314 Entomological Society. 



AcHATiNA TiNCTA. Ach. testci oblongo-ovutd, tenuiculd, alhkante, 

 maculis grandibus longitud'maUbus vivide tinctd, epidermide flavidd 

 indutd ; spird parum elatd, apice obtuso, rosacea ; aperturd ob- 

 longd, albd. 

 Reeve, Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pi. 179. fig. 18. 

 Long. 3^ ; lat. 1^ poll. AIus. Cuming, Stainforth. 



Hab. } probabl)'' some part of Africa. 



The Achat ina tincta has a white shell covered with a yellowish 

 epidermis, and it is singularly stained in a longitudinal direction 

 with a deep morone colour. The stains take almost the form of 

 bands in some places, but exhibit no degree of regularity. 



AcHATiNA Kransii. Acli. tcstd ovatd, viv ventricosd, riifo' 

 castaned, epidermide durd, nitente, indutd; anfractibus, ultimo 

 excipiente, longitudinaUter strigatis, strigis albis, nunc rectis, 

 nunc siuuosis, distantibus, de suturis, longitudine variabili, por- 

 rectis ; spird breviusculd, apice obtuso ; aperturd ovatd, albd. 

 Reeve, Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pi. 179. fig. 19. 

 Long. 2f ; lat. 1^ poll. Mus. Cuming. 

 Hab. Cape Natal, coast of Africa. 



I have named this species, at the request of Mr. Cuming, in 

 honour of Dr. Krans^ who presented it to him on his arrival from 

 Cape Natal, where he had formed a very interesting collection of 

 shells. It is of a dark chestnut colour, and the last and penultimate 

 whorls are marked with small zigzag stripes running from the sutures 

 about half-way down them ; they are distant and somewhat irregular. 

 AcHATiNA PicTA. Ach. tcstd ovuto-conicd, leevi, luted, maculis, quasi 

 fasciis, viridibus, conspersim ornatd ; anfractibus planiuscuUs , 

 suturis maculis castaneis, transversis, vivide pict is ; spird subelatd, 

 apice minuto, rosacea ; aperturd orbiculari, flavidd. 

 Reeve, Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pi. 178. fig. 10. 

 Long. 1^; lat. |- polk Mus. Stainforth. 

 Hab. ad insulam Cuba, Indiarum Occidentalium. 

 This elegantly painted shell is allied to the Achatina fasciata 

 in form, though it is certainly of lighter texture. The ground-colour 

 is a bright yellow ; there are a few bright green bands crossing the 

 Avhorls at intervals ; and the sutures of the whorls are ornamented 

 throughout with a banded row of stained chestnut-coloured spots, 

 for the most part touching each other. I only know of one speci- 

 men, and it exhibits as distinct an assemblage of characters as can 

 well be imagined. 



ENTOMOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



May 2nd, 1842.— W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.L.S., President, in the 

 Chair. 



Frederick Parry, Esq., exhibited two cases of splendid Lepidoptera 

 from Assam and Jamaica, including specimens of Papilio Agestor, 

 Gray, and P. Cloanfhus, Westw. 



Mr. A. White exhibited the remarkable cocoon of the North Ame- 

 rican Bombyx crepuscularis, Abb. and Sm., one end of Avhichis closed 

 with a valve. 



