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The specimen figured is quite imperfedl but sufficiently char- 

 a(5teristic to be distinguished. 



Locality. — Alaba:ma: Upper bed, Hatchetigbee bluff. 



SCALA. 

 Scala exquisita n. sp., Pl. y, figs. 7, a. 



Shell elongate, umbilicite, with about ten whorls, the nuclear 

 ones smooth, balance with fifteen elevated, recurved varices; body 

 of whorl covered with fine spiral striae between the varices and 

 on the outer part of the same; the varices are pointed above, 

 and join at the umbilicus making a rather sharp ridge, some of 

 them continuing over into the interior of same; aperture round. 



Locality. — Alabama: Gregg's Landing. 



TUBA. 

 Tuba (Mathilda) leana n. sp., ^ Pl. i^ fig. 2, 



Shell small; whorls rounded, four in number, excluding spire; 

 nucleus twisted, blunt, eredl, rather large and bulbous; surface 

 cancellated, with five or six spirals crossed with axial lines, the 

 spirals just below suture smaller than the others; suture strong- 

 ly marked; aperture rounded, smooth within; pillar lip thick, 

 spreading slightly at base. 



This shell has some resemblance to Eglesia pulchra Mr. from 

 Claiborne. The drawing shows the aperture of an immature 

 specimen. The nucleus does not lean to one side as in Mathilda^ 



Locality. — Alabama: Wood's Bluff horizon, Chodtaw Corner. 



FUSUS. 

 Fusus subfilosus n. sp., Pl. 2, fig. 2. 



Shell as in figure; whorls eight or nine, seven adult, strongly 

 rounded, acute at periphery; surface covered with numerous fine 

 spirals crossed by lines of growth, some three or four spirals on 

 base of body whorl stronger than the others; outer lip sharp; 

 canal long, slightly twisted; inner lip smooth; aperture a little 

 more rounded above than shown in figure. 



Very rare, only one perfedl specimen found. 



Locality. — Alabama: Claiborne. 



VOL UTILITHES. 

 Volutilithes lisbonensis n. sp., Pl. 2, figs, i, a. 



