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with from one to three bands of orange, yellow, fulvous or 

 white. The marginal groove to the suture is very, close and 

 distinct in all. The golden yellow variety is without bands. 

 In all the colors -are remarkably rich and vivid ' : (Swa/inson). 



Oahu: Waialua (Newcomb) ; Helemano, Wahiawa, Kalaikoa 

 and Ahonui (Gulick) ; Helemano, low down, and eastern spurs 

 of Kawaihalona (Irwin Spalding). 



Achatinella pulcherrima SWAINS, The Quarterly Journal of 

 Science, Literature and Art, The Royal Institution of Great 

 Britain, January to June, 1828, p. 86 ; Zoological Illustrations, 

 iii, Second Series, 1832-3, p. 123, pi. 123, f. 2. PFR., Mono- 

 graphia id, 237 ; iii, 460 ; vi, 172 ; Conchyl. Oab. p. 280, pi. 67, 

 f. 30, 31. Newcomb, Ann. Lye. vi, 308. THWING, Orig. Des- 

 cript. pi. 1, f. 18. Bulimella p., LYONS, Hawaiian Almanac 

 and Annual fo<r 1892, p. 105, pi. 1, f. 6. Achatinella lorata 

 Fer., REEVE, Conch. Icon. pi. 1, f. 6, 1850. Achatmella 

 melanostoma NEWC., P. Z. S. 1853, p. 132, pi. 22, f. 7. 

 Achatmella multicolor PFR., in part, P. Z. S. 1855, p. 4, pi. 30, 

 fig. 11 (not fig. llfl). Achatinella mahogani GULICK, Ann. 

 Lye. Nat. Hist, of N. Y. vi, p. 254, pi. 8, fig. 72. 



This specie's differs from byro-nii chiefly by its smooth sur- 

 face. The last whorl is more evenly rounded, -while in byronii 

 it is often subangular. The pattern of Swainson's left-hand 

 figure was selected by Pfeiffer as typical. It is shown in our 

 pi. 27, fig. 5c ; also pi. 31, fig. 13. There are two broad chest- 

 nut zones on a yellow ground. This happens to be a rather 

 rare color-form which however occurs in Gulick 's Wahiawa 

 series (fig. 5c), and has been collected by Mr. Spalding on the 

 eastern spurs of Kawaihalona (pi. 31, fig. 13). I take the 

 latter valley as type locality, since it was certainly from shells 

 taken in that neighborhood that Lord Byron's lei of Achat- 

 inellas was made. The lip is obtuse, black-brown, with a 

 whitish rib within. The glossy surface has exactly the char- 

 acter of that of nymph a, etc. All of the large series examined 

 are dextral. Color-forms of a lot from Wahiawa (Gulick), 

 are as follows. 



PI. 27, fig. 5c. Two broad chestnut zones on a yellow 

 ground ; sutural line usually chestnut. 



