112 (hi'iiiiial Dcso-iptions of .Icha/Juclla . 



A. sp/riidida Newc, of West Maui. It differs, however, from this 

 in the sub-atigulated peripher}', flattened base, and the untessellated 

 upper whorls. The animals are also different, and the habitats 

 widely separated. — Bald. 



Hab. Honomanu. — Bald. 



This shell is very rarely dextral. In over two thousand ex- 

 amples Mr. Baldwin found only two full grown dextral specimens. 



i8o. Achatinella fusoidea Newcomb. 



A. fiisoidra Newc. Ann. Ia'C. New York, vi, 1856. p. 144. 



vShell .sinistral, rather solid, elongately produced : whorls 6-7, 

 scarcely rounded (excepting the last), margined above; suture 

 well impressed ; aperture roundly ovate, small ; columella very 

 short, robust and twisted ; lip simple above, slightly expanded 

 below, color .straw yellow. lyong. 15/20, lat. 5 1/2/20 poll. 



Remarks. This is an exceedingly rare species, but two speci- 

 mens having come under my observation, one of which serves for 

 the illustration, the other in the cabinet of the late Hugh Cuming 

 of London. — Newc. 



Hab. Haleakala. — Newc. 



IVest Maui Shells. 



SPLENDIDA GROUP. 

 181. Achatinella splendida Newcomb. 



./. if'li-iiiiuia Xcwc. 1'. Zool. Sou. London, i^.s.v p. 131. pi. -x.xii. fig. 4. 



Shell sinistral or dextral, solid ; whorls 6, with finely decus- 

 sating striae ; body whorl somewhat inflated ; suture moderately 

 impressed, margined below; aperture ovate ; lip expanded ; colu- 

 mella short, broad and twisted ; two upper whorls tessellated with 

 chestnut and white, with numerous chestnut-coloured transverse 

 lines and fillets on the outer whorls, traced on a polished white 

 ground ; markings correcflly lined superiorly, and irregularly 

 serrated inferiorly. Long. 20/20, lat. 11/20 poll. 



Var. A. Bright chestnut banded with white, not .serrated. 



Var. B. White, with numerous black transverse bands. 



Hab. Wailuku, on kukui trees. — Newc. Mauna Hoomaha. 

 — Thaanum. 



