224 Descriptions of New Species of Achatinella. 



The shell here figured corresponds more nearly to what I 

 have described as variety c. 



44. Achatinella versipellis. 



Plate VIL Fig. 44a and 446. 



T. dextrorsa vel sinistrorsa, imperforate, acuminato-oblonga, solida, 

 nitida, striatula, cinerea, magis minusve fusco-strigata et undulata ; apice 

 obtusula ; spira convexo-conica ; sutura rnarginata, modice impressa ; 

 anfr. 6, convexis ; plica columellari mediana, alba, valida ; apertura 

 truncato-auriformi, intus alba ; perist. intus incrassato ; rnargine extemo 

 recto, substricto, fusco-limbato ; columellari dilatato, adnato ; parietal] 

 nullo. 



Shell dextral or sinistral, imperforate, acuminately oblong, 

 solid, shining, striated, of lively ash-color, more or less streaked 

 and waved with brown, with several interrupted brown bands 

 on the upper parts of the whorls ; apex somewhat obtuse ; spire 

 convexly conical ; suture margined, moderately impressed ; 

 whorls 6, convex ; columellar fold central, white, strong ; aper- 

 ture truncately auriform, white within, a little oblique, in sin- 

 istral specimens very oblique ; peristome thickened within ; 

 with external margin unreflected, compressed, edged with 

 brown ; columellar margin dilated, adnate ; parietal margin 

 wanting. 



Length 0.80 inch (20$ mill.) ; breadth 0.40 inch (10 mill.) ; 

 length of body whorl 0.59 inch (15 mill.). 



Average weight 8.60 grains. 



Station. — Principally on the leaves of the Ki (Cordyline 

 terminalis) and Jeie (Freycinetia scandens). J. T. G. ! 



Habitat. — Pohakunui, in Kailua, Oahu. J. T. G. ! 

 Var. b. — Rich brown, with light streaks and waves. 



