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with an intense brown band around the columella, lip and col- 

 umella tinged with light purple. 



Hab. Bottom of Nuuanu \'alle3'. 



This species in coloring is so like A . decora that Mr. Reeve gave 

 it the name of the "Allied Achatinella." He said, however, that 

 the spire is more acuminate, and the last whorl not so broad and 

 ventricose. I think without doubt it is the same as x4 . decora. 



10. Achatinella albofasciata Smith. 



Apex albofiiMialus Sm. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1.S73, p. 7S; pi. ix., fig. 21. 



Testa sinistrorsa (interdum dextrorsa), perforata, globoso-conica, incre- 

 menti lineis leviter striata, badia, saturatius strigata ; anfract. ultimus zonis 

 albis 2-3 (media semper lata) cinctus ; apex albus ; anfract. 6, primi 4 plani- 

 usculi, CEeteri convexi ; sutura albo distincte marginata ; apertura intus rube- 

 scens; perist. leviter dilatatum, intus incrassatum, rubescens, medio fascia 

 alba externa notatum ; plica columellaris valida, rosacea, ejns apice alba. 

 Long. 19, diam. 12 1-2 mill. 



Shell sinistral (sometimes dextral), perforate, globosely coni- 

 cal, finely striated with lines of growth, reddish brown, more 

 darkly striped ; the last whorl encircled with 2-3 white bands (the 

 median always broad); apex white; whorls 6, first 4 rather flat, 

 the others convex ; suture distincftly margined with white ; aper- 

 ture reddish within ; peristome slightly expanded, thickened within, 

 reddish, marked in the middle iDy the external white band ; col- 

 umellar fold strong, rosy, the apex of which is white. 



This species, of which there are several specimens in the 

 British Museum collection, some sinistral and others dextral, I am 

 unable to locate with any yet described. — Sm. 



Hab. H. I. — Sm. Nuuanu. 



This seems to be the light brown and white variety of A . decora 

 Fer. found on the Kalihi side of Nuuanu Valley. 



II. Achatinella globosa Pfeiffer. 



A.globosa Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p, 7; pi. xxx, fig. 25. 



A. testa subimperforata, dextrorsa, conico-globosa, tenuiuscula, striatula, 

 alba, lineis fuscis cingulata ; spira brevi, convexiusculo-conica, subaciita ; 

 sutura levi, submarginata ; anfr. 5, modice convexis, ultimo ventroso, spi- 

 ram subaequante, basi f usco ; apertura obliqua, subtetragono-ovali, intus 

 margaritacea ; plica columellari levi, vix torta ; perist. acuto, fusco-limbato, 

 intus albo-sublabiato, margine columellari incrassato, subadnato. Long. 17, 

 diam. 11 1-2 mill. 



Shell dextral, nearly imperforate, conically globose, rather 

 thin, somewhat striated, white, encircled with brown lines ; spire 



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