﻿294 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  puRPURiDis. 
  

  

  moderately 
  impressed 
  suture 
  : 
  aperture 
  ovate 
  : 
  labrum 
  rather 
  

   sharp, 
  thickened 
  behind 
  : 
  with 
  a 
  short 
  recurved 
  canal. 
  

  

  Mean 
  divergence 
  about 
  44° 
  ; 
  length 
  .67 
  inch 
  ; 
  breadth 
  .31 
  

   inch 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  spire 
  .4 
  inch. 
  

  

  After 
  much 
  doubt 
  respecting 
  the 
  generic 
  characters 
  of 
  

   this 
  species, 
  we 
  have 
  provisionally 
  referred 
  it 
  to 
  that 
  group 
  

   of 
  Buccina, 
  which 
  have 
  a 
  short 
  recurved 
  canal. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Under 
  stones 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  mark. 
  

  

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

   We 
  collected 
  175 
  specimens. 
  

  

  61. 
  MniCCinHiBi 
  p^^odt&s. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  pagodus 
  ReeA^c 
  Concli. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  7. 
  f. 
  60. 
  Dec. 
  1846. 
  

  

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

   Reeve. 
  We 
  found 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  the 
  same 
  sta- 
  

   tion 
  and 
  also 
  under 
  stones. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  I. 
  of 
  Taboga; 
  Cuming! 
  Reeve. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  E. 
  Jewett 
  ! 
  Grould 
  Mss. 
  

  

  Taboga 
  and 
  Panama; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A.! 
  

   This 
  species 
  is 
  rare. 
  Mr. 
  Cuming 
  obtained 
  only 
  one 
  or 
  

   two 
  specimens. 
  We 
  obtained 
  7 
  adult, 
  and 
  11 
  young 
  speci- 
  

   mens. 
  The 
  color 
  of 
  the 
  young 
  is 
  very 
  intense, 
  almost 
  black 
  : 
  

   that 
  of 
  some 
  of 
  the 
  adult 
  shells 
  is 
  very 
  dark. 
  

  

  62. 
  BuccBiaiiaii 
  pristiis. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  serratum 
  Kiener 
  Iconog. 
  p. 
  23. 
  pi. 
  9. 
  f. 
  28, 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Syst. 
  pi. 
  268. 
  f. 
  5, 
  6. 
  1842. 
  

  

  pristls 
  Desh. 
  in 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  X. 
  192. 
  No. 
  69. 
  1844. 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch, 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  6. 
  f. 
  '39. 
  Dec. 
  1846. 
  

  

  