470 SPIRAXIS §. 1. 2. 



2. Sp. obeliscus (Achatina) Reeve. -^ 



T. elongato-turrita, sordide fusco-alba, epidermide fulves- 

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

 cavi, transversim obscure et irregulariter lirati, ultimus basi 

 obtuse anguiatus, circa columellam arcuatam et truncatam 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.? turrieula Migh. -J- {Ach. turricula Pfr. Mon. II. p. 261. 



N. 5'l.) 



4. Sp. Neweombi Pfr. 



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

 obtuse elevatis sculpta^ castanea; spira elongata, sursuni 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 IOV2 ^ata. (Mus. Cuming.) 



Achatina Newcombi Pfr. in Proc. Zool. Soc. 1851. Jul. 

 Habitat in insuiis Sandwich. (Newcomb). 



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

 fecta non recognoscenda ? 



5. Sp. acus Shuttleworth. •{• 



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

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

 13, medio planati, ad suturam profundam convexi, ultimus 

 vix Y5 longitudinis aequans; lamina columellaris callosa, vix 

 truncata, in marginem basalem peristomatis sensim fere trans- 

 iens; apertura semiovalis ; perist. simplex, acutum. — Long. 

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

 Spiraxis Acus Shuttl. in Bern. Mittheil. 1852. p. 207. 

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



Obs. «Affinis Sp. costulosae Ad., sed major, et anfractus numero- 

 siores. » 



6. Sp. costulosa Adams. •{• 



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

 proximatis sculpta, albida vel cornea; spira fere rectilinearis, 

 apice obtusa; anfr. 7^2 perconvexi , ultimi 2 — 3 spiraliler circa 



