III. 



Section BUI/IMBI/I/A Pfeiffer. 



Bcginnuig luitJi the SoiitJieasteni e7id of Oa/iu. 



VIRIDANS GROUP. 

 114. Achatinella viridans Mighels. 



.). viiidaiii Migh. P. Boston See, ii, 1S45, p. 20. 



Shell dextral, elongate-conic, green, with light streaks inter- 

 mixed, imperforate ; whorls five, convex, with a revolving, slightl}' 

 impressed line below the suture ; aperture subovate, stained with 

 a pink color just within the margin : lip slightly thickened. L. 

 3-4, diam. 7-15 inch. 



Animal light grey ; tentacles and tentacular sheath dark slate; 

 mantle thick, yellowish brown ; tentacles strongly clubbed, short 

 and robust, when extended, longer than the shell. — Newc. 



Hab. Nuuanu to Waialae. 



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115. Achatinella subvirens Newcomb. 



A. i,ubvhcns Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S53, p. 136, pi. xxii. fig. iS. 



Shell conically ovate ; whorls 6, rounded and margined above; 

 suture distinct and lined with white ; aperture ovate, expanding 

 below; lip thickened ; columella short, flat and obliquely truncated; 

 colour of epidermis light green, interspersed with a lighter shade 

 arranged longitudinally ; columella, lip and aperture white. 

 Long. 15/20, lat. 7/20 poll. 



Var. A. Pure white. 



Var. B. Brown or chestnut replacing the green colour. 



Through var. A this species approaches a variety of A. rutila, 

 and through var. B, A. dccipiois. It is readily distinguished from 

 the first by its smaller size, greater solidity, stronger striae and more 



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