32 Panama Shells. 



Station. At the low water m;ir!c of the spring tides. 

 The light colored specimens were found on a cream-colored 

 species of Gorgonia, and the purple specimens on a Gor- 

 gonia of the same color. Of 56 specimens, four are purple, 

 and 14 are mature, and 42 immature. 



Habitat. San Juan, Lower Calif. Lt. Green! Gould 



Mss. Purple shells. 

 Santa Barbara. E. Jewel.t ! Gould Mss. 



Pale, or moderately tinged with purple. 

 Panama. C. B. A. ! 



The 56 specimens were all taken on the reef at Panama. 

 Mr. Cuming found one specimen of O. inflexion in the Gulf 



of Dulce. * 



5. Ovula 5 sp. Indet. 



We abstain from describing this species, because the only 

 two specimens which we have are immature. They resem- 

 ble O. variabilis, but the general form and the aperture are 

 wider, and the shells are covered with excessively minute re- 

 volving striae. Exc- pt in being striated, they resemble O. 

 inflexum Sowb. They were found on the reef. 



CYPR JE^t. Of the seven following species, all appeared 

 to be rare atPanama, except, C. punctulata and C. cervinetta. 



G. Cypraea arafoicula. 



Synonymi/. 



Cyprcca arabicula Larn. in Ann. Mus. XVI. 100. No. 54. 1810. 



Lam. An. sans Vert* VII. 399. No. 54. Aug. 1822. 



Gray in Zuol. Journ. I. 78. 1825. 



Wood Incl. Test. Supp. j.l. 8. f. 7. 1828. 



G:-ay Dcscr. Catal. p. 3. No. 13. June 1832. 



Valenc. in Humb. ! (C. Obs. II. 334. 1833. 



S,.wb. Conch. 111. 1 1. 104. f. 77. 1841. 



Kicncr Iconog. p. 125. pi. 28. f. 3. 



