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soni, and the valves are more highly inflated anteriorly, 

 tapering ofif in greater contrast to a thin, produced posterior 

 ring which is much narrower and longer than that of nelsoni. 

 No specimens as large as those of nelsoni in the Nelson 

 collection have been found. C. bcrryi is very prolific in the 

 Lower Zorritos formation. CrassatcUites reevei Gabb,^*^ 

 from Gatun, Santo Domingo, and Sapote, Costa Rica, is 

 somewhat similar, and is perhaps the closest species known 

 from the Americas. It differs chiefly in lacking the attenu- 

 ate posterior wing of bcrryi. In addition the area behind 

 the keel is flatter and smaller in bcrryi^ the beaks being 

 higher and the keel more curved. 



Lower Zorritos. Quebrada Zapotal. 



Super family Lucinacea 



Family LUCINIDAE 



Genus Phacoides Blainville 



Subgenus Pseudomietha Fischer 



Phacoides (Psendomiltha?) insleyi n. sp. 



Plate VII— Fig. 11. 



Shell medium-sized, moderately inflated, somewhat pro- 

 duced ventrally. Anterior dorsal margin broadly curved, 

 forming a blunt but perceptible angle with the lateral mar- 

 gin. Ventral margin full and rounded, somewhat produced. 

 Posterior dorsal margin similar to anterior, but the angle 

 with the lateral margin is more pronounced and is slightly 

 nearer the beaks. Umbones sharp, inclined forward, distinct. 

 General surface convex, excepting a slight concavity before 

 the beaks. There is no surficial sinus. Sculpture, of fine 

 concentric growth-lines, known only from small patches of 

 the epidermis, which is thin, and cleaves off readily, showing 



'"Brown and Pilsbry, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Phila., vol. 64, p. 515, 

 pi. 24, fig. 5, 1912. 



