PARTULINA, MAUL 71 



38a. P. porcellana flemingi Baldwin. PI. 19, figs. 5 to 11. 



Shell dextral, minutely perforate, rather solid, high-conic, 

 glossy, with very weak traces of spiral striation 'or almost 

 none ; variously colored ; white, Landless or with one to four 

 dark brown bands, or light fleshy-brown with bands. Lip a 

 little thickened within; columellar fold moderately strong. 



Length 20, diam. 10 mm. ; 6^ whorls. 



Length 18, diam. 9.2 mm. 



Length 18.2, diam. 9 mm. 



Length 18.3, diam. 10 mm. 



Length 17.2, diam. 9.5 mm. 



" Animal when extended in motion as long as the shell. 

 Mantle intense black with a narrow white band encircling the 

 outer edge. Foot above and below very light-brown, granu- 

 lated above. Tentacles long and slender, slate color.' (Bald- 

 win.) 



East Maui: Nahiku (D. T. Fleming). 



Partulina flemingi BALDWIN, Nautilus, xix, p. Ill, Febru- 

 ary, 1906. 



A large set from the type lot shows great variation in color- 

 ation. 



(1) White, uniform (fig. 8), or yellow tinted at base and 

 above the suture of the embryo. 



(2) White with four dark brown bands, situated below the 

 suture, above and below the periphery and around the colu- 

 mella. Embryonic shell white with a yellow band below the 

 suture or a dark band above the suture, fading upwards; 

 columella and lip more or less purplish brown. This is the 

 most abundant color pattern. 



(3) White, with bands above and below periphery, apex 

 lip and columella white. 



(4) White, with narrow dark bands at the periphery, in 

 the middle of the base, and a distance below the suture (fig. 

 5) ; or having a wide band above the narrow basal band (fig. 



ID. 



(5) Ground color brownish, bands as in no. 3 (fig. 9). 

 This subspecies differs from porcellana chiefly by its nar- 



