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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  cypr^id^. 
  

  

  "At 
  Conchagua 
  in 
  Mexico." 
  — 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Sow- 
  

  

  erby 
  in 
  Catal. 
  Cyp. 
  

   Mexico. 
  — 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Santa 
  Barbara.— 
  E. 
  Jewett 
  ! 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  

   Panama. 
  — 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  obtained 
  six 
  specimens 
  on 
  the 
  reef 
  at 
  Panama. 
  The 
  

   second 
  quotation 
  contains 
  a 
  geographical 
  error. 
  If 
  this 
  is 
  

   copied 
  by 
  Dr. 
  Jay, 
  we 
  have 
  only 
  two 
  habitats, 
  besides 
  Panama. 
  

   Conchagua 
  is 
  another 
  name 
  for 
  the 
  Gulf 
  of 
  Fonseca. 
  

  

  2. 
  Ovdia 
  ciiiaB'g^inata. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Ovulum 
  emarginatum 
  Sowb. 
  Spec. 
  Conch. 
  Part 
  I., 
  p. 
  7, 
  

  

  f. 
  54, 
  55. 
  Nov. 
  1830. 
  

  

  GrayDescr. 
  Catal.p. 
  19. 
  No. 
  161. 
  June 
  1832. 
  

  

  Ovula 
  cmarginata 
  K'ener 
  Iconog. 
  p. 
  18. 
  pi. 
  3. 
  f. 
  2. 
  

   Ovulum 
  emarc/inatuvi 
  Sowb. 
  Thes. 
  CoRch.* 
  p. 
  479. 
  No. 
  

  

  39. 
  pi. 
  99. 
  f. 
  i:. 
  12. 
  - 
  - 
  1848 
  ► 
  

  

  Of 
  our 
  three 
  perfect 
  specimens, 
  one 
  is 
  covered 
  with 
  fine 
  re- 
  

   volving 
  striae 
  over 
  the 
  whole 
  of 
  the 
  back, 
  not 
  excepting 
  

   the 
  keel 
  ; 
  another, 
  over 
  all 
  but 
  the 
  keel, 
  as 
  in 
  the 
  fig. 
  in 
  Sowb. 
  

   Thes. 
  ; 
  the 
  third 
  is 
  smooth 
  over 
  the 
  middle 
  portion, 
  as 
  in 
  Kien- 
  

   er's 
  figure. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  — 
  Sowerby 
  in 
  Spec. 
  Conch. 
  : 
  also 
  

   Kiener. 
  

   St. 
  Elena. 
  — 
  Cuming! 
  Sowerby 
  in 
  Thes. 
  

  

  Conch. 
  

   St. 
  Elena. 
  — 
  Jay. 
  

   Panamci.— 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   In 
  the 
  Species 
  Conchyliorum, 
  Mr. 
  Sowerby 
  says, 
  " 
  the 
  only 
  

   specimen 
  of 
  this 
  rare 
  species 
  I 
  have 
  seen 
  is 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Bland's 
  

   collection." 
  We 
  were 
  indebted 
  to 
  the 
  hermit 
  crabs 
  for 
  six: 
  

  

  