ILLUSTRATIONS AND DESCRIPTIONS OF FOSSIL 



MOLLUSCA CONTAINED IN THE PALEON- 



TOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS AT CORNELL 



UNIVERSITY. 



BY 



Katherine E. H. Van Winkle 



Notes and Illustrations of Some Types of West Coast 

 Species Described by Carpenter. 



While recently arranging collections in the Paleontological 

 Museum of Cornell University, the discovery was made of two 

 forgotten types which belonged to the Jewett Collection, bought 

 many years ago by Ezra Cornell. 



In 1866, Carpenter* described in the Annals and Magazine 

 of Natural History, five new species of mollusca, from material 

 collected and sent him by Col. E. Jewett, from the Pleistocene 

 of Santa Barbara, California. To explain what happened to 

 those forms described b)^ Carpenter we quote a note which fol- 

 lows the article describing the species: "Unfortunately, during 

 the long interval which has elapsed between the transmission of 

 the MS. and receipt of the proof, the types have been returned 

 to the owner, and (with the remainder of Col. Jewett's invalu- 

 able collection of fossils) have become the property of a college in 

 New York State. As they are packed in boxes, and at present 

 inaccessible, I am unable to give the measurements ; but the 

 unique specimens were drawn on wood by Mr. Sowerby for the 



* Carpenter, Philip P. On the Pleistocene Fossils collected by Col. E, 

 Jewett, at Sta. Barbara, California ; with Descriptions of New Species. 

 Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. 3rd Ser. Vol. XVII, pp. 274-278, 1S66 ; Smith. 

 Misc. Coll. 252, pp. 319-325, 1872. 



