NO, I ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA DIXON — WELCH 1 73 



band of buff pink deepening to cacao brown on the last half of the 

 whorl, last whorl below the periphery white on the first half of the 

 whorl, last half banded at the edge of the periphery and on the base 

 with cacao brown, subperipheral band white tinged with vinaceous 

 pink. Length 19.7 mm., greater diameter 12.7 mm., spire height 11.2. 



ACHATINELLA APEXFULVA BEATA var. 3 



Plate 3, Figure 25; Plate 12, Figure 19-19& 



Area no: Helemano-Opaeula Ridge, locality 337-4, elevation 

 1,900-2,000 feet, 1934; 338, elevation 1,950-2,000 feet, Meinecke, 

 1934; also less localized Meinecke material plotted from memory, 

 locality 338-339-1?, BBM 128329-128333, 122335-122336, 1929; 

 339-ia*, elevation 1,950-2,000 feet, 1929; 338?, BBM 122267, 1928 

 (figs. 5, 5a, p. 105). 



This race differs from A. a. heata in usually having lighter pink 

 color patterns and a different range of color patterns. The character- 

 istic pattern of this area (pi. 3, fig. 25) has the embryonic whorls 

 cream buff; first two postembryonic whorls white, first half of the 

 last whorl white faintly shaded with a very dilute color of pale grayish 

 vinaceous, lightly banded with light russet vinaceous, last half whorl 

 vinaceous brown, faintly lined or banded and axially streaked with 

 light russet vinaceous and banded with white in the umbilical region ; 

 lip and columella callus light grayish vinaceous. Length 19.6 mm., 

 greater diameter 13.5 mm., spire height 10.3 mm. The aboral surface 

 of this shell is figured in order to show the abrupt change of coloration 

 from white to a dark almost solid pinkish color on the last half whorl. 

 This pattern is found only in area no. 



A darker pattern (pi. 12, fig. 19) has the first half of last whorl 

 light brownish vinaceous, banded and shaded with russet vinaceous, 

 last half whorl almost solid vinaceous brown faintly lined and streaked 

 with a lighter tint. 



A white specimen (pi. 12, fig. 19a) lacks color except for the 

 cream-buff embryonic whorls and a line of ochraceous tawny on the 

 outer margin or back edge of the lip. Plate 12, figure 19&, shows a 

 rare pink color form with the postembryonic whorls a very dilute 

 tint of pale flesh color deepening to flesh color on the last whorl, 

 3.5 mm. behind the edge of the lip the color deepening to vinaceous 

 pink. 



