A C H AT I N A . 



Species 10. (Mus. Cuming.) 



AcH.\TiN.\ FULVA. Acliat. testd sub-acuminato-oUongd, 

 solidinscidd, anfractibus octo ad novetu, convexis, 

 irregulariter striaik, apicem versus minute deem- 

 satis, ad suturas rude ci-enatis, columella profmide 

 arcuatd, subabrupte truncatd; ffriseo-albd, castaneo- 

 fusco intense nebulato-strigatd, columella et apertura 

 fauce cceruleo-albicantihus. 



The FL'Lvons Ach.\tina. Shell acuminately oblong, 

 rather solid, whorls eight to niue in number, convex, 

 irregularly striated, minutely decussated towards the 

 apex, rudely creuated at the sutures, eoliunella deeply 

 arched, not very abruptly ti-uncated ; greyish white, 

 deeply striped in a clouded manner with chesnut 

 brown, columella and interior of the aperture bluish- 

 white. 



Deshayes, Anim. sans vert. vol. \\n. p. 309. 

 Bttlimus fulvus, Bnjguiere. 



Hob. East Africa. 

 The columella of this species is remarkable for its 



dee])ly arched curve. 



Species 11. (Mus. Cummg.) 



.\CHATINA ACUTA. Achat, testd subfusiformi-oblongd, soli- 

 diusculd, anfractibus octo ad novem, apicem versus 

 minute decussatis, ad suturas subdistincte crenulatis, 

 columelld arcuatd et contortd, elongato-productd, vix 

 truncatd; albidd, fusco profuse nebulatd et strigatd, 

 columelld et aperturce fauce ceerulescente-albis. 



The shakp Achatina. Shell somewhat fusiformly- 

 obloug, rather solid, whorls eight to nine in number, 

 minutely decussated towards the apex, rather indis- 



tinctly orenidated at the sutures, columella arched 

 and twisted, elongately produced, but slightly trun- 

 cated ; whitish, profusely clouded and streaked with 

 brown, columella and interior of the aperture bluish- 

 white. 

 Ferussac, Hist. Moll. pi. 124. A. (. i. 

 Hub. Mauritius. 



This species is mainly distinguished from the preceding 

 by its more elongated fusiform growth, by which the colu- 

 mella is more produced and less truncated. 



Species 12. (Mus. Cumiug.) 



Achatina panthera. Achat, testd conico-oblougd, oeu- 

 tricosd, anfractibus octo, superne plano-deelivibus, 

 medio tumidis, longitudinaliter plicato-striatis, ad 

 iiitHras rude crenulatis, apicem versus minute decus- 

 satis ; columelld contortd, abrupte truncatd; albidd, 

 maculis strigisque fuscis earuko-nebulatis pictd, colu- 

 melld interne purpureo-rosed. 



The panther Achatina. Shell conically oblong, ventri- 

 cose, whorls eight in number, flatly slanting round the 

 upper part, swollen in the middle, longitudinally 

 plicately striated, rudely crenulated at the sutures, 

 minutely decussated towards the apex, columella 

 twisted, abruptly truncated ; whitish, painted with 

 blue-clouded spots and streaks, columella deep 

 purple-rose. 



Feeussac, Prod. p. 49. Hist. Moll. pi. 126. 

 Achatina Lamarckia.na, Pfeift'er. 



Hob. Interior of Madagascar. 



A beautifully painted species from a locality in w-hich 



many fine CoUmacea doubtless remain to be discovered. 



February, 184'9. 



