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In the photograph the figures 1-4 represent a shell from Perth with the dorsal spots slightly confused; the other specimen
from Perth (not figured) which has been taken alive (female) has the margins bordered dorsally by a broad pale brownish-grey
zone and the dorsal spots very scarce. In both shells the interior is pale pink. The right photograph (fig. 5) represents the
base of a male specimen from Shark Bay in which the outer two-thirds of the base are suffused by rich orange (not well
recognizable in the photograph). In this shell the dorsum, which is almost unspotted, and the interior of the shell are
white.
The formulae of all these specimens indicating the length in mm, the relative breadth in percent of length, and the absolute
number of labial and columellar teeth (the anterior terminal ridge excluded) are as follows
First Gray's Beach. For the past several months I have been saving the data on Gray's Beach for inclusion in the shelling
areas on Oahu's north shore. In researching the area I could find no Gray's Beach. Cliff Weaver set me straight. Gray's Beach
is a part of Waikiki extending from just in front of the Halekulani Hotel towards Fort DeRussy. This area was, when known as
Gray's Beach, one of the best collecting areas on all Oahu. In addition to the shells previously reported for the areas
off-shore from Waikiki, the following Cypraea have been found in the relatively shallow waters of Gray's Beach: C. carneola,
granulata, lynx, semiplota, sulcidentata, talpa, teres, tessellata, and vitellus: a very impressive list of shells. Most of
these shells are still found in the deeper water off-shore and in recent months several have been found by shallow water
collectors.
The second omission was the existence of a fossil bed in the Kahuku Point area. Professor Ostergaard, in his pamphlet "Fossil
Marine Mollusks of Oahu" (Bernice P. Bishop Museum Bulletin No. 51), reported a fossil shell area from near the radio station
inland for about 1-1/2 miles to the "precipitous walls of a limestone bluff 100 feet high, evidently a former shore line."
Ostergaard found fossil specimens of Cymatium pileare, Cypraea caputserpentis, Turbo intercostalis, and Septifers kraussii in
this fossil bed. Conus tulipa has also been reported in fossil form from Kahuku. By the way, Bulletin 51 is still in print
and can be obtained from the Bishop Museum.
So much for the "left out" department.
The area discussed this month is definitely a lee shore during the trade wind season. Our average trade winds of fifteen to
eighteen miles per hour will cause little trouble with waves or surf. However, intensified trades of up to 35 miles per hour
can cause hazardous conditions to develop, even inside the fringing reef. Occasionally huge ocean swells are encountered on
the north shore, even with little or no wind. These are usually the result of mid-ocean storms.
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