112 SMITHSONIAN MISCELLANEOUS COLLECTIONS VOL. IO3 



(pi. 9, fig. 14a) in the lot has embryonic whorls similar to A. a. 

 irunni. The embryonic whorls are bicolored, first embryonic whorl 

 army brown, next embryonic whorl and a half upper half white, 

 lower half natal brown, last three-fourths embryonic whorl chamois 

 on the lower two-thirds of the whorl, upper third white; post- 

 embryonic whorls drab gray spirally lined with white and dusky 

 drab, and axially streaked with white, last half whorl above the 

 periphery almost solid dusky drab, at the edge of the periphery a 

 band of dusky drab, above and below which is a band of white. 



The Wilder and O. H. Emerson shells probably came from near 

 area yy, the usual length of the shell is 18.5 mm., and the usual color 

 pattern (pi. 9, fig. 15) has the last two whorls white deepening to 

 pale gull gray on the last whorl, spirally lined above the periphery 

 with mouse gray, the peripheral band deep mouse gray, below the 

 white subperipheral band, the base mouse gray spirally banded with 

 benzo brown ; impressed sutural band pinkish buff. Length 18.2 mm., 

 greater diameter 12.8 mm., spire height 9.6 mm. The Wilder speci- 

 mens consisting of two shells are selected from a mixed lot contain- 

 ing shells from a lower locality with a different color pattern. 



ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA TUBERANS var. 4 

 Plate 2, Figure 23; Plate g, Figures i6-i6c 



Achatinella leucorraphe irunni Pilsbry and Cooke, Man. Conch., vol. 22, p. 305, 

 pi. 59, figs. 16-16& (only), 1914. 



Area 76?: South Kaukonahua South-Central Branch Ridge 

 in the general region of locality 260A?, approximate elevation 1,550- 

 1,700 feet, Meinecke, BBM 121968, 1918, BBM 121952, 1924. Other 

 collectors of this form are Wilder, BBM 10442, O. H. Emerson, 

 BBM 103969, J. S. Emerson. The shells of area 76 are described 

 from the Meinecke lot, BBM 12 1968 (figs. 5, 5a, p. 105). 



The usual color form of the shell (pi. 2, fig. 23), lot BBM 121968, 

 has the embryonic whorls bicolored, first half whorl army brown, 

 next whorl and a half upper half pinkish buff, lower half army brown 

 lightening to wood brown, next embryonic whorl pinkish buff lined 

 with white, last half embryonic whorl white; first quarter post- 

 embryonic whorl white, next quarter whorl light buff axially streaked 

 with warm sepia, last half of the whorl and first half of penultimate 

 warm buff spirally lined with and streaked with warm sepia, last half 

 of penultimate and first half of last whorl warm buff faintly lined 

 with wood brown and a line of fawn color, last whorl banded just 

 above the edge of the periphery with a band of sepia axially streaked 



