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that name, off the coast of Guayaquil, near Cape San Lorenzo, 

 in latitude 1° 10'. It is only 4 miles long and \ 1-2 broad. 

 Mr. Sowerby's reference to Mexico is unintelligible. Two 

 specimens received by us from a German conohologist, are said 

 to have come from Chile, but this is a very doubtful habitat. 

 "We collected 8 living specimens at the end of the reef at 

 Panama, and 20 dead shells in the vicinity. 



10. Cyprsea radians. 



Synonymy. 



Davila Catal. I. pi. 16. f. 1. 1767. 



Cyprcea radians Lam. Ann. Mus. XVI. 102. No. 62. 1810. 



oniscus Wood Ind. Test. pi. 17. f. 58. 1818. 



radians Lara. An. sans Vert. VII. 402. No. 62. Aug. 1822. 



Gray in Zool. Journ. III. 364. 1828. 



. Valenc. in Humb. Rec. Obs. IL 335. 1833. 



Trivia Gray Descr. Catal. p. 16. No: 137. June. 1832. 



Cyprma Pot. et Mich. Gal. Moll. Mus. Douai. I. 485. 1838. 



Sowb. Conch. 111. pi. 119. f. 146. 1841. 



Rccvo Conch. Syst. pi. 286. f. 146. 1842. 



Kicner Iconog. p. 120. pi. 23. f. 3, 



Lam. An. sans Vort. X. 640. No. 62. Do-sh. cd. 1844. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. f. 117. Feb. 1846, 



In the Supp. of Wood's Ind. Test. G. oniscUs has received 

 by transposition the name of C. radians. 



Station. — Under stones ; Cuming ! Reeve. 



Habitat. — ^Adriatic; Wood. 



Western shores of Mexico, at Acapulco ; Hum- 

 boldt and Bonpland ! Lamarck. 

 Pacific Ocean ; Gray. 

 Acapulco ; Humboldt and Bonpland ! Valenciennes, 



Chili ; Eavenel in Catalogue. 

 Western shores of Mexico, near Acapulco ; Kiener. 

 Chili, Western shores of Mexico ; Potiez and Mi- 



chaud. 

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