ACHATINA.— Plate XXIII. 



truncatd; sordide fusco-albd, epidermide fulvescente- 

 fuscd corned indutd, anfraetu ultimo circa columellnm 

 castaneo-nigricantefascialo. 

 The obelisk Achatina. Shell elongately tuiTeted, 

 whorls nine to ten in number, flattened, sUghtly 

 concave in the middle, transversely obscurely and 

 irregularly ridged, last whorl obtusely angled at 

 the base, columella arched and truncated ; dirty 



brownish-white, covered with a homy fiilvous-brown 

 epidermis, last whorl banded with chestnut-black 

 around the columella. 



Hah. ? 



For this remarkable and very characteristic species 



I am indebted to the collection of Thomas Lombe 



Taylor, Esq. 



