422 Miscellanies. 
Marginella anatina. Anolax plicata. 
columba. Oliva constricta. 
crassilabra. gracilis. 
plicata Greenoughi 
semen. dubia. 
ovata. _— 
incurva. 
biplicata. atone ‘Alabamiensis.- 
Famity Coxvouvrs. elegans. 
Anolax gigantea. Conus Claibornensis. 
The new genera of Mr. Lra, it will be observed, are Egeria, 
Hippagus, Myoparo, Pasithea, Orbis, Tuba, and Monoptygina. 
That these innovations in nomenclature, and the still more nume- 
rous ones in the species, are destined to stand, unmodified, the test 
of future investigations, may perhaps excite a doubt in the mind of 
the cautious naturalist ; but we entertain too. high an opinion of the 
author, to believe for a moment, that he has been seduced by the idle 
ambition for imposing new names ; and we doubt not, if a farther de- 
velopment of the locality at Claiborne, and a more copious supply of 
specimens, shall demonstrate the inter-transition of some of his spe- 
cies, that he will show himself no less forward to relinquish, than he 
has, apparently, been, to propose. In the mean time, however, every 
geologist who takes an interest in the study of the fossiliferous for- 
mations of North America, will feel grateful for the very minute and 
faithful descriptions contained in this work, and for the exquisitely en- 
graved figures by which every one of his species is illustrated. 
We owe too, many thanks to the scientific curiosity and generous 
labors of Judge Tait. And we sincerely wish that other individuals 
in his section of the country would emulate his example ; and thus 
attract to their neighborhoods, the attention of the scientific through- 
out the world. It is safe to say, that Claiborne is, for the present, the 
most remarkable spot to the gonkigyt in Alabama, whatever may be 
its importance in other respects. 
The new Tertiary fossil shells from Maryland and New scgitede 
are as follows : 
Balanus Finchii, from St. Mary’s, Maryland. 
Mactra clathrodon, do. 
Acteon Wetherilli, Deal, New Jersey. 
Rotella nana, St. Mary’ : Maryland. 
Fusus pumilus, 
Miliola Marylandica, do. 
