100 Panama Shells. PURPURID^. 



Columhella turrila MUll. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 83. 1836. 



Sowb. Thes. Conch, p. 135. No. "73. 



pi. 39. f. 137. - - - 1844. 



Desh. in Lam. An. sans Vert. 10. 290. 



No. 44. - - - - 1844. 



Station. — In coarse gravel and sandy mud, at a depth of 10 

 fathoms ; Cuming ! Sowerby. 



Habitat. — Bay of Montija and St. Elena, Cuming ! Sowerby. 

 Central America ; Desbayes. 

 St. Elena ; Jay. 

 Panama ; 0. B. A. I 



We were indebted to a hermit crab for one specimen. 



105. Coluinbella varia. 



Synonymy. 



Columhella varia Sowb. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Loud. p. 110. June 1832. 



Mull. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 86. , 1830. 



Sowb. Thes. Conch, p. 130. No. 54. 



pi. 39. f. 116-7. - - 1844, 



Desh. in Lam. An. sans Vert. X. 282. 



No. 31. - - - ' ... - 1844. 



Station. — Under stones ; Cuming I Sowerby : also Miiller. 

 Under stones ; Deshayes. 



We found this species in the same situation near low water 

 mark. 



Habitat. — Panama ; Cuming [ Sowerby : also Miiller. 

 Panama ; Deshayes : also Jay, 

 Panama ; C. B. A. I 

 We collected about 380 specimens on the reef 



This species, when deprived of the epidermis, presents in 

 a full suite of specimens a great variety of shades of brown, 

 from orange to blackish brown, for the most part beautifully 

 variegated with spots, and a spiral band of pure white. 



