422 Miscellanies. 



Marginella anatina. Anolax plicata. 



coluraba. Oliva constiicta. 



crassilabra. gracilis. 



plicata. Greenougbi. 



semen. dubia. 



ovata. Phillipsii. 



incurva. minima. 



biplicata. Monoptygraa Alabamiensis. 

 Family Convoluta. elegans. 



Anolax gigantea. Conus Claibornensis. 



The new genera of Mr. Lea, it will be observed, are Egeria, 

 Hippagus, Myofaro, Pasithea, Orhis, Tuba, and Monoptygina. 



That these inpovations in nomenclature, and the still more nume- 

 rous ones in the species, are destined to stand, unmodified, the test 

 of future investigations, may perhaps excite a doubt in the mind of 

 the cautious naturalist ; but we entertain too high an opinion of the 

 author, to believe for a moment, that he has been seduced by the idle 

 ambition for imposing new names ; and we doubt not, if a farther de- 

 velopment of the locality at Claiborne, and a more copious supply of 

 specimens, shall demonstrate the inter-transition of some of his spe- 

 cies, that he will show himself no less forward to relinquish, than he 

 has, apparently, been, to propose. In the mean time, however, every 

 geologist who takes an interest in the study of the fossiliferous for- 

 mations of North America, will feel grateful for the very minute and 

 faithful descriptions contained in this work, and for the exquisitely en- 

 graved figures by which every one of his species is illustrated. 



We owe too, many thanks to the scientific curiosity and generous 

 labors of Judge Tait. And we sincerely wish that other individuals 

 in his section of the country would emulate his example ; and thus 

 attract to their neighborhoods, the attention of the scientific through- 

 out the world. It is safe to say, that Claiborne is, for the present, the 

 most remarkable spot to the geologist in Alabama, whatever may be 

 its importance in other respects. 



The new Tertiary fossil shells from Maryland and New Jersey, 

 are as follows : 



Balanus Finchii, from St. Mary's, Maryland. 



Mactra clathrodon, do. 



Acteon Wetherilli, Deal, New Jersey. 



Rotella nana, St. Mary's, Maryland. 



Fusus pumilus, do. 



Miliola Marylandica, do. 



