NO. I ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA DIXON — WELCH 99 



The shell may be more obese and very lined (pi. 8, fig. i), the 

 first half embryonic whorl fuscous, next whorl upper half white, lower 

 half light grayish olive fading to white on the last embryonic whorl 

 and a half ; the first postembryonic whorl and a half white, banded 

 with mikado brown and lined with cinnamon buff, last postembryonic 

 whorl and a half pale gull gray lined with black, above the periphery 

 the ground is lined with cinnamon buff and tinted with pinkish buff ; 

 impressed sutural band russet up to the last whorl, where it fades to 

 pinkish buff". Length 17.8 mm., greater diameter 12.8 mm., spire 

 height 9.1 mm. 



The spire may not be banded (pi. 8. fig. la), and the shell may be 

 narrow, postembryonic whorls white shading to pale gull gray on the 

 last two whorls, last whorl has a peripheral band of white, banded 

 and lined below the periphery with fuscous. Length 17.4 mm., greater 

 diameter ii.o mm., spire height 9.9 mm. 



Each locaHty in area 71 appears to have similar patterns to the 

 type locality but the form and color pattern varies. A common form 

 and color pattern (pi. 8, fig. 2), in locality 233G* measures: Length 

 18.4 mm., greater diameter 13. i mm., spire height 9.2 mm.; first 

 postembryonic whorl light buff, axially streaked with light buff, 

 penultimate whorl pale pinkish buff shading to pale gull gray on the 

 last whorl, last two whorls profusely banded and lined with seal 

 brown. 



In locality 234G the usual form and color pattern (pi. 8, fig. 3) 

 measures: Length 17.8 mm., greater diameter 12.6 mm., spire height 

 9.9 mm. ; postembryonic whorls white darkening to pale gull gray, last 

 whorl spirally lined with seal brown or black, the lines above the 

 periphery broken by axial streaks of pale gull gray and the ground 

 tinted with light buff"; impressed sutural band ochraceous tawny be- 

 coming a dilute shade of ochraceous tawny on the last whorl. In this 

 locality a dark color pattern (pi. 8, fig. 3a) is found on a single 

 specimen; first postembryonic whorl and a half light buff axially 

 streaked with chamois and lined with seal brown on the latter half 

 of the whorl, last whorl and a half seal brown, spirally banded and 

 lined with light buff or white. 



ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA LINEIPICTA var. i 



Plate 2, Figure 10; Plate 8, Figures 4, 5 



Area y2 : Panihakea-Kipapa Ridge, locality 242-2*, elevation 

 1,350-1,400 feet, 13 sinistral; 242-3*, elevation 1,500-1,550 feet, 7 

 dextral, Russ and Welch, 1934, region of the upper portion of area 



