the fascicles oceaslonally toward the nB.rjin ■becoming less promi- 

 nent ar.^. '^■i^'h"-"--] ■'•--> ■^'•-1'- .-^fv- C---0 . gometir'--^ r^^ "•■""■ ^les present, 

 with some rao.ials merely more prominent than others or all suh- 

 equal; the ra^lials hear' jntinuous rows of :- , prominent 



nodules, continuing acrose ■^'-'^ Interspace; . " -"^'?.s as 



raised concentric lines; anterior dorsal area bearing a few v/eak 

 radials; anterior portion of pos^terior dorsal area withont radials, 

 the remainder w-ith ' ■^''' "--■■■'ialo .cu :':.:! .-.1--.^ -t.^.-,,,,,-: .- ^ i^arrin, 



a very narrow area adjacent to the nar,?-in being almost or entirely" 

 smooth, hut not depressed; hirjge strong-; inner narg-in of the valve 

 finelj' cremilateu. 



Dii?. ens ions ,- Lat., 8,2 mm.; alt., 9 mm.; semidiam., 5 mm. 



I? esnr '-•:■ .- This species is the most ahim'^ant of the Iticinoid 

 for^'iG, a;:iOii^; v-^iiuL it it: ooiicspicuoac;, Liespite i r^ .^..icll size, be- 

 cause of its sharply reticulater) , strong sculpt . ." e sculpture 

 is, hov/ever, very variable, v;ith almost all r: ^^ ■'""'' at io"'£! from fas- 

 cicles of prominent radials, separated b;^" ii:.ier ones, uo oubcqvial 

 radials. On young shells that have fascicles, the individual 

 radials constitutinp- them are fused for a consifJerable 'Tistance 

 to":ard the umbo and the finer int er^/ening radis.ls are more often 

 absent than on adults, 'Ihere is some variation in the dec 

 inflation and in the coiweitlt;; of the aiiterior margin. The Ip.r^- 

 est valve at hand has the follov.ang dimensions: lat., 9 nan.. 



