28 Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 



Hab. District of Ewa. — Newc. Helemauo to Wahiawa. 



Dr. Nevvcomb places A. valida Pfr. and A. apicata Newc. as 

 synonyms of this shell. A . swiftii forms a connecting link between 

 the many shells of the forbesiana group and those of the lugubris 

 group. 



29. Achatinella apicata Newcomb. 



A. apicata Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p. 210. 



A. testa imperforata, globoso-conica, solida, laevigata, nigricante vel 

 fusca, pallide irregulariter radiata et subfasciata ; spira conica, apice acuti- 

 uscula, cinnaniomea vel hepatica ; anfr. 6, superis planis, penultiino convexo, 

 ultimo globoso, 2-5 longitudinis vix Ltquante ; apertura obliqua, subtetra- 

 gono-ovali ; plica colum. supera, dentiformi, lilacea ; perist. recto, intus 

 lilaceo-labiato, margine colum. perdilatato, incrassato, adnato. Long. 18 1-2, 

 diam. 12 mill. 



Shell imperforate, globosely conical, solid, smooth, blackish 

 or brown, irregularly striped and banded with lighter color ; spire 

 conical, apex somewhat acute, yellowish or purplish brown ; 

 whorls 6, the upper flat, next to the last convex, and last globose, 

 hardly equal to 2-5 of the length ; aperture oblique, subquad- 

 rangularly oval ; columella fold high, tooth-like, lilac ; lip erect, 

 margined within with lilac, somewhat dilated at the margin of the 

 columella, thickened, adnate. 



Hab. H. I. — Newc. Wahiawa and Helemauo. 

 The sutural band is generally colored red or black, and the 

 shell is usually dextral. 



30. Achatinella gulickii Smith. 



Apex gulickii Sin. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, p. 78; pi. ix, fig. ig. 



Testa sinistrorsa ( interdum dextrorsa), globoso-conica, nitida, incre- 

 meiiti lineis ( haud spiralibns) striata, dilute brunnea, cinereo strigata, zona 

 alba ad peripheriam cincta ; sutura brunneo marginata ; spira leviter con- 

 cava ; anfract. 6, primi 3-4 pallidi, convexiusculi, cteteri convexi ; apertura 

 alba, recedens ; perist. paululum dilatatum, intus incrassatum, dilute roseo- 

 fusco tinctum ; plica columellaris mediocriter valida, albida. Long. 19, 

 diam. 13 mill. 



Var. Testa dextrorsa ; anfract. primi 3 pallidi, sequentes 2 et anfract. 

 ultimi dimidium superius cinereo-fusco strigati, dimidium inferius flavum, 

 ciiiereo-fusco /.onatum. 



Shell sinistral (sometimes dextral), globose-conic, shining, 

 striated with lines (not spiral) of growth, pale brown, striped with 

 gray, encircled at the periphery by a white band ; suture margined 

 with brown ; spire slightly concave ; whorls 6, the first 3-4 pale, 

 somewhat convex, the others convex ; aperture white, receding ; 

 lip slightly dilated, thickened within, colored with pale rose-brown; 

 columellar fold moderately strong, whitish. 



