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  Panama 
  Shells. 
  muricid^. 
  

  

  Deshayes 
  has 
  very 
  aptly 
  remarked 
  of 
  this 
  and 
  of 
  the 
  kindred 
  

   species, 
  P. 
  melongena, 
  that 
  their 
  differences, 
  although 
  not 
  very 
  

   obvious, 
  derive 
  importance 
  from 
  their 
  constancy 
  ; 
  and, 
  we 
  may 
  

   add, 
  from 
  their 
  restriction 
  each 
  to 
  distinct 
  zoological 
  provinces. 
  

   One 
  of 
  these 
  types 
  belongs 
  to 
  the 
  Pacific 
  shores 
  of 
  tropical 
  

   America, 
  and 
  the 
  other 
  to 
  the 
  Caribbean 
  shores. 
  Mr. 
  Eeeve, 
  

   however, 
  has 
  unfortunately 
  assigned 
  the 
  Caribbean 
  species 
  to 
  

   the 
  " 
  Eastern 
  Seas," 
  It 
  is 
  perhaps 
  unnecessary 
  to 
  say 
  that 
  we 
  

   have 
  collected 
  plentifully 
  living 
  specimens 
  of 
  P. 
  melongena, 
  in 
  

   Jamaica, 
  where 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  common 
  article 
  of 
  food. 
  Dr. 
  Gould 
  

   has 
  also 
  received 
  it 
  direct 
  from 
  Cuba, 
  and 
  Mr 
  Eedfield 
  from 
  

   Carthagena, 
  S. 
  A. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  mud 
  banks; 
  Cuming! 
  Eeeve. 
  Its 
  analogue, 
  

   P. 
  melongena, 
  has 
  a 
  similar 
  station 
  in 
  the 
  West 
  Indies. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Acapulco 
  ; 
  Humboldt 
  and 
  Bonpland 
  ! 
  Valenciennes. 
  

   Shores 
  of 
  Mexico 
  ; 
  Kiener. 
  

   Shores 
  of 
  the 
  Pacific 
  Ocean 
  ; 
  Deshayes. 
  

   Bay 
  of 
  Caraccas 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  I 
  Eeeve. 
  

   Peru 
  ; 
  Cuming 
  in 
  sched. 
  

   Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melchers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

   Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Lt. 
  Green 
  ! 
  Gould 
  MSS. 
  : 
  also 
  Mus. 
  Es- 
  

   sex 
  Inst. 
  

   Pacific 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Bay 
  of 
  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   "We 
  saw 
  this 
  species 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  heap 
  of 
  edible 
  Molluscs, 
  near 
  

   the 
  houses 
  of 
  some 
  natives 
  in 
  Panama. 
  None 
  of 
  the 
  specimens 
  

   being 
  perfect, 
  we 
  took 
  only 
  one, 
  which 
  is 
  nearly 
  seven 
  inches 
  

  

  long. 
  

  

  146. 
  Ficiila 
  ventricosa. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Martini 
  III. 
  pi. 
  66. 
  f. 
  733. 
  1111. 
  

   Pyrula 
  ventricosa 
  Sowb. 
  in 
  Tank. 
  Catal. 
  No. 
  1614. 
  App. 
  p. 
  16. 
  1825. 
  

   Bulla 
  decussata 
  Wood 
  Ind. 
  Test. 
  Supp. 
  pi. 
  3. 
  f. 
  3. 
  1828. 
  

   Pyrula 
  ventricosa 
  Kiener 
  p. 
  21. 
  pi. 
  12. 
  f. 
  2. 
  

   Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  IX. 
  521. 
  No. 
  29. 
  (Desk 
  ed.) 
  1843. 
  

  

  