﻿NERITA. 
  Panama 
  Shells. 
  429 
  

  

  Most 
  of 
  our 
  specimens 
  are 
  of 
  a 
  uniform 
  jet 
  black 
  color, 
  with 
  

   the 
  exception 
  of 
  the 
  eroded 
  spire. 
  Some 
  are 
  sparingly 
  mottled 
  

   with 
  cream 
  colored 
  spots, 
  and 
  a 
  few 
  specimens 
  have 
  some 
  small 
  

   bright 
  red 
  spots 
  on 
  or 
  near 
  the 
  labrum. 
  Several 
  are 
  elegantly 
  

   banded 
  with 
  narrow 
  or 
  broad 
  spiral 
  stripes 
  of 
  cream 
  or 
  orange 
  

   colors. 
  The 
  young 
  are 
  more 
  or 
  less 
  profusely 
  mottled 
  with 
  

   white, 
  grey, 
  and 
  greyish 
  black. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  rocks 
  between 
  high 
  water 
  and 
  three-quarter 
  

   tide 
  levels. 
  They 
  are 
  especially 
  disposed 
  to 
  collect 
  in 
  the 
  

   crevices 
  of 
  rocks. 
  The 
  young 
  are 
  commonly 
  seen 
  crawling 
  

   above 
  high 
  water 
  mark, 
  where 
  the 
  rocks 
  and 
  stones 
  are 
  wet 
  

   with 
  spray. 
  

  

  Habitat. 
  — 
  Unknown 
  ; 
  Lamarck 
  : 
  also 
  Wood. 
  

   Eeal 
  Llejos 
  ; 
  Sowerby 
  : 
  also 
  Eecluz. 
  

   California; 
  Philippi. 
  

   Mazatlan 
  ; 
  Melchers 
  ! 
  Menke. 
  

   I. 
  of 
  Timor 
  ; 
  Eecluz. 
  

   West 
  Coast 
  of 
  South 
  America 
  ; 
  Petit. 
  

   Panama 
  ; 
  Jay. 
  

  

  Panama 
  and 
  Taboga; 
  C. 
  B. 
  A.! 
  

   We 
  collected 
  400 
  specimens 
  on 
  the 
  reef. 
  

   Probably 
  the 
  statement 
  of 
  habitat 
  (I. 
  of 
  Timor,) 
  by 
  Eecluz 
  is 
  

   erroneous. 
  It 
  was 
  taken 
  from 
  the 
  label 
  of 
  the 
  Lamarckian 
  

   specimen 
  (long 
  supposed 
  to 
  be 
  unique) 
  in 
  the 
  Massena 
  Collect 
  

   tion. 
  

  

  305. 
  IVerita 
  . 
  Sp. 
  indet. 
  a. 
  

  

  This 
  may 
  be 
  M. 
  Bernhardi 
  Eecl., 
  which 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  inhabit 
  

   Panama, 
  but 
  we 
  have 
  not 
  seen 
  the 
  description 
  of 
  that 
  species. 
  

  

  Station. 
  — 
  On 
  rocks 
  and 
  stones 
  from 
  half 
  tide 
  level 
  to 
  the 
  low 
  

   water 
  mark 
  of 
  neap 
  tides. 
  

  

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

  

  We 
  collected 
  2,800 
  specimens. 
  

  

  