205 Dominican Fossixs — Maury 41 



Cumana, in the Manzanilla beds of Trinidad and at Bowden. 

 Our shell measures 40 X 1 6 mm. It was collected by Gabb in 

 Santo Domingo. 



Conus tortuosostriatus Toula 

 Plate 6, Figure 9 



Conus (Chelyconus) tortuosostriatus Toula, Jahrb. der K — K. Geol. 



Reichsanstalt Wien, vol. 61, p. 508, pi. 31, fig. 22, 1911. 

 Conus (Hemiconus) tortuosostriatus Cossmann, Journ. de Conchy- 



liologie, vol. 61, p. 40, pi. 3, figs. 28, 29, 1913. 



Shell slender, graceful; spire elevated; whorls about ten, 

 the first two smooth, nuclear; post-nuclear whorls sharply cari- 

 nate, denticulate, marked by strong arcuate growth-lines and 

 several incised spiral lines. Body whorl ornamented with about 

 twenty, narrow, flat spiral bands with narrower interspaces. 

 Length 22, width 8 mm. 



This pretty Cone is very near to C. gracilissimus , differing 

 chiefly in the proportion of length to breadth, the ratio being 

 approximately 3 to 1 against 2 to 1. 



Localities. — (Exp'd '16) Zones G and E, Rio Gurabo at 

 Los Quemados. 



Conus ornatus (Gabb's name), n. sp. 

 Plate 6, Figure 10 



Conus ornatus Gabb, MS. Specimen No. 7671 Cornell University Mu- 

 seum. No description found. 



Shell of medium size, solid, spire very low, each of its volu- 

 tions marked with four strong spiral threads and faint arcuate 

 growth lines; body whorl sharply carinate, beneath the carina 

 the sides slope slightly convexly and steeply to the base; orna- 

 mentation of about twenty-one very sharply incised spiral lines, 

 obsolete on the upper fourth of the whorl. Length of shell 45, 

 greatest width 27 mm. 



Our specimen was collected by Gabb in Santo Domingo and 



