682 CRETACEOUS PALEONTOLOGY. 



the deposit, but not umbilicate; surface of the shell marked by 

 proportionately strong, transverse lines of growth, which are 

 exceedingly irregular; and also by fine, even, corrugated spiral 

 lines crossing them." (Whitfield.) 



The dimensions of one of the type specimens are: height, 24 

 mm.; maximum diameter, 14.5 mm.; height of aperture, 14.5 

 mm. The largest individual observed has a height of 27 mm., 

 and many specimens are much smaller than the dimensions of the 

 type given. 



Remarks. — This species is a close ally of the western A. palu- 

 dinaeforfms, with which it has sometimes been identified, but 

 it is a more robust shell with shorter spire and proportionally 

 larger body volution, which gives it a larger aperture. The sur- 

 face characters of the two> species are almost identical, but the 

 New Jersey shell has the revolving lines a little more closely 

 arranged. 



Formation and locality. — Merchantville clay-marl, near Mat- 

 awan (loi); Woodbury clay, Lorillard (102), near Matawan 

 (103), near Haddonfield (164, 183). 



Geographic distribution. — New Jersey. 



Amauropsis punctata (Gabb). 

 Plate I,XXVII„ Figs. 4-6. 



i860. Phasianella punctata Gabb, Jour. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil, 



2nd ser., vol. 4, p. 299, pi. 48, fig. 3. 

 1 861. Phasianella punctata Gabb, Synop. Moll. Cret. Eorm., p. 



123 (67). 

 1864. Hutropia ( ?) punctata Meek, Check List Inv. Foss. N. 



A., Cret. and Jur., p. 18. 

 1868. Butropia punctata Con., Cook's Geol. N. J., p. 729. 

 1868. Littorina punctata Con., Cook's Geol. N. J., p. 729. 

 1892. Amauropsis punctata Whitf., Pal. N. J., vol. 2 (Monog. 



U. S. G. S., vol. 18), p. 132, pi. 16, figs. 17-21. 

 1905. Aiiwuropsis punctata Johns., Proc. Acad. Nat. Sci. Phil. 



(1905), p. 21. 



