484 AGHATINA §. 2. 



siino nitido purpurascerite inlrorsum effuso junctis. — Lnng. 

 60, diam. 32 mill. Ap. 32 mill. longa, 20 lata. (Sli.) 



Achatina porphyrostoma Shiittl. in Bern. Mittheil. 1852. p. 201. 

 Ilabitat ad oram occidentaleni Africae. 



Obs. «Species, ut videtiir, cmn A. purpurea Ch. confusa, sed in- 

 frementi ratione satis distincta.» 



29. A. rhodostoma Philippi. 



T. ovato-conica, solida, slrialula , sublaevigala, nitida, fus- 

 cula, slrigis rufis, in anfractu ultimo plerumque confertis or- 

 nata; spira conica obtusa; sutura linea impressa subobsolete 

 marginata; anfr. 6^2 parum convexi, ultimus inflatus , */r 1°^'- 

 gitudinis suhaequans; columella perarcuata, intense rosea, basi 

 curvalo-truncala; apertura ampla, sinuato-ovalis, intus nitide 

 rosea; perist. acutum, marginibus callo nitido, rubro junctis. 

 — Long. 86, diam. 50 mill. Ap. 52 mill. longa, infra medium 

 33 lata. (Coll. Nr. 12.) 



Achatina rhodostoma Philippi Abbild. III. 5. p. 29. Ach. t. 2. f. 2. 



— — Chemn. ed. II. Bul. t. 23. f. 3. Ach. N. 4. 



— — (Archachatina) Albers Helic. p. 190. 



— purpurea Reeve Conch. ic. t. 4. f. 15a. 



— — Desh. in Fer. hist. IL p. 161. N. 19. t. 123. 



f. 1. 2. 



— ventricosa Gould in Proc. Bosi. Soc. 1850. IIL p. 195*)? 

 Habitat in Africa occidentali. 



30. A. granulata Pfr. 



T. fusiformi-ovata, tenuis, longitudinaliter confertim rugu- 

 losa, lineis impressis spiralibus distincle granulata, fulva, strigis 

 caslaneis undatis et angulatis picta; spira conica, obtusa; su- 

 tura levis, ruditer crenulata; anfr. 7^2 convexiusculi, ultimus 

 spirain |)auIo superans, infra medium remotius spiraliter sul- 

 catus; columella perarcuata, tenuis, basi abrupte truncala; 



•) T. magna, solida , conico-ovata, ex corneo virescente, longitror- 

 sum obscure flammulata, granoso -reticulata; spira conica; anfr. 6'/! 

 convexis, ultimo ventricoso, obtuse carinato; siitura subcrenuiata; apcr- 

 tura rotundato-ovata, % long. testae adaequante; labro everso, intus 

 incrassato, submargine et coiumella nitide puipureis; columeila valde 

 arcuata. — Long. 5, lat. 3 '/j poll., long. apert. 3, lat. d 7^ poli. — Hab. 

 Liheria. — Closely allied to A. purpurea. but thc form is constanfly more 

 venlricose, and by comparing an extensive series, including the young, 

 the difTerence is plainly not accidental. The color is more mixed with 

 green and less conspicuously tlammulated, and often flecked with trian- 

 gular pale spots, and the aperture more of a blood red Dr. Perkins 

 says, it is only found in the interior, while A. purpurea is found near 

 the sea. (Gould I. c.) 



