﻿BUcciNUM. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  293 
  

  

  Panama; 
  E. 
  Jewett! 
  Gould 
  Mss. 
  

  

  Panama, 
  and 
  Taboga 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  95 
  ypeciinens, 
  mostly 
  on 
  the 
  reel". 
  — 
  Kiener's 
  

   statement 
  is 
  undoubtedly 
  erroneous: 
  nor 
  are 
  we 
  informed 
  on 
  

   what 
  evidence 
  Chili 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  be 
  a 
  habitat. 
  Valparaiso 
  being 
  

   the 
  great 
  centre 
  of 
  cominerce 
  on 
  the 
  west 
  coast 
  of 
  South 
  

   America, 
  there 
  is 
  much 
  danger 
  of 
  referring 
  to 
  that 
  habitat 
  

   species 
  which 
  belong 
  to 
  other 
  parts 
  of 
  the 
  coast. 
  

  

  50. 
  IS 
  lice 
  ill 
  61 
  111 
  isisi^ne. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  mutabile 
  Val. 
  (non 
  Linn.) 
  Voy. 
  Venus. 
  Moll. 
  

  

  pi. 
  6. 
  f. 
  2. 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  - 
  184G. 
  

   : 
  insipnis 
  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  8. 
  f. 
  58. 
  Dec. 
  1846. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  clefts 
  of 
  rocks 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Reeve. 
  

   We 
  found 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  situation, 
  but 
  

   more 
  frequently 
  under 
  stones, 
  and 
  especially 
  

   under 
  stones 
  which 
  were 
  lying 
  on 
  sand. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  St. 
  Elena; 
  Cuming! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  West 
  Columbia 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Lower 
  California 
  ; 
  Major 
  Rich 
  ! 
  Gould 
  Mss. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  C, 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  140 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  beautiful 
  species 
  on 
  

   the 
  reef 
  at 
  Panama. 
  Most 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  both 
  more 
  completely 
  

   and 
  more 
  intensely 
  colored 
  than 
  the 
  figure 
  given 
  by 
  Mr. 
  

   Reeve. 
  The 
  colors 
  are 
  wholly 
  concealed 
  by 
  a 
  thick 
  brown 
  

   epidermis, 
  

  

  60. 
  Biiccinuin 
  Iiigiibre.— 
  Nov. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Shell 
  long 
  ovate-fusiform: 
  very 
  dark 
  brown 
  with 
  a 
  cine- 
  

   reous 
  tinge 
  : 
  with 
  small 
  ribs, 
  from 
  nine 
  to 
  thirteen 
  on 
  each 
  

   whorl, 
  traversed 
  by 
  rather 
  coarse 
  unequal 
  spiral 
  strise, 
  with 
  

   the 
  intersections 
  of 
  the 
  larger 
  striae 
  rather 
  acutely 
  nodulous 
  : 
  

   apex 
  acute 
  : 
  spire 
  conic 
  : 
  whorls 
  eight, 
  very 
  convex, 
  with 
  a 
  

  

  