MOLLUSC A 375 



AuRicuLELLA Pfeiffer. 



Auriculella Pfeiffer, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p. i ; Mai. Blatt. 11. p. 3. 

 The type appears to be the Partula auricula F^r. 



(i) Auriadel/a ambusta Pease. 



Auriculella ambusta Pease, J. Conchyl. xvi. (1868), p. 345. 

 Probably the locality suggested by Mr Baldwin is correct. 

 Hab. Oahu .? (Baldwin). 



(2) Auriculella auricula Yhx. 



Partula auricula Ferussac, Prodr. p. 66, no. 6 ; Voy. de Freycinet, Zool. 



p. 486. 

 Aurictda oivaihiensis Chamisso, Nov. Act. Leop. xiv. (1829), p. 639, pi. xxxvi. 



fig. I. 

 Auricula sinistrorsa Chamisso, torn. cit. p. 640, pi. xxxvi. fig. 2 [spec. juv.]. 

 Partula dumartroyi Souleyet, Rev. Zool. v. (1842), p. 102. 

 Bulinius armatns Mighels, P. Boston Soc. 11. (1845), p. 19. 



This species varies greatly in size and shape ; it is generally unicolorous, varying, 

 from nearly white, through shades of yellow and green, to brownish green ; a few 

 specimens have a single brown band. 



Hab. Oahu, Mount Tantalus, Mount Kaala, Halemano, Head of Kawailoa 

 Gulch (Perkins). 



(3) Auriculella brunnea Smith. 



Auriculella brunnea Smith, P. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, P- S8, pi. x. fig. 23; 

 Gwatkin, P. Ac. Philad. 1895, p. 238 [radula]. 



Two Lanai specimens have a single darker band at the periphery ; others are 

 unicolorous. 



Hab. Molokai and Lanai (Smith) ; Molokai, Kalamaula, also Lanai, behind 

 Koele (Perkins). 



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