ACHATINA. 



Species 34. (Mus. Cuming.) 



AcHATlNA FICTA. Achat, testa coiiico-ovatd, spira suturia 

 impressis, anfraetibus nepteni, lavihus, politis, vel 

 oblique temiismme striatis, columella brevi, vix tnmcatd, 

 aperturd pared, luted, maculis castanek nebulatis, t/enid 

 dupUcatd, medio cinctd, maculis viridibus grandibus hie 

 illio ornatd. 



The painted Achatina. Shell conically ovate, sutures 

 of the spire impressed, whorls seven in number, 

 smooth, polished, or obUquely very finely striated, 

 columella short, scarcely truncated, aperture small ; 

 yellow, encircled round the middle with a double fillet 

 of chestnut clouded spots, and ornamented here and 

 there with large green blotches. 



Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc, 1842, p. .56. Conch. Syst. vol. ii. 

 p. 87.pl. 177. f. 5. 



Hah, Island of Cuba. 



Very richly painted, but in a different style fi-om either 

 of the following species. 



Species 35. (Fig. a, 5, c ; and PL IX. Fig. 29, 

 Mus. Cuming.) 



Achatina fasciata. Achat, testa subpyramidali-ovatd, 

 solidiusculd, anfractihus octo, pla)io-comexis, Iambus, 

 politis, columelld breviusculd, callosd, vix truncatd, 

 aperturd parvd, labro creiiato ; albd,fasciis latis luteis, 

 maculis viridibus quadrato-oblongis obliquis ornatd, 

 lineis viridibus cingulatd ,- interdum albd, viridi Uneatd, 

 apice rosea. 



The banded Achatina. Shell somewhat pyramidally 

 ovate, rather solid, whorls eight in number, flatly 

 convex, smooth, polished, columella rather short, 

 callous, scarcely truncated, aperture smaU, lip cre- 

 nated ; white, ornamented with broad yellow banils 

 painted with large oblique square-oblong green 

 blotches, encu'cled with green lines ; sometimes white, 

 with the green lines only, apex pink. 



SwAiNSON, Zool. nius., vol. iii. pi. 162. 

 Buccinum fasciatum, Muller. 

 Bulla fasciata, Chemnitz. 

 Bulimiis vexillum, Bruguiere. 

 Aclmtina vexillum, Lamarck, 



Cochhtoma vexillum, Ferussac. 

 Achatina lineata, Valenciennes. 

 Varietates. 



Achatina crenata, Swainson. 



Achatina pallida, Swainson. 



Achatina Anais, Lesson. 



Bulinma zebra, D'Orbigny. 

 Hab. Island of Cuba, West Indies. 



It will be seen by the accompanying figures and the one 

 referred to in the preceding plate, that the painting of this 

 species is extremely variable ; one portion of the colour, 

 however, the fine green lines which encircle the shell, is 

 rarely absent, and it is curious to remark that where these 

 reach the lip, there is a notch corresponding to each line. 



Species 36. (Fig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 



Achatina virginea. Achat, testd pyramidali-ovatd, soli- 

 diusculd, anfractibus septem ad octo, lavibus, politis, 

 columelld arcuatd, brevi, truncatd; aperturd parvd ; 

 ccerulescente-albd, lineis fasciisque angustis miniatis 

 viridibus et nigris varie cingulatd, colunwlld nunc albd, 

 nunc intense rosed. 



The virgin Achatina. Shell pyramidally ovate, 

 rather solid, whorls seven to eight m number, smooth, 

 polished, columella small, short, truncated ; apertm-e 

 small ; bluish-white, variously encircled with ver- 

 miUon green and black lines and narrow bands, colu- 

 mella sometimes white, sometimes deep rose. 



Lamakck, Ajiiin. sans vert. (Deshaye's edit.) vol. viii. 

 p. 299. 



Bulla virginea, Linnaeus. 



Buccinum virgineurn, Muller. 

 Lignus virgineus, De Montford. 

 Bulimus virgitieus, Bniguiere. 

 Cochlitoma virginea, Ferussac. 

 Achatina vittata, Swainson. 



Eab. Cuba &c.. West Indies. 



There is little variation in the style of painting of this 



well-known species although the colours occasionally differ. 



They are mostly very brUliant and the shell has all the 



appearance of painted porcelain. 



March, 1849. 



