﻿MUEEX. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  349 
  

  

  Murex 
  regius 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  IX. 
  610. 
  No. 
  80. 
  

  

  (Desh. 
  Ed.) 
  - 
  - 
  1843. 
  

  

  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  IIL 
  Pt. 
  2. 
  p. 
  Yl6. 
  No. 
  

  

  80. 
  (Desh. 
  ed. 
  tert.) 
  1844. 
  

  

  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  15. 
  f. 
  59. 
  June 
  1845. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  mud 
  banks 
  at 
  low 
  water 
  ; 
  Cuming! 
  Eeeve. 
  

   Our 
  specimens 
  were 
  found 
  in 
  tlie 
  crevices 
  of 
  rocks 
  between 
  

   tHe 
  low 
  water 
  mark 
  of 
  the 
  spring 
  tides 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  neap 
  tides. 
  

   We 
  cannot 
  help 
  suspecting 
  some 
  omission 
  in 
  Mr. 
  Cuming's 
  

   statement 
  of 
  the 
  station 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  and 
  of 
  M. 
  radix. 
  Neither 
  

   species 
  was 
  found 
  by 
  us 
  away 
  from 
  rocks 
  or 
  stones, 
  and 
  we 
  can- 
  

   not 
  well 
  conceive 
  how, 
  without 
  such 
  shelter, 
  the 
  fronds 
  could 
  be 
  

   protected 
  from 
  injuries. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Peru 
  ; 
  Bligh 
  Catalogue. 
  

   South 
  Seas 
  ; 
  Wood. 
  

  

  Acapulco 
  ; 
  Humboldt 
  and 
  Bonpland 
  ! 
  Valenciennes. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  ! 
  Sowerby 
  : 
  also 
  Reeve. 
  

   Western 
  Coast 
  of 
  Central 
  and 
  South 
  America; 
  

  

  Penny 
  Cyclopedia. 
  

   Shores 
  of 
  Peru 
  ; 
  Kiener 
  : 
  also 
  Deshayes. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  Jay 
  : 
  also 
  Morch. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  18 
  specimens 
  on 
  the 
  reef 
  Only 
  a 
  few 
  were 
  

   taken, 
  because 
  the 
  species 
  is 
  extremely 
  common 
  in 
  collections. 
  

   We 
  have 
  since 
  regretted 
  the 
  restriction 
  to 
  such 
  a 
  small 
  number, 
  

   on 
  account 
  of 
  the 
  fine 
  coloring 
  of 
  the 
  exterior 
  and 
  perfect 
  con- 
  

   dition 
  of 
  most 
  of 
  these 
  shells. 
  Some 
  of 
  them 
  are 
  also 
  remarka- 
  

   ble 
  for 
  size. 
  One 
  specimen 
  is 
  5.3 
  inches 
  long, 
  and 
  4.2 
  inches 
  

   wide. 
  

  

  142. 
  Illurex 
  salebrosuis. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Murex 
  salebrosus 
  King 
  in 
  Zool. 
  Journ. 
  Lond. 
  V. 
  347. 
  1835. 
  

  

  vitulinus 
  Gray 
  (non 
  Lam.) 
  in 
  Zool. 
  Beech. 
  Voy. 
  

  

  pi. 
  33. 
  f. 
  4, 
  6. 
  ' 
  - 
  1839. 
  

  

  