2G0 THE ICE AGE IN CANADA. 



Virmilifi scrrula. Stimpson. 



Fossil— RiviC're-du- Loup, on shells. 



Recent — (iulf St. Lawrence. Itis(juite likely the (ireenlaml species 

 identified by Ffil)ricius with Scrpidn triquetrd. 



Spiocha'toptcrus ti/pus. Sars. 

 Fossil — Labrador (Packard). 

 Recent — Labrador (Packard) ; Norway (Sars). 



Spirorhis glomeratti {Stimpsoni, Verrill). Mnller. 



Fossil— Rivirre-du- Loup ; Little Metis; Labrador (Packard) ; (Jreen- 

 Icind (Fabr. ); (iaspi-. Tliis species is Spirurbis Stimpsoni of Verrill, 

 })eing rei^arded l)y iiini as distinct and new. 



Spirorhis vUrea. Faljricius. 



Fossil— Montreal ; Quel)ec ; Riviere-du-Loup ; Murray Bay. Very 

 connnon on stones and shells. 



Recent— Little Metis ; (ireenland (Fabricius) ; Gulf St. Lawrence. 



Spirorbis bore alls. Daudin. 



Fossil — Riviere-du-Loup, on shells. 



Recent — Gulf St. Lawrence ; (Jreenland (Fabricius). 



Spirorbis Incidus. Fleming. 



Fossil — Rivi»;re-du-Loup, on the inside of shells. 

 Recent — CJulf St. Lawrence; Fishing Banks, American Coast 

 ((ioiild). 



Spirorbis carinnta. Montague. 



Fossil — Riviere-du-Loup, on shells. 



This is a Spirorbis with one carina, found also in the Gulf of St. 

 Lawrence, and possibly the same with the S. contort iiplicata of 

 Fabricius from Greenland ; Little Metis. 



The beautiful Spirorbis canceUata of Fabricius, so common in the 

 modern Gulf of St. Lawrence, and also in Greenland, has not yet been 

 foimd in the Pleistocene. 



Nereis pelayica. Linn. 



Fossil — Green's Creek (collection of Mr. J. Stewart, Ot^^awa, and 

 J.W. D.) 



The specimens are in the nodules from this locality. They resemble 

 at first sight whitish strips of calcareous matter about four inches in 

 length and scarcely two lines in breadth. This strip of calcite is a 



