﻿PASCIOLARIA. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  353 
  

  

  Ficula 
  ventricosa 
  Chenu. 
  111. 
  Conch, 
  pi. 
  1. 
  f. 
  1. 
  pi. 
  2. 
  f. 
  1. 
  1843. 
  

  

  Pp'ula 
  Lam. 
  An. 
  sans 
  Vert. 
  III. 
  Pt. 
  2. 
  p. 
  686. 
  No. 
  29. 
  

  

  (Desh. 
  ed. 
  tert.) 
  . 
  - 
  . 
  . 
  1844. 
  

  

  Ficula 
  deciissata 
  Reeve 
  Conch. 
  Icon. 
  pi. 
  1. 
  f. 
  3. 
  May, 
  1847. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  None 
  of 
  our 
  specimens 
  were 
  taken 
  alive; 
  but 
  it 
  

  

  is 
  probable 
  that 
  the 
  species 
  inhabits 
  sands 
  below 
  low 
  water 
  

  

  mark. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Unknown 
  ; 
  Sowerby. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  "Wood. 
  

   Shores 
  of 
  San 
  Bias 
  ; 
  Kiener. 
  

   Seas 
  of 
  India 
  and 
  of 
  China 
  ; 
  Deshayes. 
  

   Unknown 
  ; 
  Eeeve. 
  

   Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melchers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

   San 
  Bias, 
  and 
  Panama 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  8 
  specimens 
  on 
  the 
  sand 
  beach 
  west 
  of 
  Panama. 
  

  

  147. 
  Fiisus 
  belluis. 
  Nov. 
  sp. 
  

  

  Shell 
  rather 
  elongate 
  and 
  regularly 
  fusiform 
  ; 
  white, 
  with 
  

   some 
  reddish 
  brown 
  spots 
  in 
  spiral 
  series, 
  mostly 
  in 
  three 
  series, 
  

   one 
  above 
  and 
  two 
  next 
  below 
  the 
  middle 
  of 
  the 
  whorls 
  : 
  with, 
  

   on 
  each 
  whorl, 
  about 
  ten 
  rather 
  narrow 
  prominent 
  ribs, 
  some 
  of 
  

   which 
  are 
  varicoid, 
  with 
  spiral 
  raised 
  lines, 
  with 
  the 
  intersec- 
  

   tions 
  nodulous, 
  and 
  spiral 
  striae 
  : 
  apex 
  acute 
  : 
  spire 
  conic 
  : 
  

   whorls 
  seven, 
  very 
  convex, 
  with 
  a 
  moderately 
  impressed 
  suture 
  : 
  

   aperture 
  long 
  ovate 
  ; 
  canal 
  wide, 
  moderately 
  lengthened. 
  

  

  Mean 
  divergence 
  about 
  50° 
  ; 
  length 
  .44 
  inch 
  ; 
  breadth 
  .21 
  

   inch 
  ; 
  length 
  of 
  spire 
  .22 
  inch. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A, 
  I 
  

  

  One 
  specimen 
  only 
  was 
  obtained. 
  

  

  148. 
  Fasciolaria 
  g^ranosa. 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

   Fasciolaria 
  granosa 
  Brod. 
  in 
  Proc. 
  Zool. 
  Soc. 
  Lond. 
  p. 
  32. 
  Feb. 
  1832. 
  

  

  