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TROCEEDINGS OF THE MALACOLOGICAL SOCIEXr. 



Mr. Bonsor has made a sketch of a complete specimen now in 

 the Louvre.^ It may have been a lady's mmidus muliebris or a box 

 for ruddle (primitive 'rouge'). Nos. 17 and 21 have been carefully 

 ground on the outside and round their edges to form ' spoons ' or 

 'small scoops,' and they are both root-marked. 



No. 23, Melanopsis Dufouri, occurs at Valencia. At this necropolis 

 fibulae, buckles, probably of Keltic manufacture, and engraved ivory 

 combs of Punic workmanship have been obtained. 



e. Marine shells from Roman tombs at Carmona. 



No. 43, Glycimeris violancens, Lam. ; No. 46, Haliotis tuhercidata, 

 Linn. ; No. 42, Cypr(^a pantherina^ Solander ; No. 45, Lampusia 

 olearmm, Linn. ; No. 47, Cyprcsa spurca (young), Linn. ; No. 44, 

 Pecten maximus, Linn. ; No. 4, Miirex truncuhis, Linn. 



Cyprcea pantherina is a Red Sea species, but its occurrence in 

 a Roman tomb is, of course, not so remarkable as that of Lentalium 

 elephantinum in the early Neolithic silos at Campo Real. 



Marex trunculus is still hawked in Seville. 



The occurrence of fresh-water shells of the TJnionidae group is not 

 remarkable perhaps, but that marine species from the Mediterranean 

 or the Atlantic seaboard should be found in these tombs raises 

 interesting questions. Carmona is, at the nearest, 87 miles from the 

 mouth of the Guadalquivir, The question is, whether these marine 

 mollusca had a food value, and if so, how were they kept alive and 

 fresh and edible at such a distance from the sea ? 



' In Salle B, " Terres cuites de Myrina." 



