504 R. Bullen Newton — Shells from Raised Beaches, Red Sea. 



at Camp 6, north of Wadi Gueh, west of Kosseir (Nos. 1,655-1,657, 

 Box No. 81;) ; beacb east of Gharib (Nos. 2,227-2,254, Box No. 

 17;) ; raised beach 20 feet above sea at Gharib lighthouse (Nos, 

 2,058-2,098, Box No. 18;; Nos. 2,090-2,105, Box No. 20;); 

 raised beach, Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (No. 1,594, Box No. 28k ; No. 

 1,587, Box No. 49^; Nos. 1,559 and 1,561, Box No. 60^; Nos. 

 1,574, etc.. Box No. 621). 



Family NERITID^. 



Nerita albicilla, Linnseus. 



Nerita alUcilla, Linnaeus : Systema Natura?, 10th ed. (1758), p. 778. 



According to Tryon this species includes sanguinolenta, Menke ; 

 marmorata, Reeve ; and crassilahrum, E. A. Smith. 



Distribution. —Beach deposits of Red Sea (Issel) ; Red Sea to 

 Philippines (Tryon) ; Aden, Red Sea, Indian and Pacific Oceans 

 (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv, Egypt : beach south of Gharib 

 (Nos. 2,227-2,254, Box No. 17;) ; beach against old island west of 

 Camp 51, south of Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,021-2,030, Box No. 

 57/) ; raised beach 80 feet above sea. Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (No. 

 1,569, Box No. 3U ; No. 1,612, Box No. 58k) ; raised beach. 

 Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (Nos. 1,574, etc., Box No. 62/b). 



Family HIPPONYCID^. 



Hipponyx barbatus, G. B. Sowerby. 



Eipponyx barbatus, G. B. Sowerby; Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1835, p. 5. 



Distribution. — Mazatlan, Galapagos Islands, Polynesia, Japan, 



Cape of Good Hope (Tryon) ; Society Islands (B.M.). Coll. Geol. 



Surv. Egypt : Ras Gharib (Barron) ; raised beach 20 feet above sea 



at Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,058-2,098, Box No. 18;). 



Family CYPR^ID^. 

 Cypraea annulus, Linngeus. 



Cyprcea annidus, Linnajus : Systema NaturaB, lOtli ed. (1758), p. 723. 

 Distribution. — Gulf of Akaba, Mediterranean and beach deposits 

 of Red Sea (Issel) ; Indian and Pacific Oceans, and fossil in 

 Southern Europe (Tryon) ; Aden (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. 

 Egypt : raised beach, Wadi Gueh, Camp 6 (No. 1,568, Box No. 2^k) ; 

 raised beach east of Jebel Esh (Nos. 2,172-2190, Box No. 64; ). 



Cypraea Arabica, Linnseus. 



Cyprcea Arabica, Linnseus: Systema Natura, 10th ed. (1758), p. 718. 

 Distribution.— Beach deposits of Red Sea (Gray & Frembley, 

 Issel) ; Gulf of Akaba and Ras Benass (Issel) ; Indian and Pacific 

 Oceans (Tryon); Aden (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt: 

 beach east of Gharib (Nos. 2,227-2,254, Box No. 17;). 



Cypraea caurica, Linnaeus. 



Cyin-ma caurica, Linnpcus : Systema Naturaj, 10th ed. (1758), p. 723. 

 Distribution.— Beach deposits of Red Sea (Gray & Frembley) ; 

 Gulf of Akaba (Issel) ; Indian and Pacific Oceans (Tryon) ; Aden 

 (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : east of Gharib (Nos. 

 2,227-2,254, Box No. 17;). 



