56 Panama^Shells. purpuuid^. 



40. OliTa venulata. 



Synonymy. 



Valuta ispidula var. fi (pars) Born. Mus. p. 216. 1780. 



MartiniConch. 11. 158.pl.46.r.488. 1773. 



Oliva venulata Lam. in Ann. Mus. XVI. 313. No. 13. 1810. 



Lam.An.sansVert.VII.422.No.l3.Aiig.l822. 



Lam. inEncycMeth. pi. 361.f. 5. 1824. 



Desh.in Encyc. MetL. vers. IIL 650. 



No. 12. - - 1832. 

 Pot. et Mich. Gal. Moll. Mus. Douai. L 



472. 1838. 



Kiist. Conch. Cab. pi. 6. f. 5. - 1840. 



Lam. An. sans Vert. X. 611. No. 13. 



Desh. Ed. 1854. 

 reticularis var. Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 10. f. 166. (alt. 



excl.) - - - Aug. 1850. 



Onr specimen more resembles O. splendidula'as figured in 

 the III. Conch, of Chenu, than O. venulata in the same work. 

 We think, however, that it is the species, which is figured in 

 the Encyc. and by Reeve as above. The principal difference 

 betv\'een this shell and O. araneosa is in the short dark brown 

 bent lines of the former. 



Station. — Unknown. 



Habitat. — Unknown ; Lamarck : also Potiez and Michaud. 

 Mazatlan; MelchersI Menke. 

 La Paz ; Lt. Green ! Gould Mss. 

 Bay of Panama ; C. B. A. ! 



Duclos (in Chenu) says of his O. venulata, which proba- 

 bly belongs to a different species from ours, •' Habite la mer 

 des Indes." In the fruit shanty we found 1 specimen amon" 

 other sheila, all of which are known to inhabit the Bay of 

 Panama. 



