BUCCINUM. Panama Shells. 69 



Panama; E. Jewett ! Grould Mas. 



Panama, and Taboga ; C. B. A. ! 



We collected 95 specimens, mostly on the reef. Kieuer's 

 statement is undoubtedly erroneous: nor are we informed on 

 what evidence Chili is said to be a habitat. Valparaiso being 

 the great centre of commerce on the west coast of South 

 America, there is much danger of referring to that habitat 

 species which belong to other parts of the coast. 



59. B 11 cc IBB 11 ei isisigiie. 



Synonymy. 



Buccinum mutabile Val. (non Linn.) Voy. Venus. Moll. 



pi. 6. f. 2. 184G. 

 insi finis Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 8. f. 58. Eec. 1846. 



Station. In clefts of rocks at low water ; Cuming ! Reeve. 

 "We found the species in the same situation, but 

 more frequently under stones, and especially 

 under stones which were lying on sand. 



Habitat. St. Elena ; Cuming! Reeve. 



West Columbia ; Jay. 



Lower California; Major Rich! Gould Mss. 



Panama ; C. B. A. ! 



We collected 140 specimens of this beautiful species on 

 the reef at Panama. Most of them are both more completely 

 and more intensely colored than the figure given by Mr. 

 Reeve. The colors are wholly concealed by a thick brown 

 epidermis. 



co. Bucciniim Itigubre. Nov. sp. 

 Shell long ovate-fusiform: very dark brown with a cine- 

 reous tinge : with small ribs, from nine to thirteen on each 

 whorl, traversed by rather coarse unequal spiral striae, with 

 the intersections of the larger striae rather acutely nodulous : 

 apex acute : spire conic : whorls eight, very convex,' with a 



