484 AGHATINA g. 2. 



sirno nitido purpurascenle introrsum effuso junctis. — Long. 

 60, diam. 32 mill. Ap. 32 niill. longa, 20 lala. (Sh.) 



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

 Habitat ad oram occidentalem Africae. 



Obs. «Species, ut videtur, cum A. puiyurea Ch. confusa , sed in- 

 crementi ratione satis distincta. » 



29. A. rhodostoma Philippi. 



T. ovato-conica, solida, striatuhi , sublaevigata, nitida, fus- 

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

 nata; spira conica obtusa; sutura linea impressa subobsolete 

 marginata; anfr. 6^2 parum convexi, ultimus inflatus , ^^ lon- 

 gitudinis subaequans; coiumella perarcuata, intense rosea, basi 

 curvato-truncata; 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. i2.) 



Achatina rhodostoma Philippi Abbild. IIL 5. p. 2 9. Ach. t. 2. f. 2. 



— — Chemn. ed. 11. Bul. t. 23. f. 3. Ach. N. 4. 



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



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



— — Desh. in Fer. hist. 11. p. \6\. N. 19. i. 123. 



f. 1. 2. 



— ventricosa Gould in Proc. Bosi. Soc. 1 850. III. p. 195*)? 



Habitat in Africa occidentali. 



30. A. granulata Pfr. 



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

 losa, lineis impressis spiralibus distincle granulata, fulv^a, strigis 

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

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

 spiram paulo superans, infra medium remotius spiraliter sul- 

 catus; columella perarcuata, tenuis, basi abrupte truncata; 



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

 sum obscure flammiilata, granoso - reticulata ; spira conica; anfr. 6 Va 

 convexis, ultimo ventricoso, obtuse carinato ; sutura siibcrenulata; aper- 

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

 incrassato, submargine et columella nitide purpureis; columella valde 

 arcuata. — Long. 5, lat. sy^ poll., long. apert. 3, lat. i 7^ Po'l- — Hab. 

 Liberia. — Closely allied to A. purpurea. but the form is constantly more 

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

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

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

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

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

 the sea. (Gould I. c.) 



