6o Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 



76. Achatinella cuneus Pfeiffer. 



A. (uneus I'fr. P. Zool. Soc. I<ouclon, 1855, p, 205. 



A. testa iinperf. , sinistr., oblongo-turrita, solida, striatula, nitida, albida 

 vel lutescente, fasciis angustis fuscis varie ornata ; spira convexo-conica, 

 apice alba, acutiuscula ; sutura tilo castaneo marginata ; anfr. 6, planiusculis, 

 ultimo 1-3 longitudinis paulo superante ; apertura fere diagonal!, seniiovali, 

 iiitus alba; plica coluni. mediocri, oblique subtorta ; perist. acuto, intus 

 labiate, inargine columellari adnato. Long. 18, diam. 8 mill. 



Shell imperforate, sinistral, oblong-turreted, solid, somewhat 

 striated, shining, whitish or yellowish, varioush' ornamented with 

 narrow brown bands ; spire convex-conic, apex white, somewhat 

 acute ; suture margined with a chestnut line ; whorls 6, somewhat 

 plane, with the last a little more than 1-3 the length ; aperture 

 almost diagonal, semioval, white within ; columellar fold small, 

 obliquely twisted ; lip acute, thickened within, adnate to the mar- 

 gin of the columella. 



Hab. Kalihi to Moanalua. — Bald. 



77. Achatinella diluta Smith. 



A. diluta Sm. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S73, p. 74, pi. ix, fig. 14. 



Testa dextrorsa, ovato-subconica, nitida, incrementi lineis transversimque 

 indistincte minutissime striata, dilute luteo-virens, lineis pluribustransversis 

 viridibus obscuris cincta ; sutura leviter marginata; anfract. 5 i-^, convexi- 

 usculi ; apertura alba ; perist. tenue, intus leviter incrassatum ; plica colu- 

 mellaris valida, alba. Long. 18, diam. 9 mill. 



Shell dextral, ovate-subconic, shining, transversely and indis- 

 tindlly minutely striated with lines of growth, light yellowi.sh-green, 

 encircled by many transverse obsctire green lines ; suture lightly 

 margined; whorls 5 1-2, somewhat convex; aperture white; lip 

 thin, slightly thickened within ; columellar fold strong, white. 



Hab. Kalihi. 



^ 78. Achatinella cucumis Gulick. 



A. ciicumh Gk. Ann. Lye. New York, 1S56, vol. vi, p. 225, pi. vii, fig. 45. 



Shell sinistral, imperforate, acuminately oblong, solid, shining, 

 striated, green ; apex rather obtuse ; spire turreted ; suture mar- 

 gined, impressed ; whorls 6, convex ; columellar fold central, white, 

 moderately developed ; aperture oblique, sinuately oval, white 

 within ; peristome thickened within ; with external margin un- 

 refledled, arctiate, acute ; columellar margin dilated, adnate ; 

 parietal margin wanting. 



Length 0.74 in. (19 mill.), breadth o.3cS in. (9 2-3 mill.). 



Length of body whorl 0.50 in. ( 13 mill.). 



Average weight 5.20 grains. 



