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labelled C, ornatus. I fail, however, to find any published de- 

 scription of this species. 



Conus proteus Hwass 

 Plate 6, Figure n 

 Conus proteus Hwass, Enc. Meth. vers, i pt. 2, p. 682, 1789. 

 Conus proteus f Gabb, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. 15, p. 232, 1873. 

 ? Conus Berghausii ? Gabb, Id. p. 232. Not of Hoernes, Foss. Wie- 

 ner Beck. pi. 1, fig. 3. 

 Conus proteus Dall, Trans. Wagner Inst., vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 26, 1890. 



Like the recent C. proteus, our fossils have four or five re- 

 volving rows of orange colored dashes, including less conspicuous, 

 fainter, intervening rows. The proportions of one of our shells 

 are like the recent, measuring 42 X23 mm. But that figured is 

 longer, measuring 51X27. 



This species has lived on almost without change since the 

 blue clays were accumulating on the sea floor. It is also found 

 in the Florida Pliocene. 



Localities. — (Exp'd '16) Zone H, Rio Cana at Caimito; 

 Zone D, Rio Gurabo at Los Quemados. 



Conns Va?iattai, n. sp. 

 Plate 6, Figure 12 



Shell solid, turbinate, the length twice the width; remaining 

 whorls seven, their summits marked by arcuate growth-lines, not 

 striate, slightly, broadly channeled; body whorl sharply carinate 

 at the shoulder whence the sides taper evenly to the base, 

 body sculptured with twelve raised, revolving threads 3 mm. 

 apart at the center, closer at the base. Length of shell 40, 

 greatest width 20 mm. 



This shell was collected by Professor Gabb in Santo Domin- 

 go and thought by him to be a mutation of C. planiliratus, but 

 it is evidently distinct. It is named in honor of Dr. E. G. Van- 

 atta of the Philadelphia Academy. 



Conus furvoides Gabb 

 Plate 7, Figures 1, 2 

 Conus furvoides Gabb, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. 15, p. 232, 1873. 



