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42. Achatinella sordida Newcomb. 



A. sordida Xewc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S53, p. 139; pi. xxiii, fig. 27. 



Shell elongately conical, solid ; whorls 7, slightly rounded, 

 margined above ; aperture small, somewhat contracted ; lip sub- 

 reflected below, acute above, thickened within ; columella short, 

 slightly twisted, with an expanded callus partially covering a 

 shallow small umbilicus ; colour variable ; ground white, variously 

 banded and striped transversely with brown or black. Long. 

 r8/2o, lat. 9/20 poll. 



This species, like the A. multilineata, is drawn from the group 

 of A. mustelina, the variations in character, with different locali- 

 ties and the peculiarity of habits in each, demanding their sepa- 

 ration. — Newc. 



Hab. Lihue. — Newc. Waiauae Mts. 



43. Achatinella concavospira Pfeiffer. 



A. (Bulimella) concavospira Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, p. 30. 



T. subperforata, dextrorsa, ovato-turrita, solida, striatula, nitida, albida, 

 fasciis et strigis angustis coffeaceis ornata ; spira concavo-turrita, apice acuti- 

 uscula, alba; sutura valde marginata ; anfr. 7, primi 3 plani, sequentes con- 

 vexi, ultimus rotundatus, 2-5 longitudinis subaequans ; plica columellaris 

 supera, nodiformis, alba ; apertura obliqua, obauriformis ; perist. hepaticum, 

 margine dextro expansiusculo, columellari perdilatato, reflexo, subadnato. 

 Long. 21 1-2, diam. 11 1-3 mill. 



Shell subperforate, dextral, ovate-turreted, solid, somewhat 

 striated, shining, whitish, ornamented with narrow coffee -colored 

 bands and stripes ; spire concave-turreted, apex slightly acute, 

 white; suture strongly margined; whorls 7, first three flat, the 

 following convex, the last rotundate, nearly equal to 2-5 the length; 

 columellar fold high, nodiform, white; aperture oblique, nearly 

 auriform; lip liver-colored, with the right margin slightly ex- 

 panded, greatly dilated at the columella, reflexed, subadnate. 



Hab. Waianae Mts., eastern range. 



44. Achatinella turbiniformis Gulick. 



[pex turbiniformis Gk. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, p. 81, pi. x. fig. 7. 



Testa dcxtrorsa subperforata, subgloboso-conica, parum nitida, incre- 

 menti lineis (haud spiralibus) striata ; alba, lineis paucis transversis fuscis 

 basi m versus cincta ; sutura distincte marginata; spira leviter concava ; an- 



