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centi-grisea, strigis latis decurrentibus, saturate castaneis ornata; 
spira conoidea, obtusiuscula; anfr. 8, ultimi infra suturam 
subtumidi, ultimus */j longitudinis aequans; columella levi- 
ter arcuata, oblique truncata; apertura oblongo-ovalis, intus 
concolor; perist. simplex, castaneo-latemarginatum. 
Long. 22, diam. 9 mill. — Patria? (Coll. Cuming.) 
403. Achatina semidecussata Menke. — T.ovato- 
turrita, apice obtusa, opaca, nitidula, decussatim granulato- 
striata (granorum seriebus infra suluram majoribus), lutea, sparse 
rufo-maculata et flammulata; anfr. 8 convexiusculi, ultimus spira 
paulo brevior, medio angulatus, infra angulum sublaevigatus, 
striis. spiralibus obsoletissimis; columella subrecta, basi ab- 
rupte truncata; apertura oblongo-ovalis; perist. simplicissimum, 
tenue. 
Long. 70, diam. 29 mill. — Natal. 
404. Achatina (Glandina) turris Pfr. —. T. ob- 
longo-turrita, confertim et leviter costulato-striata, tenuiuscula, 
diaphana, carnea; sutura marginata; anfr. 7 vix convexiusculi, 
ultimus 3/, longitudinis subaequans; columella verticalis, basin 
non attingens, abrupte truncata; apertura semiovalis, deorsum 
subdilatata. 
Long. 43, diam. 15 mill. —  Hab.? 
An forte Cochlicopa rosea var. elongata Fér. t. 135. f. 1? 
405. Achatina (Glandina) Vanuxemensis Lea 
obs. Ll p. 196. t. 19. f. 78. — T. ovato -fusiformis, tenuis, 
pellucida, fulvo-rosea, albido-maculata, striis longitudinalibus et 
transversis ab apice ad medium anfractus ultimi decussata; su- 
tura crenulata, papillata; spira conica, acutiuscula; anfr. 6 con- 
vexiusculi, ultimus 5/; longitudinis aequans; columella arcuata, 
abrupte truncata; apertura ovali - oblonga. 
Long. 53, diam. 24 mill. — Mexico (Lea). 
Specimina authentica in coll. Cumingiana ab A. rosea Brod. 
characteribus sufficientibus distincta sunt. 
406. Achatina vivipara Sow. — T. turrito-subulata, 
solidiuscula, confertim costulato-striata, nitidula , cereo-albida ; 
spira elongata, apice obtusiuscula; anfr. 10 convexi, ultimus !/, 
longitudinis aequans, angulatus; columella leviter arcuata, basin 
non attingens, oblique truncata; apertura semiovalis. 
Long. 20, diam. 5!/, mill. — Patria? 
Affinis A. striatellae Rang, costulis VERNIS rectis, 
columella et apertura facile distinguenda, 
