ERATO. 



Panama Shells. 39 



St. Elena ; Jay. 



Panama ; E. Jewett ! Gould Mss. 

 Panama ; C. B. A ! 

 On the beach east of Panama, we found 1 dead but per- 

 fect shell of this species. 



13. Erato scabriuscula. 



St/noni/my. 



Erato scahriuscula Gray Descr. Catal. p. 16. No. 140. June. 1832. 

 Marginella cyprmola Sowb. in Proc. Zool. See. p. 57. March? 1832.* 



granum Kiener Iconog. p. 17. pi. 8. f. 33. 1835. 



Erato scabriuscula Sowb. Catal. Cyp. p. 15. No. 1. 1841. 



Sowb. Conch. 111. pi. 1. f. 45. 1841. 



Reeve Conch. Syst. pi. 285. f. T, 10. 1842. 



By some mistake a species of Trivia is figured for this spe- 

 cies in the Penny. Cyclopedia, VIII. 257. 



Station. — Under stones and in sandy places ; Sowerby. 

 On the rocks ; Kiener. 

 We found fine perfect specimens alive under stones near 

 low water mark. Kiener's statement, that they live on the 

 rooks, is probably erroneous. Like Cyprosos, they seek con- 

 cealment. 

 Habitat. — St Elena ; Gray. 



"Sainte Helene ;" Kiener. 

 Acapulco ; Cuming ; Sowerby. 

 St. Elena ; Cuming ! Sowerby. 

 Acapulco ; Sloat ! Redfield Mss. 

 Mazatlan ; E. Jewett ! Gould Mss. 

 Panama ; C. B. A ! 

 We found 1 young, and 3 mature shells on the reef at Pa- 

 nama. Although we turned over many hundred stones in the 

 search, no more could be found. 



Our specimens exhibit the plioiform columellar teeth, and 

 the pustulous enamel of the surface in full development. M. 



