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irregularibus, alterna vice minoribus; labro acuto, intus crenato, elevatis lineis alternantibus ; 

 rostris brevibus, obtusis. 



Description. Shell fusiform, cancellate, transversely costate ; costse robust; revolving 

 lines filiform, irregular, alternately smaller ; labrum acute, crenated within, and alter- 

 nating with the raised lines; beak short, obtuse. 



Common on the shores of South Carolina. 



Plate XXX. Fig. 6. 



Locality. Waccamaw. Museum,, College of Charleston. 



FASCIOLARIA.— Lam. 



FASCIOLAKIA DISTANS.— La m. 



Plate XXX. Figs. 7 and 8. 



Fasciolaria distans, Lam., An, sans Vert., Vol. 9, p. 433. 

 Fasciolaria distans, Kiener, pi. 3. 



F. testa fusiformi, ventricosa, longitudinaliter tenuiter striata; anfractibus fuscis late 

 separatis annulis transverse impressis; suturis simplicibus; spira prominenti, acuta; columna 

 una plica. 



Description. Shell fusiform, ventricose, longitudinally finely striated ; whorls marked 

 transversely by dark colored and widely separated bands; sutures simple; spire prominent, 

 acute ; pillar with one plait. 



The dark bands are characteristic of this species; fossil specimens have but faint traces 

 of these markings upon the surface. 



It is common in a recent state upon the southern coast. 



Plate XXX. Figs. 7 and 8. 



Museum, College of Charleston. 



