CONUS. Panama Shells. 107 



Cbnus princeps Turt. in Linn. Syst. Nat. IV. 313. 1806. 

 reffius Lam. rn Ann. Mus. XV. 31. No. 10. 1810. 



Dillw. Catal. L 368. 1817; 



Blainv. Diet, des Sc. Nat. X. 251. 1818. 



Wood Ind. Test. pi. 14. f. 25. 1818. 



■ Lam. An. sans Vert. VIIL 446. No. 10. Aug. 1822. 



— princeps Swains. Zool. 111. 1st Ser. II. pi. 86. 1821. 



regius Encyc. Meth. pi. 318. f. 3. 1824. 



princeps Brod. in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 65. Apr, 1833. 



— regius Valenc. in Humb. Rec. Obs. II. 336. 1833. 



Hneolatus Valenc. in Humb. Rec. Obs. II. 336. (var.) 1833. 



princeps M«ll. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 122. 1836. 



regius Kiist. Conch. Cab. p. 69. N. 44. pi. 9. f. 3. 1838. 



princeps Sowb. Conch. 111. pi. 32. f. 30, 30 a, 30 b. 1841. 



— . Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 1. f. 36. Mar. 1843. 



regius Lam. An. sans Vert. XL 13. No. 10. Desh. ed. 1845. 



Kiener Iconog. p. 15. pi. 3. f. 2, and pi. 1 1. f. 4. 



Chenu Lee. Elem. pi. 12. f. 5. 1847. 



Three varieties of coloring have been found, as follows : — 



1. With broad stripes : Lister's fig. ; Wood's fig. ; Reeve var. 



a. and fig. 36 a. ; Kiener pi. 3. f. 2 ; Chenu's fig. in Lee. 

 Elem. According to Mr. Eeeve, this is the Linnsean type. 



2. With linear stripes ; 0. Hneolatus Valenc. ; Sowb. C. 111. ' 



f. 30 a., 30 6.; Eeeve var. b. and fig. 36&.; Kiener pi. 11. 

 f. 4. 

 8. Without stripes : Sowb. C 111. pi. 30 ? Eeeve var. c. and 

 fig. 36 c. 



Station. — In sandy or soft mud in the crevices of rocks ; Cum- 

 ing I Broderip • also Eeeve. 



Our specimens were found under stones at low water. 



Habitat. — -Unknown ; Linnaeus : also Gmel. 

 Indies; Turton. 



Asiatic Ocean ; Dillwyn : also Lamarck : also Bligh 

 Catal. 

 " Pacific Ocean, shores of Mexico, Bay of Panama ; " 

 Kiener. 



