﻿Shores 
  of 
  Peru 
  ; 
  Kiener 
  :' 
  al_^6,t)esHayes. 
  

   Monte 
  Christi 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  l„Ile^y,e. 
  

   Monte 
  Christi 
  and 
  Peru 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  B. 
  Jewett 
  1 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  . 
  ■ 
  

  

  Panaina 
  and 
  Taboga 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  ^^, 
  ,^ 
  ^, 
  ^., 
  

   WecoUecteAlSOspecimens, 
  partly 
  at 
  TabGg^^ 
  

   Panama.: 
  Old 
  speeimens 
  become! 
  yery 
  thick, 
  and 
  .are 
  rectan- 
  

   ffularlv 
  shouldered 
  on 
  the; 
  la^ 
  whorl.) 
  : 
  tol^ 
  dr;J 
  cna 
  .v 
  m^^ 
  

  

  74. 
  Purpura 
  osculans. 
  Nov. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Shell 
  obliqttely 
  fhombia 
  : 
  : 
  dingy 
  whil^, 
  P^^^uwhite 
  Mthin 
  : 
  

   with 
  on 
  each 
  whorl, 
  9 
  transverse, 
  rather 
  small, 
  prominent, 
  well- 
  

   rounked 
  ridges, 
  which 
  are 
  produced 
  to 
  lie 
  anterior 
  extremity 
  : 
  

   with 
  crowded 
  spiral 
  closely 
  imbricatel^ 
  scaled 
  narrow 
  ndges, 
  

   which 
  traverse 
  the 
  transverse 
  ridges, 
  and 
  of 
  which 
  the 
  alternate 
  

   ones 
  are 
  more 
  prominent 
  : 
  a^ex 
  acute 
  respire 
  with 
  t^ 
  outlmes 
  

   rectUinear: 
  whorlssix 
  an^ 
  "one-half; 
  convex^ 
  with 
  a 
  weU- 
  

   impressed 
  suture: 
  aperture 
  obovate: 
  labrum 
  My 
  scalloped 
  

   transversely 
  grooved 
  within 
  : 
  with" 
  a 
  short 
  deeply-notched 
  

   canaV^ 
  ^lied 
  to 
  Ar^m 
  ^(^fea^ndMher 
  kindred 
  species. 
  -. 
  

  

  Mean 
  divergence 
  about 
  70° 
  ; 
  length, 
  .27 
  inch; 
  breadth, 
  .M- 
  

   inch; 
  length 
  of 
  spire, 
  J2mck^^^^.^^^^^^ 
  , 
  

  

  /Sto^wn.— 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  5^^tot.-Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  % 
  specimens 
  were 
  obt^med.,^^ 
  

  

  t$. 
  Purpura 
  tecta, 
  

  

  Synqnym^. 
  . 
  

  

  Purpura 
  ca^^o.. 
  ^ 
  Sowh. 
  (^c^ 
  W)^en;mf^9. 
  ' 
  182^: 
  

  

  Buccinum 
  tectum 
  , 
  Wood 
  Ind. 
  Test. 
  ^W 
  f 
  ^-^l^ 
  1828. 
  

  

  Purpura 
  anguUfera 
  Duel, 
  in 
  Ann. 
  de^ 
  Sc. 
  Nat. 
  XXVI. 
  

  

  107. 
  pj. 
  1, 
  f. 
  6.. 
  - 
  - 
  ; 
  :,'.." 
  %y.-^.^^ 
  -•- 
  

  

  ^ 
  Ki'enericbnog.p. 
  60. 
  pi. 
  'I6.'f.'43. 
  

  

  Cuina 
  sulcata 
  Swains. 
  Make. 
  p. 
  87. 
  f. 
  4. 
  p. 
  307. 
  1840. 
  

  

  