249 Dominican Fossils— Maury 85 



not represented in the National Museum, but is like Gabb's 

 species except for the number of folds. Length of decollate shell 

 38, greatest width 24 mm. 



Locality. — Zone D, Rio Gurabo at Los Quemados. 



Genus Melon gen a Schumacher 

 Melongena consors Sowerby 

 Plate 14, Figure 5 

 Pyrula consors Sowerby, Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc, London, vol. 6, p. 49, 



1849. 

 Melongena melongena Gabb (in part,) Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. 15, 

 p. 205, 1873. Not M. melongena Linne, nor M. patula Brod. 

 and Sby. 

 Pyrula melongena Guppy (in part) Geological Mag. London, p. 



438, 1874. 

 Pyrula melongena Guppy, Quart. Jour. Geol. Soc. London, vol. 32, 



p. 523, 1876. 

 Melongena consors Dall, Trans. Wagner Inst. Sci., vol. 3, pt. 1, p. 121, 

 1890; pt. 6, p. 1584, 1903. 



This is the higher spired, ancestral form of M. 7nelongena 

 which abounds on the Monte Cristi beach. The fossil shell is 

 also abundant. Our largest specimen measures 125X85 mm. 

 It occurs also at Cumana, and Bowden. 



Locality. — (Exp'd'i6) Bluff 3, Cercado de Mao; Zone I, 

 Rio Cana at Caimito. 



Genus Metula H. and A. Adams 



Metula cancellata Gabb 

 Plate 14, Figure 19 



Metula cancellata Gabb, Trans. Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. 15, p. 205, 1873. 



Metula cancellata Dall, Trans. Wagner Inst., vol. 3, pt. 6, p. 1584, 1903. 



Closest akin to this shell is the Isthmian species M. Gabbi 

 Brown and Pilsbry from the Gatun beds (Proc. Acad. Nat, Sci. 

 Phila., p. 351, pi. 25, figs. 4, 8, 1911.) 



Dr. Dall reports Metula cancellata from the Bowden beds, 

 Jamaica. 



Locality. — (Exp'd '16) — Bluff 1, Cercado de Mao. (A 

 single specimen only of this exquisite shell.) 



