90 PLEIOCENE FOSSILS. 



Description. Shell elliptical with a distinct fold near the posterior extremity; posterior 

 end reflected ; posterior dorsal margin straight, oblique, extremity truncated and much 

 above the line of the base ; beaks nearest the posterior end ; basal margin very regularly 

 arched. 



Mr. Say described this species from a recent specimen found on the coast of South Ca- 

 rolina ; Mr. Conrad says it is also found on the coast of New Jersey. 



Plate XXII. Fig. 5, Interior and exterior of fossil, natural size. 



Locality. Waccamaw; Pee Dee. 



Museum, College of Charleston. 



TELLINA PLEXUOSA. — Say. 



Plate XXII. Pigs. 1, la, lb. 'I % L>\ 



Tellina flexuosa, Say, Jour. Ac. Nat. Sci., Vol. 2, p. 303. 



T. testa sub-orbiculari; lineis obliquis, parallelis impressis sculpturata; rugis transversis 

 minutis; margine buccali anali longiore, eaque minus obtuse rotundata; umbonibus pone 

 medium positis. 



Description. Shell sub-orbicular, surface obliquely sculptured, with very regular, 

 parallel impressed lines; longitudinal stria? none; transverse wrinkles minute; buccal 

 margin longer than anal and less obtusely rounded ; beak placed behind the middle, not 

 prominent. 



This very pretty little Tellina is abundant on the southern coast. 



Plate XXII. Fig. 7, Magnified view, to show the oblique parallel lines. 

 " la and lb, Interior and exterior of shell, natural size. 



Locality. Pee Dee. Museum, College of Charleston. 



