AlvDRlCH, BOCKNK MoivI^USCA 



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rangular outline ; beaks small, compressed and pointed ; surface 

 with rather close set radial lines on the posterior slope ; balance 

 of the surface smooth ; teeth as in the subgenus, three or four 

 anterior and two posterior ; muscular scars shallow but plainly 

 * marked. I^ength 5 mm. ; height 3 mm. 



Locality. — Woods Bluff beds near Ozark, Ala. 



Type. — My cabinet. 

 Ostrea intermedoides, n. sp. PI. 3. ^^igs. 15, 16. 



Shell medium, valves rather thin ; surface in older speci- 

 men with numerous raised concentric ribs ; .the lower valve bent 

 downwards near the beak ; the umbo shows radial striae ; mar- 

 gins crenulated internally ; a fragment of the upper valve ap- 

 pears to be flat. Length of lower valve 32 mm. ; breadth about 

 20 mm. 



Locality. — Bell's Landing marl, Bell's Landing, Ala. River, 



Ala. 



Type. — Ala. Museum of Nat. Histor}^ 



Remarks. — Have hesitated to add another oyster to our Eo- 

 cene, but I have been unable to find a place for this species. 

 Four lower valves and a fragment of the upper valve are in the 

 collection. The ornamentation recalls O. falco Dall from the 

 Jacksonian. 



Psammobia Smithi, n. sp. PI. 3. Figs. 17, 18. 



Shell large ; substance of shell thin ; oblong-ovate ; rather 

 compressed ; surface shining, with fine concentric sculpture 

 medially ; both ends coarser and elevated ; on the posterior 

 slope the laminae are rough and somewhat mammillated ; beaks 

 very small ; muscular scars distinct but shallow. Length 60 

 mm. ; height 32 mm. ; Breadth about 12 mm. 



Locality. — Gregg's Ldg. marl at Bell's Landing, Ala. Riv- 

 er, Ala. 



Type. — Alabama Museum of Nat. History, University Ala. 



Remarks. — Both valves of this splendid species are in the 

 collection. It bears a general resemblance to P. Jilosa Conrad, 

 but the dimensions are v^rj different. Collected by the late H. 

 H. Smith and named in his honor. 



