegori Ford, 

 published in the Nautilus for Feb., 1893, it was suggested that most 

 conchological students would probaby have made Greegori a species 

 instead of a variety. It may at once be said that the writer of that 

 description is now fully convinced of the specific distinction of the 

 latter, and has therefore decided to alter the name from C. cruenta 

 CrreegoriFord to C. Greegori Ford. Under the circumstances such a 



change will doubtless meet with some opposition. Nevertheless, I 

 have no hesitation in making it, inasmuch as my conclusions are 

 chiefly based upon the careful study of some fifty specimens secured 

 by me since the description referred to was written. 



These are of various sizes and stages of growth, yet all of them 

 can be readily separated from any other species belonging to the 

 genus, though in exceptional instances the heavy callus on the sides 

 and ends is creamy white and the typical blotches scarcely discern- 

 able. The larger portion of my former description may be profit- 

 ably retained, but as it is desirable to make a few additions it is 

 reproduced here with these included. 



