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VII. 



Section NBWCOMBIANA Pfeiffer. 



Shells from Molokai. 



NEWCOMBIANA GROUP. 

 225. Achatinella newcombiana Pfeiffer. 



BnlhiiHi newcombianus Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S51, p. 261. 



B. testa sinistrorsa, vix siibperforata, ovato-turrita, tenuiuscula, plicis 

 validis longitmlinalibiis siilcisque spiralibiis sculpta, olivaceo-fusca; spira 

 turrita, gracili, obtusula; anfractibus 5 1-2, summis planis, sequentibus con- 

 vexiuscvilis, ultimo 3-7 longitudinis subaequante, medio inflato; columella 

 callosa, substricte recedente; peristomate recto, acuto, margine extenio levi- 

 ter arcuato, subrepando, columellari reflexo, subappresso. Long. 14 1-2, 

 diam. 5 1-2 mill. 



Shell sinistral, scarcely subperforate, ovate-turreted, some- 

 what thin, marked with strong longitudinal folds and spiral sulca- 

 tions, olive-brown ; spire turreted, slender, somewhat obtuse ; 

 whorls 5 1-2, the upper flat, the following somewhat convex, the 

 last nearly equal to 3-7 of the length, with the middle inflated; 

 columella thickened, constricted below; lip erect, acute external 

 margin lightly curved, slightly turned back, columellar margin 

 refiexed, subappressed. 



Hab. Kaluaaha. — Bald. 



This species is nearh^ allied to A. plicata. — Bald. 



226. Achatinella pfeiflferi Newxomb. 



A. p/ciffcri Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, iSs.v p. 150, pL xxiv, fig. 58. 



Shell sinistral, acuminate, turreted, whorls 6, flatly convex; 

 suture deep; aperture oblong-ovate; columella plain and smooth; 

 outer lip simple; surface irregularly cut up into furrows, ridges 

 and tubercles by deep longitudinal sulcations, crossed by strongly 

 developed transverse striae; color brown, with white longitudinal 

 line on the upper whorls. Long. 14/20, lat. 4/20 poll. 



Hab. Molokai. 



Baldwin places this with nczvcombiana Pfr. 



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