﻿cYPRiEA. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  257 
  

  

  Cyproea 
  arahicula 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  X. 
  534. 
  No. 
  54. 
  Dosh. 
  

  

  Ed. 
  - 
  - 
  1844. 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  13. 
  f. 
  60. 
  - 
  Doc. 
  1845. 
  

  

  One 
  of 
  our 
  specimens, 
  which 
  is 
  large 
  and 
  very 
  deeply 
  col- 
  

   ored, 
  has 
  the 
  dark 
  brown 
  dorsal 
  lines 
  so 
  confluent, 
  as 
  to 
  re- 
  

   semble 
  C. 
  reticulata. 
  It 
  is 
  1.37 
  inch 
  long. 
  

   Station. 
  — 
  Under 
  stones; 
  Cuming! 
  Reeve. 
  

   Our 
  specimens 
  were 
  under 
  stones, 
  which 
  were 
  from 
  about 
  

   eight 
  to 
  twenty 
  inches 
  in 
  diameter, 
  at 
  and 
  just 
  below 
  the 
  

   low 
  water 
  mark 
  of 
  the 
  neap 
  tides. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Western 
  shores 
  of 
  Me.Kico, 
  at 
  Acapulco 
  ; 
  Hum- 
  

   boldt 
  & 
  Bonpland 
  ! 
  Lamarlc. 
  

   South 
  Seas; 
  Wood. 
  

  

  Acapulco; 
  Humboldt 
  & 
  Bonpland! 
  Valenciennes. 
  

   Brazil 
  ; 
  Ravenel 
  in 
  Catalogue. 
  

   St. 
  Elena 
  and 
  Real 
  Llejos 
  ; 
  Sowerby. 
  

   Mexico 
  ; 
  Gray. 
  

  

  Western 
  shoros 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  near 
  Acapulco; 
  Kiener. 
  

   St, 
  Elena; 
  Cuming! 
  Reeve. 
  

   Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melchers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

   St. 
  Elena 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  7 
  specimens 
  on 
  the 
  reef. 
  

  

  1. 
  Cypraea 
  ccrviiietta. 
  

  

  Synoyiymy. 
  

  

  Cyprcea 
  exanthema 
  var. 
  <« 
  Gray 
  in 
  Zool. 
  Journ. 
  I. 
  139. 
  - 
  1825, 
  

  

  var, 
  i3, 
  " 
  " 
  " 
  182 
  6. 
  

  

  cervinetla 
  Kiener 
  Iconog. 
  p, 
  74. 
  pi. 
  6. 
  f. 
  1. 
  2. 
  

  

  Desh. 
  in 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  X. 
  547. 
  

  

  No, 
  71. 
  - 
  - 
  1844. 
  

  

  exantlvma 
  Hinds 
  in 
  Voy 
  Siilph. 
  p, 
  6 
  ... 
  1845, 
  

  

  cervus 
  var. 
  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  - 
  . 
  - 
  . 
  . 
  Nov, 
  1844, 
  

  

  Mr, 
  Reeve 
  regards 
  this 
  .species 
  as 
  merely 
  a 
  variety 
  of 
  C. 
  cer- 
  

   vus, 
  and 
  has 
  well 
  described 
  its 
  peculiarities 
  of 
  color. 
  But 
  the 
  

  

  