70 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. IO3 



The specimens used by Newcomb for his original figures of 

 A. su'iftii were not located in the British Museum, One lot labeled 

 the type of A. szmftii contained shells which do not match the original 

 figures, and are forms oi A. a. perplexa. 



Newcomb's figure 9 (pi. 6, fig. 7) closely matches yellow forms 

 splotched with brown of A. a. turgida (pi. 6, fig. 4c). In the New- 

 comb collection at Cornell University there is a specimen of A. a. 

 turgida (pi. 6, fig. 9) which closely resembles Newcomb's figure 9. 

 Plate 6, figure 10, shows a specimen which looks very much like 

 Newcomb's figure ga (pi. 6, fig. 8), the postembryonic whorls are 

 diamine brown, penultimate whorl is lined with white, last whorl 

 banded below the periphery with yellow ochre, with a line of diamine 

 brown near the center of the band ; lip light vinaceous fawn. 



Since A. swiftii so closely resembles patterns of A. a. turgida 

 I consider it to be a synonym of turgida. A. siviftii has page priority 

 over A. a. turgida but I am reluctant to make turgida a synonym of 

 szviftii since the type of szmftii has not been located and the type of 

 turgida has. Moreover, since the original figures do not match the 

 original description, there is some doubt about the exact identification 

 of A. swiftii. Therefore it is best to put swiftii in the synonomy of 

 A. a. turgida. 



ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA MEADOWSI, new subspecies 

 Plate i, Figure 42; Plate 6, Figures 11-12 



Achatinella turgida ovum Pfeiffer, Pilsbry and Cooke, Man. Conch., vol. 22, 

 p. 298, pi. 56, fig. 9 (only) ; pi. 56, fig. 12 (an intermediate form between 

 A. a. meadoivsi and A. a. turgida but closest to meadoivsi) , 1914. 



The shell of the holotype (pi. i, fig. 42) is a yellow-brown form 

 of A. a. turgida differing mainly in color pattern; the embryonic 

 whorls pale pinkish buff; postembryonic whorls yellow ochre heavily 

 banded on the first two whorls and above the periphery of the last 

 whorl with amber brown, below the periphery the amber brown 

 bands are faint so that the color is mostly yellow ochre, in the umbili- 

 cal region a band of black ; impressed sutural band warm sepia or 

 black ; lip army brown ; columella callus light vinaceous fawn ; behind 

 the edge of the lip a streak of black. Length 19.6 mm., greater di- 

 ameter 13.7 mm., spire height 9.6 mm., number of whorls 6^, 



Distribution, area 34: South Waimano-South Central Wai- 

 mano Ridge, type locaHty 212b, elevation 1,300 feet; 2i3a-2i3b, ele- 

 vation 1,350-1,400 feet, 17 sinistral; 213a, elevation 1,350 feet, all 

 collected by Meinecke, 1933. Meadows and Welch (BBM 107555- 



