﻿NEW OLIGOCENE SHELLS FROM FLORIDA 



CARLOTTA JOAOUINA MAURY 



Introduction 



Some years ago a collection of fossils from the Florida Oli- 

 gocene was made by Professor G. D. Harris, assisted by Mr 

 Arthur Veatch and others, for the Museum of Cornell University 

 The material, of which there was a large quantity, was worked 

 over at the time by the writer, and described species were identi- 

 fied, but a large number were new. These were set aside to 

 await the completion of Dr. Dall's Monograph on the Florida 

 Tertiaries, as it was thought that many of the new species would 

 be therein described by Dr. Dall. Such proved to be the case 

 Some forms in the Cornell collection however still remained un- 

 described, and these are now named and described in the follow- 

 ing pages. 



In addition to the new species from the Cornell University 

 collection, Mr. T. H. Aldrich has most generously placed at the 

 writer's disposal for description a number of new Florida species 

 from his own large private collection in Washington. 



Many thanks are due Dr. Dall for his kindness in opening 

 his collections to the writer for comparison with the Cornell 

 shells, and for many helpful suggestions in regard to determina- 

 tions of species. 



The drawings have been made with great accuracy and 

 beauty by Miss Rena B. Johnson, of New York City. 



