Original Descriptions of Achatindla. 6i 



Var. B. Of a burnt yellow color. 



Var. C. With one or more obscure brownish spiral lines. 



Remarks. The shell figured in var. B is the most attracftive 

 in coloring though not the most abundant. 



Hab. Kalihi.— Gk. 



79. Achatinella virens Gulick. 



A. virens Gk. Ann. Lye. New York, 1S5S, vol. vi, p. 254, pi. viii, fig. 73. 



Shell sinistral, imperforate, ovate-conic, solid, shining, striate, 

 green or yellowish ; apex subacute, yellowish white ; spire con- 

 vexly conic ; suture margined, chestnut, moderatel}' impressed ; 

 whorls 6, convex ; columellar fold central, strong, rose or some- 

 times white ; aperture ol)lique, truncately auriform, white within; 

 peristome thickened within, acute ; with external margin un- 

 refle(5led, arcuate ; columellar margin dilated, adnate ; parietal 

 margin wanting. 



Length 0.75 in. (19 mill.), breadth 0.40 in. (10 mill.). 



Length of bod}- whorl 0/50 in. (13 mill.). 



Weight 5.20 grains. 



Station. On the Lama, Hao, Ohia {Eugenia nialaccensis), 

 and Kukui {Aleurites triloba). 



Remarks. This species completes the gradation between 

 A. stewarti Green and A. colorata Rve. — Gk. 



Hab. Halawa and Nuuanu. — Gk. 



80. Achatinella fuscolineata Smith. 



A. fuicoliiicata Sm. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S73, p. 75, pi. ix, figs. 2, 217. 



Testa sinistrorsa, ovato-conica, imperforata, nitida, incremeiiti lineis 

 oblique et transversim subtilissime striata, virenti-flava, viridi strigata, 

 lineis (3-5) fuscis peripheriam supra cincta ; sutura distincte fusco margin- 

 ata ; anfract. 6 1-2, convexi, primi 3 albi ; apertura alba; perist. album (in- 

 terdum fuscum), margine acuto intus limbatum ; plica columellaris valida, 

 rosea (interdum alba). Long. 19, diani. 10 mill. 



Var. A. Testa virenteor. 



Var. B. Testa minor, subtestacea, dilute castaneo strigata transver- 

 simque saturate fusco superne zonata. 



Shell sinistral, ovate-conic, imperforate, shining, obliquely and 

 transversely minutely striated with lines of growth, greenish yel- 

 low, striped with green, encircled' above periphery with i^-,-^) brown 

 lines; suture distinctly margined with brown; whorls 6 1-2, con- 

 vex, first 3 white ; aperture white ; lip white (sometimes brown). 



>^ 



