NO. I ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA DIXON — WELCH 1 53 



The embryonic whorls are ochraceous buff shading to ochraceous 

 tawny, penultimate whorl pale drab gray axially streaked with mouse 

 gray, last whorl vinaceous buff axially streaked with verona brown, 

 last half whorl streaked with russet, last whorl at the edge of the 

 periphery has a line of light vinaceous buff ; lip light vinaceous fawn. 

 Length 20.5 mm., greater diameter 12.8 mm., number of whorls 6^. 



Distribution, area 92 : Helemano, Gulick ; Poamoho-Helemano 

 Ridge, locality 300E, elevation 1,250-1,300 feet, H. Lemke; Wahi- 

 awa, Gulick (fig. 5a, p. 105). Lectotype, BM. 



The usual form in the Gulick collection (pi. 3, fig. 14) has the 

 embryonic whorls ochraceous tawny ; first three-fourths postembry- 

 onic whorl tilleul buff axially streaked with vinaceous fawn, remain- 

 ing whorls with ground color of pale pinkish cinnamon darkening 

 on the last whorl to light pinkish cinnamon, and pale pinkish cinnamon 

 on the last half whorl, axially streaked on the penultimate with army 

 brown, benzo brown, and shaded or streaked with pale drab gray, 

 the first half of the last whorl streaked and sparsely lined with 

 brownish drab, last half whorl strongly streaked with army brown 

 or walnut brown, just above the edge of the periphery of the last 

 whorl a white line or band ; lip and columella callus vinaceous buff. 

 Length 19.7 mm., greater diameter 12.8 mm., spire height 11.2 mm., 

 number of whorls 6f . 



On an obese shell with wide axial streaks (pi. 11, fig. 3) the embry- 

 onic whorls are ochraceous tawny ; ground of the postembryonic 

 whorls pale ochraceous salmon deepening on the last whorl to light 

 ochraceous salmon, and axially streaked or shaded with army brown, 

 fawn, or light drab, on the last whorl above the periphery a faint line 

 of pale ochraceous salmon, base spirally banded with light buff ; 

 impressed sutural band russet. Length 19.1 mm., greater diameter 

 13.3 mm., spire height 10.4 mm. 



ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA APICATA var. i 

 Plate 3, Figure 20; Plate ii, Figures 4-70 



Area 95 : North-South Helemano Ridge, locality 312-2, elevation 

 1,550 feet; 312-3, elevation 1,500-1,600 feet, 6 dextral; 312-4, eleva- 

 tion 1,600-1,650 feet; 312-5, elevation 1,650 feet, Meinecke, 1933; 

 310*, elevation 1,400-1,450 feet, 1932; 311*, elevation 1,450-1,500 

 feet, 1932; 312-2-4*, 1932, all collected by Meinecke. All the 1932 

 localities are plotted from memory and may be too low (figs. 5, ^a, 



P- 105)- 



The shell is similar to .^. a. apicata but differs in having the usual 

 form narrower ; the usual color pattern finely streaked with grayish 



