470 SPIRAXIS §. 1. 2. 



2. Sp. obeliscus (Achatina) Reevc. -j* 



T. elongjilo-turrita. sordide fusco-alba, epidennide fulves- 

 cente-fusca cornea indula; anfr. 9 — 10 plani, medio subcon- 

 cavi, transversim ob^cure et irregulariter lirati, ultiaius basi 

 obtuse angulatus, circa columellam arcuatam et truncatani ca- 

 staneo-nigricante fasciatus. (R.) — Long. 84, diam. 24 mill. 

 Ap. 23 mill. longa, medio 13 lata. (Ex ic. spec. Mus. Taylor. ) 



Achatina obeliscus Reeve Conch. icon. N. 129. t. 23. 

 Habitat . . .? 



3. Sp.? turricula Migh. •{' [Ach. turrictila Pfr. Mon. II. p. 261. 



N. 51.) 



4. Sp. Newcombi Pfr. 



T. turrita, solida, longitudinaliter lugoso-striata, cingulis 

 obtuse elevatis sculpta; castanea; spira elongata, sursum in 

 conum convexiusculum, acuminatum attenuata; anfr. 9 planius- 

 culi,. ultimus % longitudinis subaequans, infra medium angu- 

 latus, fascia pallida cinctus, basi niger; columella lamella an- 

 gusta, torta, alba munita, basi subtruncata; apertura obliqua, 

 subrhombea; perist. simplex, rectum. — Long. 71, diam. 19 

 mill. Ap. 21 mill longa, medio lOy^ ^ata. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Achatina Newcombi Pfr. in Proc. Zool. Soc. ISol. Jnl. 

 Habitat in insulis Sandwich. (Newcomb). 



Obs. An forte eadem ac species praecedens, ex descriptione iniper- 

 fecta non recognoscenda? 



§. 2. 

 5. Sp. acus Shuttleworth. •J- 



T. turrito-subulata, corneo- albida , argute et regulariter 

 costulata; spira valde elongata, apice acutiuscula; anfr. 12 — 

 13, medio planati, ad suturam profundam convexi, ultimvis 

 vix Y5 longitudinis aequans; lamina columellaris callosa, vi.v 

 Iruncata, in marginem basalem peristouiatis sensim fere trans- 

 iens; apertura semiovalis ; perist. simjilex, acutum. — Lonq. 

 16, diam. 2V2 mill. Ap. 3 mill. longa, l^^ lata. (Sh.) 

 Spiraxis AciiS Shuttl. in Bern. Miltheil. 1852. p. 207. 

 Habital prope Cordova, Vera Cruz ( Jacot-Guillarmod). 



Obs. «Aftlnis Sip. cosiiilosae AcL, sed niajor, et anfractus numero- 

 siores. » 



6. Sp. costulosa Adams. -{• 



T. elongato-conica, costis transversis 45 — 50 obtusis, ap- 

 proximatis sculpla, albida vel cornea; spira fere rectilinearis, 

 apice obtusa; anfr. 7 7-2 perconvexi , ultimi 2 — 3 spiraliter circa 



