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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  cypr^id^. 
  

  

  Ci/prcea 
  pustulata, 
  BiWw. 
  Catnl. 
  I. 
  469. 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  1817. 
  

  

  Wood 
  Ind. 
  Test. 
  pi. 
  17. 
  f. 
  63. 
  - 
  - 
  1818. 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  VII. 
  400. 
  No. 
  56. 
  Aug. 
  1822. 
  

  

  Sowb. 
  Gen. 
  f. 
  5. 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  1824. 
  

  

  Gray 
  in 
  Zool. 
  Journ. 
  I. 
  p. 
  513. 
  - 
  - 
  1825. 
  

  

  Trivia 
  Gray 
  Descr. 
  Catal. 
  p. 
  16. 
  No. 
  138. 
  June. 
  1832. 
  

  

  Penny 
  Cyclop. 
  VIII. 
  257. 
  f. 
  - 
  - 
  1837. 
  

  

  Ci/prcea 
  Sowb. 
  Conch. 
  111. 
  pi. 
  102. 
  f. 
  71. 
  - 
  - 
  1841. 
  

  

  Kiener 
  Iconog. 
  p. 
  128. 
  pi. 
  2. 
  f. 
  3. 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  15. 
  f. 
  76. 
  Dec. 
  1845. 
  

  

  Chenu 
  Lee. 
  Llem. 
  pi. 
  II. 
  f. 
  11. 
  12. 
  - 
  1847. 
  

  

  Specimens 
  differ 
  much 
  in 
  size 
  : 
  one 
  is 
  1.04 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  

   .6 
  inch 
  wide 
  ; 
  another 
  is 
  .55 
  inch 
  long, 
  and 
  .33 
  inch 
  wide. 
  

   But 
  we 
  have 
  never 
  seen 
  a 
  specimen 
  as 
  large 
  as 
  Mr. 
  Reeve's 
  

   figure, 
  which 
  is 
  1.22 
  inch 
  long 
  and 
  .73 
  inch 
  wide. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Under 
  stones 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  We 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  alive 
  under 
  large 
  stones, 
  at 
  the 
  ex- 
  

   treme 
  low 
  water 
  mark 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  tides 
  only. 
  

   Habitat. 
  — 
  Coasts 
  of 
  China, 
  according 
  to 
  Humphreys 
  ; 
  Aca- 
  

   pulco, 
  according 
  to 
  Lamarck; 
  Dillwyn. 
  

   China 
  ; 
  Wood. 
  

  

  Western 
  shores 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  at 
  Acapulco 
  ; 
  Hum- 
  

   boldt 
  and 
  Bonpland 
  ! 
  Lamarck. 
  

   West 
  coast 
  of 
  Mexico 
  ; 
  Say 
  in 
  Catal. 
  Mus. 
  

   Panama 
  and 
  Isle 
  of 
  Plata, 
  Mexico; 
  Sowerby. 
  

   Pacific 
  Ocean 
  ; 
  Gray 
  : 
  also 
  Penny 
  Cyclopedia. 
  

   Western 
  shores 
  of 
  Mexico, 
  near 
  Acapulco 
  ; 
  Kiener, 
  

   Isle 
  of 
  Plata 
  and 
  Panama, 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  America 
  ; 
  

  

  Cuming 
  I 
  Reeve. 
  

   Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melchers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A 
  I 
  

   The 
  citation 
  of 
  China, 
  as 
  a 
  habitat 
  of 
  this 
  species, 
  is 
  an 
  

   error 
  due 
  probably 
  to 
  hearsay 
  testimony. 
  The 
  Isle 
  of 
  Plata 
  

   mentioned 
  by 
  Sowerby 
  and 
  by 
  Reeve 
  is 
  probably 
  the 
  island 
  of 
  

  

  