120 Panama Shells. MURICIDJ3. 



Mazatlan ; Melchers ! Menke. 



Panama ; C. B. A. ! 



Mr. Sowerby's statement of habitat, in the Proc. Z. S., is 

 not intelligible. We found two specimens occupied by hermit 

 crabs. One of the shells is perfect and very elegant. 



134. Ranella nitida. 



Synonymy. 



Ranella nitida Brod. in Proc. Zool, Soc. Lond. p. 179. Oct. 1832. 

 Mull. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 99. May 1836. 



- Sowb. Conch. 111. No. 4. pi. 84. f. 4. 1841. 



Kiener Iconog. p. 9. pi. 2. f. 2. 



- Lam. An. sans Vert. IX. 557. No. 25. 



(Desk ed.) - 1843. 



Lam. An. sans Vert. III. Pt. 2. p. 698. 



No. 25. (Desh. ed. tert.) 1844. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 8. f. 45. July 1844. 



Station. Under stones ; Cuming ! Broderip. Our specimens 

 were found under stones near low water mark. 



Habitat. Bay of Caraccas ; Cuming ! Broderip : also Reeve : 

 also Muller. 



Columbia ; Sowerby. 



Shores of Columbia ; Kiener. 



West Columbia ; Deshayes. 



Bay of Caraccas ; Jay. 



Panama ; E. Jewett ! Gould MSS. 



Panama ; C. B. A. ! 

 We collected 300 specimens. 



135. Ranella plicata. 



Synonymy. 



Ranella plicata Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 7. f. 33. July 1844. 



Station. Unknown. 



