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form, most of them having the anterior and posterior projections 

 blunt and rounded, the cone being of limited height. The best figure 

 of this variety can be seen in plate i., e, of the author's memoir on 

 the Aborigines of Porto Eico. Another subdivision of the type 

 [pi. 110, A, B~\ has more pointed anterior and posterior projec- 

 tions, the surface lying between the anterior projection and the apex 

 of the cone being slightly concave, while that portion which extends 

 bet^veen the posterior projection and the apex is slightly convex. 

 There are sometimes pronounced lateral ridges that extend from the 

 apex of the cone to the edge of the base. 



" In the third subdivision of the type the conoid projection is 

 slender, while in the fourth the cone seems to rise out of a depression 

 surrounded by a slightly elevated lip. The first two subdivisions 

 of this type have been figured elsewhere (op. cit., pi. l) ; the second 

 two, here distinguished from the others for the first time, have not 

 hitherto been illustrated. They will be considered in turn, beginning 

 with the one last mentioned. 



"An instructive new form of three-pointed zemis, to which the 

 author's attention was called by Senor Grullon, is provisionally 

 placed in the fourth subdivision of the fourth type, from which 

 it differs in having an elevated fold or raised ridge inclosing 

 a depression, out of which rises the conoid projection. Although 

 the general appearance of this stone has suggested phallicism, the 

 author would not so interpret it. This is the only specimen of this 

 form thus far described.""' 



"Another three-pointed zemi from Santiago has the conoid pro- 

 jection quite slender, more so than that of any other specimen. Its 

 apex tips slightly forward toward the anterior end of the zemi. A 

 ])hotograph of this idol was sent to the author by Senor Grullon. 

 This specimen V)elongs to the third subdivision of the fourth type." 



Four examples of the fourth type of tripointed stones are here 

 described for the first time. Two of these (pi. 110, A, B) are in the 

 Berlin Museum and one in the Heye collection. 



The fourth type of- tripointed stones is easy to distinguish, from 

 the fact that while it shows the three points— anterior, posterior, and 

 conical projections — it has no representative of human or ajiimal head 

 carved on it, although not without geometrical designs, as parallel 

 lines. 



Plate 111, A, represents a specimen wMch shows grooves near the 

 anterior and posterior ends for lashing to some foreign object. The 

 cone is girt by parallel lines, and the base is slightly concave. 



Plate 111, /?, represents one of the Heye specimens, which differs 

 from others in having vertical lines near the apex of the conical pro- 



70a Figured in F\irthei' Notes on the Arclieology of Porto Rieo, Amer. Anttirop., vol. x, 

 1908. 



