B. BuUen Newton — Shells from Raised Beaches, Red Sea. 547 



No. 9y) ; young forms from raised beach east of Jebel Esh (Nos. 

 2,172-2,190, Box No. 64y) ; 50 foot beach, Gemsah (Nos. 2,031- 

 2,057, Box No. 58/) ; beach No. 2, north-west of Camp 40, plain 

 east of Jebel Mellaha, east of Eed Sea Hills (No. 2,256, Box 

 No. 26/i) ; Ras Shokair, west coast of the Gulf of Suez, north-east of 

 -Camp 50 (No. 2,267, Box No. 377«). 



Barbatia lima, Reeve. 



Area lima, Eeeve : Conchologia Iconica, vol. ii (1844), pi. xv, fig. 101. 

 Distribution. — Philippine Islands, Cape York, Aden (E. A. Smith). 

 €oll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : beach east of Gharib (Nos. 2,227-2,254, 

 Box No. 17y) ; raised beach 20 feet above sea at Gharib lighthouse 

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

 raised beach. Camp 6, Wadi Gueh (No. 1,601, Box No. 56fc ; Nos. 

 1,562 and 1,564, Box No. 61A;). 



Glycymeris^ pectunculus, Linneeus. (PL XXI, Fig. 7.) 



Area pectwiculus, Liun;eiis : Systema Natiirse, 10th ed. (1758), p. 695 {=pectini- 

 formis, Lamarck). 



Distribution. — Bengal, Suez Bay, Gulf of Akaba, Persian Gulf, 

 Madagascar (E. A. Smith) ; beach deposits, western shore of 

 Eed Sea (Gray & Frerabley, Issel) ; Gulf of Akaba, Suez Bay, 

 Philippines (Issel). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : beach east of 

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

 Gharib lighthouse (Nos. 2,198-2,216, Box No. 53y) ; 50 foot beach, 

 Gemsah (No. 2,043, Box No. 63_;') ; big bay south of Sherm, Sinai 

 (No. 3.527, Box No. 44?) ; a young form from raised beach east of 

 Jebel Esh (Nos. 2,172-2,190, Box No. 64y). 



Family MYTILID^. 



Septifer bilocularis, Linnasus. 



Mytilus bilocularis, Linnaeus: Systema Naturae, lOth ed. (1758), p. 705. 

 Distribution. — Africa, etc. (B.M.). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt: 

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

 2,098, Box No. 18y). 



Septifer excisus, Wiegmann. 

 Ticliogonia excisa, "Wiegmann: Archiv Naturgeschichte (Wiegmann), 1837, p. 49. 

 Distribution. — Beach deposits of the Red Sea (Issel) ; Aden, 

 Madagascar, Mauritius, Mozambique, etc. (E, A. Smith). Coll. 

 Geol. Surv. Egypt: beach east of Gharib (Nos. 2,227-2,254, Box 

 No. 17/). 



Volsella- auriculata, Krauss. 



Modiola aurieulata, Krauss : Die Sudafrikauischen MoUusken, 1848, p. 20, pi. ii, 

 fig. 4. 

 Distribution. — Aden, South and East Africa, Gulf of Suez 

 (E. A. Smith) ; Red Sea (B.M.). Coll. Geol. Surv. Egypt : raised 

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

 No. 18y). 



1 Glyeymeris, Da Costa, \l'J^ = PeetHncnlHs, Lamarck, 1799, and Axinma, Poll, 

 1795. 

 - Volsella, Scopoli, \m = Modiolus, Lamarck, 1799. 



