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REPORT — 1856. 



The following shells occur in Reeve's Conchologia Iconica, as having been 

 collected by Mr. Hinds. 





Plate. 



Sp. 



Name. 



Station. 



Depth 

 in fins. 



Locality. 



1 



21 



4 

 7 

 22* 

 3 

 3 

 4 



165 



2 



33 



149 

 15 

 16 

 27 



Natica Recluziana 



Fig. a, b. Patella diaphana, Rve. = Ac 



maea mesoleuca, Mke. 



Cardita Cuvieri, Brod 



Pectunculus pectenoides, Desh 



R. A. pi. 87. f. 8. 

 Area grandis, Brod. 8f Sow 



Cuv. 



soft mud 



Mitra Hindsii, Rve 



Fissurella volcano, Rve 



Chiton lineatus, Wood 



insignis, Rve 



Pleurotoma arcuata, Rve 



picta, Beck 



olivacea, <!?ott>.(comp. P.funiculata) 



mud 



17 



militaris, Hinds ... 



stromboides, Sow. 



Conus Archon, Brod* ... 

 Oliva biplicata, Sow. ... 



mud 



mud 



mud 



sandy mud 



sands 



18 



7 

 12-18 

 1. w. 



California. 

 Central America. 



Acapulco. 

 Panama. 



Real Llej., B. Guayqu. 

 ( Cuming 6f Hinds) . 



G. Nicoya. 



Sta. Barbara. 



Sitka. 



Sitka. 



Veragua. 



Pan., San Bias, G.Nic. 



Pan.,W.Mex.,G.Nic. 

 (Also Salango, and 

 St. Elena, Cum.) 



Veragua. 



B. Panama. 



G. Nicoya. 



Monterey. 



Specimens of the following shells appear in the Brit. Mus. as having been 

 presented by Mr. Hinds ; and were doubtless collected by him during the 

 Voyage of the Sulphur. 



Tellina rufescens. Guayaquil. 



Donax carinatus. Tumaco. 



Venus neglecta (? crenifera). Acapulco. 



Mactra exoleta. Guayaquil. 



Kellia suborbicularis . Panama. 



Pectunculus maculatus, Brod.=giganteus, 



Rve. W. Columbia. 

 Pinna lanceolata. Guayaquil. 

 Perna jiexuosa. Conchagua. 

 Chama spinosa. Acapulco. 

 Anomia lampe. Guayaquil. 

 Chiton lineatus. Sitcha Sound. 



■ Simpsonii, Gray. San Francisco. 



Bulla nebulosa. San Pedro. 

 Siphonaria lecanium. St. Elena, Guayaq. 

 Cerithidea varicosa. Real Llejos, San Bias. 



Litorina conspersa. Real Llejos. 



tfasciata. San Pedro. 



Helix levis. California. 



areolata, Sow., Pfr. Z. f. M. 1845, 



p. 151. California, near Columbia R. 

 Neverita helicoides (—patula). Acapulco. 

 Natica (like canrena). Acapulco. 

 Ranella nana. San Bias. 

 Fusus pallidus. Callao. 

 Dupetithouarsii (with opei'c). 



Acapulco. 

 Murex incisus, Brod. Acapulco. 



oxyacantha, Brod. Acapulco. 



humilis, Brod. Bay Guayaquil. 



hamatus, Brod. Bay Guayaquil. 



43. During the years 1838-1842, the United States Exploring Expedition 

 was engaged in its circumnavigation of the globe. In 1839 it touched at 

 Callao, where 30 species of shells were collected ; but it did not visit any 

 other psrt of the Panama province. In 1841, however, the Vincennes and 

 Porpoise were early on the coast of Oregon. The Peacock and Flying Fish 

 arrived there in July ; but the Peacock was lost on the bar of the Columbia 

 River. The Expedition proceeded as far as San Francisco, and left in No- 

 vember of the same year. The conchologist to the Expedition was Mr. J. P. 

 Couthouy, who, assisted by his companions, collected about 2000 species of 

 shells (of which about 250 were considered new), and made drawings of the 



* 22. 149 (text) 148 (fig.). 



