CONUS. Panama SJielk. 109 



Conus purpurascens Kiener Iconog, p. 189. pi. 39. f. 2. 

 and pi. 61. f. 3. 



Station. — Sandy mud in the clefts of rocks ; Ouming 1 Brode- 

 rip : also Reeve. 



Our specimens were found under stones at extreme low water 

 mark. 



Habitat. — Panama; Cuming 1 Broderip: also Reeve: also 

 Miiller. 

 Annaa; Sowerby. 

 San Bias ; Hinds I 

 San Bias ; Hinds I Reeve. 

 Panama ; Kiener : also Deshayes. 

 Panama and San Bias ; Jay. 

 Panama ; 0. B. A. I 

 We collected 12 specimens on the reef. Is there not an error 

 in Sowerby's statement ? It appears to want confirmation. 



A variety (?) differs in being more slender, in having a convex 

 spire and a subovoid outline, with a few distant elevated spiral 

 lines over the whole surface. 



119. Conns regalitatis. 



Synonymy. 



Conus regalitatis Sowb. Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 19. Mar. 1834. 



Mull. Synop. Nov. Test. Viv. p. 124. May 1836. 



Sowb. Conch. 111. pi. 57. f. 87. 1841. 



Eeeve Conch. Icon. pi. 40. f. 218. Jan. 1844. 



Lam. An. sans Vert. XI. 133. No. 192. 1845. 



Kiener Iconog. p. 237. pi. 39. f. 3. 



Station.— In the clefts of rocks on sandy mud; Cuming 1 

 Sowerby : also Reeve. 



We found this species under stones at extreme low water. 



Hahitat.—RQ&\ Llejos ; Cuming I Sowerby : also Reeve. 

 Real Llejos ; Deshayes. 

 Shores of Peru ; Kiener. 



JULY 1852. 28 Ami. Ltc. Nat. Hist. 



