196 Panama Shells,, TKOCHID^. 



Station. — Unknown. 



Habitat. — Panama ; 0. B. A. I 



In the calcareous sand we collected 112 specimens in various 

 stages of growth. 



283. Turbo rutilus. Nov. sp. 



Shell trochiform, well elevated: bright red, with pale, ill 

 defined transverse streaks : with very numerous small very 

 oblique subnodulous ridges on the spire, which are traversed by 

 two or three small spiral grooves on the lower half of the 

 whorls ; anteriorly with six to eight narrow deep inequidistant 

 spiral grooves : spire with the outlines nearly rectilinear: apex 

 obtuse (?) ; whorls (seven ?)* planulate, with a distinct suture ; 

 last whorl with the periphery angular, subplanulate anteriorly : 

 labrum much advanced above : columellar lip very much 

 dilated and thickened, appressed : umbilicus wanting. 



Mean divergence about 70° ; length 2.5 inches ; greatest 

 breadth 3 inches ; least breadth 2.7 inches. 



Station. — Unknown. 



Habitat. — Panama ; 0. B. A. I 



We obtained 1 specimen on the reef. Fragments of a few 

 others were seen. 



284. Turbo saxosus. 



Synonymy. 



Turbo saxosus Wood Ind. Test. Supp. pi. 6. f. 45. 1828. 

 Kiener Iconog. pi. 15. f. 2. pi. 16. f. 2. 



Kiist. Oonch. Cab. p. 64. pi. 13. f. 5, 6. 1847. 



■ Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 4. f. 14. Jan. 1848. 



Reeve in Proc. Zool. Soc. Lond. p. 49. March 1848. 



Reeve Conch. Icon. pi. 13. f. 14. Apr. 1848. 



* Our unique specimen is imperfect. 



