100 Panama Shells. PURPURID^E. 



Columbella turrita Mull. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 83. 1836. 



Sowb. Thes. Conch, p. 135. No. 73. 



pi. 39. f. 137. 1844. 

 Desh. in Lam. An. sans Vert. 10. 290. 



No. 44. 1844. 



/Station. In coarse gravel and sandy mud, at a depth of 10 

 fathoms ; Cuming ! Sowerby. 



Habitat. Bay of Montija and St. Elena, Cuming ! Sowerby. 

 Central America ; Deshayes. 

 St. Elena ; Jay. 

 Panama; C. B. A. ! 



We were indebted to a hermit crab for one specimen. 



105. Coliimbella varia. 



Synonymy. 



Columbella varia Sowb. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 116. June 1832. 



Mull. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 86. 1836. 



Sowb. Thes. Conch, p. 130. No. 54. 



pi. 39. f. 116-7. 1844. 



Desh. in Lam. An. sans Vert. X. 282. 



No. 31. - 1844. 



Station. Under stones ; Cuming ! Sowerby : also Miiller. 

 Under stones ; Deshayes. 



We found this species in the same situation near low water 

 mark. 



Habitat. Panama ; Cuming ! Sowerby : also Miiller. 

 Panama ; Deshayes : also Jay. 

 Panama ; C. B. A. ! 

 We collected about 380 specimens on the reef. 



This species, when deprived of the epidermis, presents in 

 a full suite of specimens a great variety of shades of brown, 

 from orange to blackish brown, for the most part beautifully 

 variegated with spots, and a spiral band of pure white. 



