B. Bullen Newton — Shells from Raised Beaches, Red Sea. 545 



Box No. VJj) ; raised beach 20 feet above sea at Gharib lighthouse 

 (Nos. 2,058-2,098, Box No. 18/) ; raised beach 80 feet above sea. 

 Camp 6, north of Wadi Gueh, west of Kosseir (Nos. 1,653, 1,654, 

 Box No. 80/); raised beach, Wadi Gueh, Camp 6 (Nos. 1,591 and 

 1,567, Box No. 30&). 



Conus omaria, Hwass. (PI. XX, Fig. 9.) 



Conus omaria, Hwass. : Encyclop. Methodique, 1792, vol. i (vers), p. 743 

 [= pennaceus, Born, vide Tryon). 



Distribution. — Red Sea, Philippines (Tryon). Coll. Geol. Surv. 

 Egypt: 50 foot beach, Gemsah (Nos. 2,031-2,057, Box No. 58/); 

 raised beach. Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (Nos. 1,591 and 1,567, Box 

 No. 30Jt). 



Conus generalis, Linnaeus. 



Conus gener alls, Linnaeus: Systema Natura;, 12th ed. (1767), vol. i, pt. 2, p. 1,166. 



Distribution. — Beach deposits of the western shore of Eed Sea 

 (Gray & Frembley) ; Red Sea, Ceylon, East Africa, Philippines, 

 New Caledonia (Tryon) ; Aden, Red Sea, Ceylon, East Africa, 

 Philippines, etc. (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : Ras 

 Gharib (Barron). 



Conus textile, Linnseus. 

 Conus textile, Linniieus : Systema Naturaj, lOtli ed. (1758), p. 717. 



Distribution. — Red Sea, Indian Ocean, Philippines, Polynesia, 

 Aden (E. A. Smith) ; beach deposits, western borders of Red Sea 

 (Gray & Frembley) ; Red Sea, Mauritius, Philippines, etc. (Tryon). 

 Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : raised beach 80 feet above sea. Camp 5, 

 Wadi Gueh (No. 1,608, Box No. 54fc). 



Conus tessellatus, Bruguiere. 



Conus tessellatus, Bruguiere: Encyclop. Methodique, 1792, pi. cccxxvi, fig. 7. 



Distribution. — Beach deposits, western shores of Red Sea (Gray 

 and Frembley) ; Gulf of Akaba and Red Sea beach deposits (Issel) ; 

 Aden, Pidang, Sumatra (E. A. Smith) ; Red Sea (B.M.) ; Red Sea, 

 Mauritius, Ceylon, Philippines, etc. (Tryon). Coll. Geol. Surv. 

 Egypt : raised beach 80 feet above sea, Camp 5, Wadi Gueh (No. 

 1,608, Box No. 54&). 



Conus virgo, var. emaciatus, Reeve. 



Conus virgo, Linnaeus: Systema Natura?, 10th ed. (1758), p. 713. 



Conus emaeiatus, Eeeve : Conchologia Iconica, 1849, Suppl., pi. v, fig. 248. 



Distribution. — Philippines (B.M.) ; Java, Philippines, Australia, 

 Polynesia (Tryon). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : raised beach, Wadi 

 Gueh, Camp 6 (Nos. 1,591 and 1,567, Box No. 30A;). 



Family BULLID^. 



Bulla ampulla, Linnaaus. 



Bulla ampulla, Linnaaus : Systema Naturae, 10th ed. (1758), p. 727. 



Distribution. — Beach deposits western borders of Red Sea (Gray 



and Frembley) ; desert of Attaka, near Suez (Issel) ; Aden, Indian 



and Pacific Oceans (E. A. Smith). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : Jebel 



Zeit (Barron) ; raised beach 20 feet above sea at Gharib lighthouse 



DECADE IV. VOL. VII. — NO. XII. 35 



