Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 

 /. Shells from Kauai. 



335. Achatinella nucleola Gould. 



.-!. nucleola Gould. P. Boston Soc, ii, 1S45, p. 2S. 



Testa solida, imperforata, ovato-globosa, livido-castanea, apice pallida, 

 ad suturam et antice albida; anfr. 6, postice subtabulatis; apertura rotuiidata, 

 labro simplici; coiumella excavata, callo obtecto; plica parva. Long. 9-20, 

 lat. 1-4 poll. 



Shell solid, imperforate, ovately globose, bluish chestnut, apex 

 pale, whitish autically and at the suture, postically somewhat flat; 

 aperture rotundate, lip simple; columella arcuate, covered with a 

 callus; fold small. 



Hab. Hanalei. — Bald. 



336. Achatinella brevis Pfeiffer. 



A. brevis Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S45, p. 90. 



Ach. testa ovata, brevi, solida, oblique striatula, nitida, fusca ; spira 

 conica, acutiusciila; anfractibus 6 couvcxiusculis, ultimo 1-3 longitudinis vix 

 superante, subgloboso; columella breviter arcuata, acute dentata; apertura 

 rotundato-lunari; peristomate simplice, albo. Long. 11, diam. 6 1-2 mill. 



Shell ovate, short, solid, obliqueh' striated, shining, brown; 

 spire conic, somewhat acute ; whorls 6, slightly convex, the last 

 slightly more than 1-3 of the length, subglobose; columella slightly 

 arctiate, acutely dentate ; aperture rotundate-lunate ; lip simple, 

 white. 



Hab. Hanalei. 



Mr. Baldwin places this with A. ^nicleola Gld. 



337. Achatinella anthonii Xewcomb. 



A. anthonii Newc. Am. Jour. Conch., ii, ii)66, p. 2io. pi. xiii, fig". 2. 



Shell couically ovate, solid, blackish-brown, longitudinally 

 striate; whorls 6, inflated; suture moderately impressed; apex ob- 

 tuse ; aperture obliquely ovate, subaugulate below ; lip simple, 

 thickened within; columella short, straight, with a somewhat cal- 

 lous plication below the middle; white banded below the suture, 

 and of a dirty white in the umbilical region. Length 15, diam. 

 10 mm.; ap. length 6, diam. 4 1-2 mm. 



Remarks. Excepting in size, and in being more ventricose, 

 this species makes a near approach to A. nucleola Gld. It is more 

 than quadruple the size of nncleola, and not acute at the summit, 

 by which it can at once be distinguished from that species. For 



