54 LAMINELLA. 



embryonic whorls very pale. Eastern side of lower Nuuanu 

 Valley. 



L. GRAVIDA KALIHIENSIS P. & C., n. Subsp. PI. 1, fig. 6. 



Shell large, between white and marguerite yellow, with only 

 small traces of a thin, very pale buff cuticle, which, where suf- 

 ficiently preserved, is seen to be profusely figured with v or 

 w-shaped olive lines ; the embryonic whorls being straw yellow 

 or paler; interior white. 



Length 25.5, diam. 14, aperture 12 mm. ; 7 whorls. 



Length 27, diam. 14, aperture 12 mm. 



Oahu: Kalihi. Cotypes no. 109905 A. N. S. P. and no. 

 25878 Bishop Museum. 



L. GRAVIDA AURANTIUM P. & C., n. Subsp. PI. 1, figS. 3, 4, 5. 



Shell ochraceous-orange, deepening to apricot-orange or al- 

 most coral pink near the outer lip, fading upwards to warm 

 or light buff, the embryonic whorls some shade of ochraceous- 

 buff or of brown ; cuticle almost entirely deciduous, but when 

 remaining it is transparent, with irregular dusky markings. 

 Interior geranium pink. 



Length 23, diam. 13.7, aperture 11 mm. ; 7 whorls. 



Length 23, diam. 12 mm. 



Length 21, diam. 13 mm. 



Length 26.2, diam. 15.2 mm. (Head of Waiawa). 



Oahu : main ridge, above Waiahole, D. Thaanum. Cotypes 

 no. 109904 A. N. S. P. and in Bishop Mus. Head of Waiawa 

 (probably near the same place), Spalding, Kuhns. Eastern 

 ravines of Kaliuwaa, Irwin Spalding. On Olona. 



Notable for its rich color. The specimens from Kaliuwaa 

 often have a more turrite shape and are paler, light buff, be- 

 coming warm buff or ochraceous orange anteriorly, embryonic 

 whorls liver brown. The aperture however is beautifully 

 colored, geranium pink or rose doree (pi. 1, fig. 5). 



Length 25, diam. 13.2 mm. 



Length 22.2, diam. 13 mm. 



L. GRAVIDA WAIANAENSIS P. & C., II. Subsp. PI. 1, figS. 7, 8. 



The shell has a dead, lusterless surface, cartridge buff to 



