— 121 — 



LamineUa modesta, Pfeiffer, Mon. Hei. viv. Bd. VlII, 1877, pag. 241, No. 209. Syn.: A. pumila, 



Gul. unter No. 209. 

 „ rustica, „ Mon. Hei. viv. Bd. VIII, 1877, pag. 242, No. 212. (Affinis A. affini, 



Newc, Pfr.) 

 , modesta, Clessin, Nomenciator Hei. viv. 1881, pag.313, No. 209. Syn.: A. pumila, Gulick. 



, rustirii, „ Nom. Hei. viv., 1881, pag. 314, No. 212. 



Amastni modesta, Hartman, Catalogue, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scienc. Philadelphia, 1888, pag. 49. 



„ rustica, , Catalogue, Proc. Acad. Nat. Scienc. Philadelphia, 1S88, pag. 49. Hartm. 



hält rustica für eine Var. von A. variegata, Pfr. 

 Laminella modesta, Paetel, Katalog, 4. Aufl. II. Abt. 1889, pag. 273. 

 , rustica, „ Katalog, 4. Aufl. II. Abt. 1889, pag. 275. 



Amastra modesta, Baldwin, Catalogue Hawaiian Land- and Freshwater Shells, Honolulu, 1893, pag. 9. 

 rustica, Gul. = A. affinis, Newc, Baldwin, Catalogue, 1893, pag. 23. 

 , modesta, Sykes, Fauna Moll. Ilawaiiensis, 1900, pag. 339, No. 34. Syn.: A. pumila, Gul. 



„ rustica, Gul. = A. affinis, Newc, Sykes, Fauna Moll. Hawaiiensis, 1900, pag. 333, No. i. 



C. B. Adams, Annais Lyc. Nat. Hist. New-York, Vol. V, 1850, pag. 44 und Contri- 

 butions Nro. 8, 1851, pag. 128: „Achatinella modesta." — „Shell rather thick and short, 

 ovate-conic : dingy reddish or ash-brown; more or less covered with a dingy dark brown 

 epidermis : with fine irregulär transverse Striae, which are coarser on the upper whorls; 

 without Spiral Striae : apex subacute : spire short, with the outlines quite curvilinear : whorls 

 six, moderately convex, with a well impressed suture ; last whorl rather ventricose : aperture 

 ovate, somewhat acute above ; lip sharp, not expanded, moderately thickened within ; colu- 

 mellar fold well developed, quite oblique." 



„Mean divergence 50"; Icngth . 54 inch ; brcadth . 30 inch; length of aperture . 26 inch." 



„The corresponding dimensions of another specimen are — 47"; .55 inch; . 29 inch; 

 . 24 inch." 



„Habitat, Sandwich Islands." 



Pfeiffer, Mon. Hei. viv. Bd. III, 1853, pag. 457, Nro. 13: ,A. modesta, Adams." 

 — „Testa crassiuscula, brevis, ovato-conica, irregulariter et subtiliter striata, sordide rubella 

 vel cinereo-fusca, epidermide saturate brunnea magis minusve obtecta ; apex subacutus ; spira 

 brevis, curvilinearis; anfr. 6 modice convexi, sutura bcne impressa juncti, ultimus subventri- 

 cosus; apertura ovalis, superne acutiuscula; labrum acutum, non expansum, intus modice 

 incrassatum; plica columellaris perfecta; penitus obliqua." 



„Diverg. media 50% long. 0,54, lat. 0,30, long, apert. 0,26." (Ad.) 



„Habitat in insulis Sandwich." 



Gulick, Proc. zool. Soc. London, 1873, pag. 84: „Amastra rustica." — „Testa dex- 

 trorsa, imperforata, ovato-conica, incrementi lineis leviter striata, sub epidermide olivacea, 

 dilutissime rubescens ; anfract. 6, convexiusculi, primi 2 fortiter, tertiusque levius sulcati ; 

 sutura Simplex, parum profunda; apertura parva, spiram non aequans, subrubescens; perist. 

 arcuatum, tenue; columella brevis, plica inconspicua munita, labro callo pertenui juncta." 



„Long. 141/2 mm, diam. 71/3." 



,, Station. On the ground." 



„Habitat. Kula, on East Maui." 



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