bccciNUM. Panama Shells. 69 



Panama; E. Jewett! Goald Mss. 



Panama, and Taboga ; C. B. A. ! 

 We collected 95 specimens, mostly on the reef. — Kiener's 

 statement is undoubtedly erroneous : nor are we informed on 

 what evidence Chili is said to be a habitat. Valparaiso being 

 the great centre of commerce on the west coast of South 

 America, there is much danger of referring to that habitat 

 species which belong to other parts of the coast. ^ 



59. Bucciuum insig^nc. 



Synonymt/. 



Buccinum mutabile Val. (non Linn.) Voy. Venus. Moll. 



pi. 6. f. 2. - - - - 1846. 

 insiffnis Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 8. f. 68. Dec. 1846. 



Station. — In clefts of rocks at low water ; Cuming ! Reeve. 

 "We found the species in the same situation, but 

 more frequently under stones, and especially 

 under stones which were lying on^sand. 



Habitat. — St. Elena ; Cuming ! Reeve. 



West Columbia ; Jay. 



Lower California ; Major Rich ! Gould Mss. 



Panama ; C. B. A. ! 

 We collected 140 specimens of this beautiful species on 

 the reef at Panama. Most of them are both more completely 

 and more intensely colored than the figure given by Mr. 

 Reeve. The colors are wholly concealed by a thick brown 

 epidermis. 



60. Buccinnm Ingiibre.— Nov. sp. 



Shell long ovate-fusiform:, very dark brown with a cine- 

 reous tinge : with small ribs, from nine to thirteen on each 

 whorl, traversed by rather coarse unequal spiral strise, with 

 the intersections of the larger striro rather acutely nodulous : 



apex acute : spire conic : whorla eight, very convex, with a 

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