Dominican Fossils — Maury 225 



Tellina (Scissula) scitula Dall 

 Plate 38, Figure 12 



Tellina (Scissula) scitula Dall, Trans. Wagner Inst. Sci., vol. 3, pt. 

 5, p. 1028, 1900. 



Shell small, rounded anteriorly, moderately pointed poster- 

 iorly ; surface with fine, close striae, extending obliquely back- 

 ward towards the base, and faint microscopic radial striations ; 

 no interior thickened rays. Length of a large shell 8, altitude 

 4.50, diameter 1.5 mm. The majority are about 7 mm. long. 

 Resembling T. iris Say, but with finer, closer, more oblique striae 

 and more pointed posterior end. Described from Santo Domingo 

 and Bowden. 



We found this pretty little Tellina exceedingly abundant on 

 the Mao. 



Localities. — Exp'd'16) Bluff 3, Cercado de Mao (thous- 

 ands of shells) ; Zone H, Rio Cana at Caimito (scarce) ; Zone 

 G, Rio Gurabo at Dos Quemados (compararively scarce). 



Genus Strigilla Turton 



Strigilla pisiformis Linne 

 Plate 39, Figure 6 

 Tellina pisiformis Linne, Syst. Nat., ed. 10, p. 677, 1758. 

 Strigilta pisiformis Gabb, Trans, Amer. Phil. Soc, vol. 15, p. 249, 



1873- 

 Strigilla pisiformis Dall, Trans. Wagner Inst. Sci., vol. 3, pt. 5, p. 



1038, 1900. 



We obtained hundreds of young shells of this species from 

 the river bluffs which seem identical with those from the Monte 

 Cristi, beach. The latter, however, are prettily stained on the 

 center of the disc with brilliant rose pink. 



Locality. — (Exp'd'16) Bluff 3, Cercado de Mao. 



Strigilla caimitica, n. sp. 



Plate 39, Figure 7 



We collected a single valve of a Strigilla so exquisitely 

 sculptured that although imperfect it seems worthy of descrip- 



