TRITON. Panama. Sheila. 115 



Shores of Peru ; Kiener: ako Deshayes. 

 " Le Perou et je crois la mer Kouge ;" Duclos. 

 Bay of Caraccas ; Cuming I Eeeve. 

 Peru; Jay. 

 Taboga ; C. B. A. 1 

 We collected 24 specimens. 



Notwithstanding the opinion of Duclos, we are very sceptical 

 of the identity of any Red Sea species with those apecies which 

 inhabit this continent. 



Family— MURICID^. 

 126. THtdit Chemnitzii. 



JSynonymy. 



Argo-htMmutit nodosum Cbetn. Conch. Cdb. IV. 98. pi. 



131. f. 1255-6. 1780. 



Murex arffus var. ^ pdrs. Gmel.iD Linn. Syst. 3547.No. 78. 1788. 



Triton Chemnitzii Gray in Zool. Beech. Voy. p. 110. 1839. 



Fusils Wie0nanni Anton Verzeich. p. 77. ' 1839. 



Cassidaria seioga ■ Hinds teste ReevCi 



Triton Chemnitzii Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 11. f, 37. May 1844. 



Fusus Wiegmanni Phil. Abbild. II. pi. 2. f. 2. 4. var. 1845. 



Triton perforalus Con. in Proc. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 



IV. 156. - . . - 1 . Feb. 1849. 



— ^—j. Con. in Journ. Acad. Nat. Sc. Phil. 



new ser. I. 280. pi. 39. f. 6. var. 1849. 

 nodosum Mke. in Zeitachr. Malak. p. 189-. 1850. 



Station. — In sandy mud, at the depth of 6 fathoms ; Cuming I 

 Eeeve. 



We found this species under stones at extreme low water mark. 

 Habitat. — Panama ; Cuming I Reeve. 



Panama ; Philippi : also Jay. 



Lower California oi* Peru ; Conrad. 



Mazatlan ; Melchers 1 Menke. 



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

 We 6dllected 9 specimens. 



