178 Oi'igiual Descriptions of AcJiatiiiclla. 



margiuated ; sutures somewhat rude, well impressed ; aperture 

 ovate, about 2-5 the length of the shell ; columellar fold slight, 

 oblique tortuous ; shell covered with an earth3'-brown epidermis; 

 apex of a darker colour; aperture and columella white, shining. 



Hab. Makawao and Kula. — Bald. 



328. Achatinella farcimen Pfeiffer. 



A. {La)H!)!eI!a) farcimen Pfr. I'. Zool. Soc. London, 1S56, p. 334. 



A. testa sinistrorsa, subperforata, oblonj^o-conica, solidula, rugulosa, sub- 

 epidermide nigricaiite albida; spira superne in conum acuttim nudum termi- 

 nata; anfr. 7, superis planis, 2 viltiniis perconvexis, ultimo 1-3 longitudinis 

 paulo superante, medio subangulato; plica columellari compressa, obliqua; 

 apertura obliqua, semiovali, intus alba; perist. simplice, recto, margine colu- 

 mellari subpatente. Long. 19, diam. 9 mill. 



Shell sinistral, subperf orate, oblong-conic, somewhat solid, 

 rough, whitish under the blackish epidermis, the upper part of the 

 spire terminating iji an acute bare cone; whorls 7, the upper flat, 

 the last 2 very convex, the last a little more than 1-3 of the length, 

 subangulate at the middle ; columellar fold compressed, oblique; 

 aperture oblique, semioval, white within; lip simple, erect, slightly 

 spreading at the margin of the columella. 



Hab. Maui. 



6. Shells from Haivaii. 



1/ 339. Achatinella melanosis Newcomb. 



A. »ie.'anosis Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S53, p. 144, pL xxiii, fis- 4i- 



Shell dextral, thin, conically depressed; apex acute; whorls 

 5, rounded, the last inflated; suture well impressed; aperture sub- 

 rotund; lip simple, thin; columella straight, white, and terminat- 

 ing in a verj^ oblique plait; color black. Long. 8-20, lat. 5-20 poll. 



Hab. Hawaii. 

 \/ 330' Achatinella flavescens Newcomb. 



A. /Ia7Via'?/s Newc. P. ZooL Soc. London, 1S53, p. 151, pi. .xxiv, fig. 62. 



Shell dextral, conical ; whorls 6, slightly rounded ; suture 

 simple, well impressed ; striae numerous, longitudinal and well 

 developed ; aperture semiovate ; lip simple ; columella .short, with 

 an oblique plaited tooth ; color of shell externally of a uniform 

 light reddish colour, internally white or pale rose. Long. 13-20, 

 lat. 6-20 poll. 



