DESCRIPTIONS 



tto Spmes 0f 



FROM THE 



SAEDWICH ISLANDS. 



BY DR> TV. NEWCOMB, 

 Qfffonoluln, GvrrefiXMdino Member of the 2f. T. Lyceum of Natural Hittoro. 



f From the Annala of tbe N. Y. Lyceum of Nat. His., Vol. TL, forming Art. V. pp. 18-30. May, 1853.] 



1. Achatinella violaeea, 



Testa dextrorsa, ovato-oblonga, solida, longitudinaliter valde striat^, 

 violaeea, striis pallidis varia ; anfractibus septem, convexis ; sutura sim- 

 plici et valde impressa ; apertura ovata ; columella brevi, in plicam 

 albam, contortam desinente ; labio simplici. 



Shell dextral, ovate -oblong, solid; whorls seven, convex, 

 strongly striate longitudinally ; suture plain and deeply im- 

 pressed; aperture ovate; columella short, terminating in a 

 twisted plait ; lip simple. Color violaceous with light colored 

 striae. 



Length 1.1 inch. Breadth 0.55 inch. 



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