215 Midway Stage ioi 



with distant spines on the angle, two or three of which are pro- 

 duced; ribs longitudinal, oblique, foliated, acute; angle of body 

 whorl situated about the middle of the shell; beak sinuous, angle 

 of aperture extending into an elongated, recurved spine. 

 " lycngth s/s inch." 



Localities (Midway). — Alabama: Matthews' L,anding; i mi. 

 W. of Oak Hill P. O. 



Type.— Ac. Nat. Sci., Phila. 



MUREX. 



Murex i^Pterojiohis^ matthewsensis, PI. lo, fig. 2. 



Syn. M. matthewsensis Aid., ^uW. No. i, Geol. Surv. Ala., 

 1886, p. 18, pi. 3, fig. 15. 



AldricJi' s original description. — "Shell triangular, whorls prob- 

 ably four; angular, smooth between the varices; varices three, 

 longitudinal, prominent; spines of the body whorl elongated and 

 curved upward, the one at the angle of the aperture nearly closed; 

 body whorl angulated on upper part, the other whorls rounded; 

 aperture ovate, outer lip thick with a foliation at the junction 

 with the body whorl running from the spine to the beak; inner 

 lip smooth with a slight lamina; beak short; canal rather wide. 



''Locality. — Matthews' I^anding, Ala. 



" Differs from M. moruhcs Con., in having no spines between 

 the varices at the shoulder of the body whorl, and has no crenu- 

 lations on the edge of the outer lip. ' ' 



Localities. — Alabama: Matthews' Lyanding; i mi. W. of Oak 

 Hill P. O. 



Type. — Aldrich's collection. 



TRITON. 



Trito?i (^Ranularia') eocensis, PI. 10, fig. 3. 



Syn. Fulgur eocense Aid., Bull. Am. Pal., No. 2, p. 10, pi. 3, 

 figs. 7, 7a. 



Aldrich's original description. — "Shell oblong fusiform; spire 

 obtuse; whorls seven, angulated; whorls of the spire four in num- 

 ber and smooth, the others covered with fine revolving striae; 

 periphery of the last three whorls bounded by longitudinal tu- 

 bercles, sometimes a double line of these appearing upon the 

 upper whorls; body whorl with three strong carinse, the one on 

 the shoulder strongly tuberculose; one varix showing in all the 



