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



(Nos. 2,058-2,098, Box No. 18/) ; beach against old island west of 

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

 51 j) ; raised beach 80 feet above sea, Camp 6, north of Wadi Gueh, 

 west of Kosseir (Nos. 1,651, 1,652, Box No. 79y). 



Class SCAPHOPODA. 



Family DENTALIID^. 



Dentalium octogonum, Lamarck. 



Dentalium octogonum, Lamarck : Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., vol. v (1818), p. 344. 

 Distribution. — Eed Sea and Persian Gulf, and Bed Sea beach 

 deposits (Issel). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt: Eas Gharib (Barron); 

 raised beach 20 feet above sea, Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,058-2,098, 

 Box No. 18y). 



Class LAMELLIBKANCHIATA. 

 Family AECID^. 



Area imbricata, Bruguiere. 



Area imbricata, Bruguiere : Encyclop. Methodique, 1789, vol. i (vers), p. 98. 



DiSTEiBUTiON. — West Indies, Fernando Noronha, South Africa, 

 Indian Ocean, Australia, Aden (E. A. Smith); Philippines, Zanzibar, 

 etc. (B.M.). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt: raised beach 20 feet above 

 sea at Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,058-2,098, Box No. 18/) ; 50 foot 

 beach, Gemsah (Nos. 2,031-2,057, Box No. 58/) ; raised beach. 

 Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (Nos. 1,562 and 1,564, Box No. 61^). 



Area rotundieostata, Eeeve. 



Area rotundieostata. Reeve : Conchologia Iconica, vol. ii (1844), pi. vii, fig. 46. 

 Distribution. — Locality unknown (B.M.). Coll. Geol. Surv. 

 Egypt : plain between Eas Gemsah and Jebel Zeit (No. 2,224, Box 

 No. 12y). 



Area squamosa, Lamarck. 

 Area sqtiamosa, Lamarck : Hist. Nat. Anim. sans Vert., 1819, p. 45, vol. vi, pt. 1. 

 Distribution. — Suez, Australia (Issel). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : 

 raised beach 20 feet above sea at Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,058- 

 2,098, Box No. 18/). 



Anadara antiquata, Linnasus. (PI. XXI, Fig. 6.) 



Area antiquata, Linnaeus : Systema Natura3, lOth ed. (1758), p. 694. 

 Distribution. — Beach deposits, western shore of Eed Sea (Gray 

 and Frembley) ; Australia, Indian Ocean, Mozambique (E. A. Smith). 

 Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : Eecent beach south of Gharib lighthouse 

 (Nos. 2,198-2,216, Box No. 53/) ; raised beach 80 feet above sea, 

 Camp 6, north of Wadi Gueh, west of Kosseir (No. 1,644, Box 

 No. 74/) ; raised beach, Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (No. 1,601, Box 

 No. 56&; Nos. 1,562 and 1,564, Box No. 61k). 



Anadara radiata, Eeeve. 



Area radiata, Eeeve: Conchologia Iconica, vol. ii (1844), pi. vi, fig. 40 { = scapha, 

 Issel, nan Chemnitz). 



Distribution.— Gulf of Akaba, Suez (Issel). Coll. Geol, Surv. 

 Egypt : plain between Eas Gemsah and Jebel Zeit (No. 2,223, Box 



