14 LEPTACHATINA, GROUP C. 



14. L. OBTUSA ('Newcomb' Pfeiffer). 



' ' Shell imperf orate, oblong, nearly smooth, glossy, pellucid, 

 chestnut-corneous ; spire cylindrically turrited, apex obtuse ; 

 suture subrnarginate ; whorls 6y 2 , nearly flat, tha last nearly 

 equal to % of tli length; aperture vertical, acuminately 

 oval, subangulate at the base ; columellar fold small, oblique ; 

 lip simple, erect, with a pale edge, the margins united by a 

 thin callus. Length 10.0, diana. 4.0, length of apert. 4.0, 

 diam. 2.0." (Pfeiffer.) 



Oahu (Newcomb coll.). 



Achatinella obtusa (Newcomb) PFEIFFER, P. Z. S., London, 

 1855, p. 209. Achatinella (Leptachatina) obtusa PFEIFFER, 

 Mon. Hel. Viv., iv, p. 567. Leptachatina obtusa PEASE, P. Z. 

 S., London, 1869, p. 651. SYKES, Fauna Haw., ii, Moll., p. 

 366. 



A dark brown, subcylindrical shell, with a thick, well-de- 

 veloped lip. This species does not seem to be closely related 

 to any of the other species of the genus. The only specimens 

 which I have seen so far are in the collection of the British 

 Museum and that of Newcomb. 



15. L. TERES (Pfeiffer). 



"Shell imperf orate, dextral, cylindrically oblong, somewhat 

 thin, lightly striate, very glossy, corneous; spire gradually 

 attenuate, apex somewhat obtuse ; suture crenulate, dark 

 chestnut, on the last whorl impressly marginate; whorls 7, 

 somewhat flat, the last a little more than % of the length, 

 slightly ascending in front; aperture suboblique, sinuately 

 semioval; columellar fold subcallous, twisted, oblique; lip 

 simple, erect. Length 10, diam. 4 mm." (Pfr.). 



Hawaiian Islands (Pfeiffer) ; probably Oahu. 



Achatinella (Leptachatina) te'res PFR., P. Z. S., 1855 

 (1856), p. 206 ; Mon. Hel. Viv., iv, p. 566. Leptachatina 

 tares PSE., P. Z. S., 1869, p. 651. SYKES, Fauna Haw., ii, 

 p. 371. 



This species is very closely related to L. obtusa and the two 

 may ultimately prove to belong to the same species. The type 



