A GEOLOGICAL RECONNAISSANCE IN HAITI 741 
proved to be merely lignite fragments imbedded in sand. The 
exposure is a bluff on the east of the river and consists largely of 
shale beds dipping east at low angles. Pieces of the shale lay about 
the base of the bluff and from these pieces the following species 
were collected: 
FOSSILS FROM MAISSADE BEDS ON RIVIERE L’AYAYE 
Bullaria paupercula Sowerby 
Terebra berlinerae Maury 
Conus ritteredget Maury 
Conus symmetricus Sowerby 
Conus sp. 
Turris albida barrettt Guppy 
Turris albida virgo Lam. 
Drillia fusiformis Gabb 
Drillia consors Sowerby 
Drillia henekent Sowerby 
Glyphostoma dentifera Gabb 
Glyphostoma golfoyaquensis Maury 
Oliva cylindrica Sowerby 
Olivella muticoides Gabb 
Marginella maoensis Maury 
Marginella (Persicula) cercadensis Maury 
Fusus henekeni var (?) 
Mitra henekeni Sowerby 
Latirus fusiformis Gabb 
Vasum hiatense Sowerby 
Melongena consors Sowerby 
Phos costatus Gabb 
Phos fasciolatus Dall 
Metula cancellata Gabb 
Strombina prisma P. & J. 
Murex messorius Sowerby 
Murex domingensis Sowerby 
Murex (Chicoreus) cornerectus Guppy 
Typhis cercadicus Maury 
Cassis sulcifera Sowerby 
Malea camura Guppy 
Cypraea spurcoides Gabb 
Strombus proximus 
Strombina divilitus H. & M. (?) 
Cerithium russelli Maury 
Siliquaria gurabensis Maury 
