﻿NATICA. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  427 
  

  

  300. 
  IVatica 
  Tirg^inea? 
  

  

  Synonymy. 
  

  

  Natica 
  virginea 
  {?) 
  Reel, 
  in 
  Petit. 
  Journ. 
  Conch. 
  I. 
  388. 
  

  

  pi. 
  12. 
  f. 
  6. 
  Dec. 
  1850. 
  

  

  The 
  description 
  and 
  figure 
  by 
  M. 
  Eecluz, 
  accurately 
  repre- 
  

   sent 
  a 
  small 
  specimen 
  of 
  our 
  shells, 
  except 
  that 
  the 
  very 
  minute 
  

   crowded 
  spiral 
  strige 
  are 
  not 
  mentioned. 
  The 
  outline 
  is 
  too 
  

   regularly 
  rounded 
  to 
  correspond 
  well 
  with 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  

   N. 
  PanamaMnsis 
  Eecl. 
  Our 
  largest 
  specimen 
  is 
  1.75 
  inch 
  long, 
  

   and 
  1.4 
  inch 
  wide. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  Unknown. 
  

  

  Hahitat. 
  — 
  Eealejos 
  : 
  Eecluz. 
  

  

  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

   "We 
  collected 
  40 
  specimens, 
  all 
  of 
  which 
  were 
  occupied 
  by 
  

   hermit 
  crabs. 
  

  

  301. 
  IVatica 
  . 
  Sp. 
  indet. 
  a. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  In 
  wet 
  sand, 
  from 
  half 
  tide 
  to 
  low 
  water 
  mark. 
  

   The 
  tracks 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  abundant 
  on 
  the 
  beach, 
  and 
  led 
  

   to 
  the 
  discovery 
  of 
  numerous 
  living 
  specimens. 
  

  

  Hahitat. 
  — 
  Panama 
  ; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A. 
  ! 
  

  

  We 
  collected 
  200 
  specimens, 
  mostly 
  on 
  the 
  beach 
  one 
  mile 
  

   west 
  of 
  the 
  city. 
  

  

  302. 
  IVatica 
  . 
  Sp. 
  indet. 
  b. 
  

  

  Two 
  specimens 
  of 
  this 
  species 
  were 
  sent 
  to 
  me 
  by 
  M. 
  Petit 
  as 
  

   N. 
  cora 
  Orb. 
  But 
  the 
  figures 
  of 
  that 
  species 
  in 
  Orbigny's 
  Voy. 
  

   Amer. 
  Merid. 
  and 
  in 
  Kiist. 
  Conch. 
  Cab. 
  represent 
  a 
  very 
  

   different 
  shell 
  with 
  the 
  form 
  (extraordinary 
  in 
  this 
  genus) 
  of 
  a 
  

   compressed 
  cylinder 
  ; 
  but 
  our 
  shells 
  and 
  M. 
  Petit's 
  have 
  a 
  well 
  

   curved 
  outline. 
  It 
  is 
  a 
  white 
  and 
  very 
  solid 
  but 
  small 
  species 
  

   of 
  the 
  mammillate 
  group. 
  

  

  