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a band of wood brown shading to chamois; first two postembryonic 

 whorls banded just above the edge of the periphery with a band of 

 cream buff shading to pinkish cinnamon, last whorl above the periphery 

 white, lined and banded with a band of cinnamon buff, which band 

 is axially streaked with pale pinkish buff and mikado brown, last 

 half whorl bone brown axially streaked with pale pinkish buff, below 

 the periphery a band of white; impressed sutural band on the first 

 postembryonic whorl white, on the penultimate pinkish buff shading to 

 mikado brown on the last whorl. 



In locality 262* (BBM 121946) collected in 1932 by Meinecke, 

 the shells are 78 percent dextral, and only 17 percent have a gray 

 pattern similar to that of plate 8, figure 11. The common color 

 pattern (pi. 8, fig. 12) has the embryonic whorls bicolored, upper half 

 white, lower half honey yellow; postembryonic whorls white, last 

 whorl banded with army brown, shape ovate. Length 18.6 mm., 

 greater diameter 13.0 mm., spire height 9.0 mm. An elongate shell 

 with dark bands and ochraceous tawny lines (pi. 8, fig. 12a) has a 

 color pattern found on only one specimen ; the postembryonic whorls 

 are white, spirally lined or banded above the periphery with ochra- 

 ceous tawny, last whorl banded at and below the periphery with hay's 

 maroon. Length 19.7 mm., greater diameter 12.6 mm., spire height 

 10.8 mm. 



ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA IRWINI Pilsbry and Cooke 

 Plate 2, Figure 29; Plate 8, Figures 13-140 



Aclmtinella Icucorraphe irzi'ini Pilsbry and Cooke, Man. Conch., vol. 22, pp. 302, 

 303. Pl- 59. fig- lia (only), 1914. 



The lectotype of A. a. irzvini selected by Pilsbry and myself is 

 figured in the Manual of Conchology on plate 59, figure iia, and is 

 reproduced in this paper on plate 8, figure 13. The embryonic whorls 

 of the lectotype are bicolored, first embryonic whorl warm sepia, re- 

 maining embryonic whorls upper half or fourth cartridge buff or 

 white, lower portion lightens from warm sepia to cream buff on the 

 last whorl; postembryonic whorls white, lined with one or two 

 faint lines of ochraceous buff, last whorl lined at the edge of the 

 periphery with a line of grayish olive, below the periphery a line of 

 light buff, below which are three lines and two bands of warm 

 blackish brown and a basal band of ochraceous buff, and one of warm 

 blackish brown ; impressed sutural band warm sepia, shading to bister 

 on the penultimate and first half of the last whorl, on the last half the 

 impressed sutural band is white, the upper edge lined with a line of 

 sayal brown, the lower edge warm blackish brown ; lip pale vinaceous 

 fawn. Length 19.0 mm., greater diameter 12.2 mm., spire height 



