R. Bullen Newton — Shells from Raised Beaches, Red Sea. 509 



above sea at Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,058-2098, Box No. 18/) ; 

 Kas Gharib (Barron) ; 50 foot beach, Gemsah (No. 1,626, Box 

 No. 65A-). 



Cauarium gibberulum, Liunceus. (PI. XX, Fig. 2.) 



StroDibiis gibberiilus, Liuureus : Systema Naturtc, 10th ed. (1758), p. 744. 

 Distribution. — Beach deposits near Kosseir (Fraas, Gray & 

 Frembley) ; Red Sea (Issel) ; Bed Sea, Zanzibar to Philippines 

 (Tryon) ; Aden, Bed Sea, Indian Ocean, etc. (E. A. Smith). Coll. 

 Geol. Siirv. Egypt : raised beach 80 feet above sea, Camp 6, Wadi 

 Gueh (Nos. 1,655-1,657, Box No. 81/, and No. 1,571, Box No. 38fr,) ; 

 raised beach. Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (No. 1,598, Box No. 59Z:, and 

 No. 1,574, etc., Box No. 62/c) ; Jebel Zeit (Barron). 



Pterocera millepeda, Linnaeus. 



Strombus millepeda, Linnaeus : Systema Naturae, 10th ed. (1758), p. 743. 

 Distribution. — Red Sea and Indian Ocean (Issel) ; Indian Ocean 

 to Philippines (Trvon). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : 50 foot beach at 

 Gemsah, south of Jebel Zeit (No. 1,819, Box No. 54/). 



Family LAMPUSIID^ (^TRITONID^). 

 Lampusia pilearis, Lamarck. 



Triton pUeare, Lamarck: Hist. Nat. Anim. saus Vert., vol. vii (1822), p. 182. 



Distribution. — Beach deposits of the Red Sea (Gray & 

 Frembley, Issel) ; Red Sea to Philippines (Tryon) ; Aden, Red Sea, 

 Indian and Pacific Oceans, etc. (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. 

 Egypt : 50 foot beach at Gemsah, south of Jebel Zeit (Nos. 2,031- 

 2,057, Box No. 58/). 



Apollon tuberculatum, Broderip. 



Ranella tuberculata, Broderip: Proc. Zool. Soc. London, 1832, p. 179. 

 Distribution. — Red Sea, Indian Ocean, etc. (Tryon). Coll. Geol. 

 Surv. Egypt: Recent beach between Jebel Mellaha and Jebel Zeit 

 (Nos. 2,162-2,167, Box No. 21/) ; raised beach, Wadi Gueh, Camp 6 

 (No. 1,587, Box No. 49A;). 



Family CASSIDID^. 

 Cassis (Casmaria) nodulosa, Gmelin. 



Bucclnum nochdnswii, Gmelin: Systema Natuno, 13th ed. (1790), vol. i, pt. 6, 

 p. 3,479. 



(Vars. = torquata, Reeve, vide Tryon.) 

 Distribution. — Red Sea (Issel) ; Port Jackson, Australia 

 (Tryon) ; Aden, Red Sea, Mozambique, Andaman Islands (E. A. 

 Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt: raised beach 20 feet above sea 

 at Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,090-2,105, Box No. 20/). 



Cassis (Semicassis) Isevigata? Defrance. 



Cassis Icevigata, Defrance: Diet. Sci. Nat. (Paris), 1817, p. 210 (= saburoii, Homes, 

 no)i Lamarck). 



This species is represented by casts only, hence its identification 

 is a little doubtful. 



Distribution. — Miocene : Vienna Basin. Pliocene : Italian Basin. 

 Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : raised beach east of Jebel Esh (Nos. 



