24 Orighial Discriptions oj Achatinella. 



Shell sinistral, subperforate, globosely conical, finely striated 

 with lines of growth, dun, darker striped (sometimes marked with 

 a few spiral white and brown lines); apex almost white, nucleus 

 reddish horn ; whorls 6, first 4 somewhat plain, the others convex; 

 suture distindlly margined ; aperture pale reddish within ; lip 

 slightly expanded, thickened within ; columellar fold large. 



Of a uniform fawn color, with darker stripes of the same hue, 

 the apex being paler (almost white) and the nuclear whorl reddish 

 horn-colored. — Sm. 



Hab. H. I.— vSm. Kalaikoa. 



Dr. Cooke found the type to be a small decoraAWie: shell with 

 a ground color of light chocolate, or white or light yellow brown, 

 and with very narrow white or brown bands on the last whorl ; 

 color of suture slightly darker. 



24. Achatinella albospira Smith. 



Apex albospira Sin. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S73, p. 77; pi. x. fig. S. 



Testa dextrorsa, subperforata, breviter ovato-conica, parum nitida, in- 

 crementi lineis (baud spiralibus) striata, alba, zona peripberiam supra et 

 basi livido-brunnea ; sutura levittr marginata ; anfract. 6, primi 4 convexi- 

 usculi, caeteri convexi ; apertura alba; perist. intus incrassatum ; plica col- 

 umellaris valida, alba, reflexa, rimam parvani fere tegens. Long. 17, diam. 

 10 mill. 



Var. Testa alba, zonis paucis flavis peripheriam supra ornata basimque 

 versus flava zonis paucis saturatioribus cincta. 



Shell dextral, subperforate, short ovate-conic, shiny, .striated 

 with lines of growth (not spiral), white, a livid brown band above 

 the periphery and on the base ; suture finely margined ; whorls 6, 

 first 4 somewhat convex, the others convex ; aperture white ; lip 

 thickened within; columellar fold strong, white, refiexed, almost 

 concealing the small umbilicus. 



Hab. Reported to be from Ewa. — Sm. 



This shell seems very nearly allied to A. turhiniforviis vSm., 

 a shell found in Lihue. The brown color is generally more marked 

 on the last whorl, however. The shell is named from its pure white 

 spire, which seems to stand out from the inflated body whorl. An 

 almost pure white example has been reported from Wahiawa. 



25. Achatinella tumefacta Gulick. 



Apex tumefacliii Gk. P. Zool. Soc. Loudon, 1S73, p. hj ; pi. ix, fig. jo. 



Testa perforata, sinistrorsa, globoso-conica, nitida, incrementi lintis 

 spiralibusque indi.stinctis striata, alba, zonis paucis olivaceo-fuscis cincta ; 

 sutura marginata; spira vix concava ; anfract- 6. primus nigresctjus, primi 



