66 Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 



Length 0.65 in. (16 1-2 mill.), breadth 0.38 in. (9 2-3 mill.). 

 Length of body whorl 0.48 in. (12 mill.). 



Of a large specimen, length 0.74 in. (19 mill.); breadth 0.41 

 in. (10 2-5 mill.); length of body whorl 0.53 in. (13 1-2 mill.). 

 Average weight 2.50 grains. 

 Var. B. Without the brown lines. 



Station. On the Hala (Panda?ius odoraiissinnts) and other trees. 



Remarks. A thin, papyraceous shell, a few specimens of which 

 I had the good fortune to obtain from a native girl of the mountain, 

 who regretted the time spent in gathering them, as several had 

 been crushed among her heavier shells. — Gk. 



Hab. Kalaikoa, Ahonui and Wahiawa. — Gk. 



89. Achatinella juncea Gulick. 



A. juncea Gk. Ann. Lvc. New York, vol. vi, 1S56, p. 230, pi. vii, fig. 49. 



Shell sinistral, imperforate, elongately and acuminately ovate, 

 thin, shining, finely striated, snow white ; apex somewhat acute ; 

 spire convexly turreted ; suture margined, well impressed ; whorls 

 6, convex ; columella white, with a light twisted fold near the body 

 whorl ; aperture oblique, oval, white within ; peristome moderately 

 thickened; with external margin slightly expanded anteriorly, 

 arcuate, acute ; columellar margin narrow, adnate ; parietal mar- 

 gin very thin. 



Length 0.65 in. (16 1-2 mill.), breadth 0.30 in. (7 3-5 mill.). 



Length of body whorl 0.44 in. (11 1-5 mill.). 



Weight 1.50 grains. 



Var. B. With two or three brown spiral bands. 



Station. On the Ahakea. 



Remarks. A neat, delicate species, nearly allied to A. papv- 

 racca Nob., but sufficiently characterized as a distinct species. — Gk. 



Hab. Kalaikoa. Wahiawa and Helemaiio. — Gk. 



This is somewhat related to the casta group. 



90. Achatinella lehniensis Smith. 



.-I. lehuiensis Sra. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, p. 76, pi. ix, fig. 4. 



Testa sinistrorsa, ovato-conica, subnitida, incrementi lirieis traiisvcr- 

 simque exilissime striata, alba, zona purpureo-fusco strigata, et zonis duabus 

 fuscis altera supra altera peripheriam infra (et interdum aliis ) cincta ; sutura 

 subrnarginata ; anfract. 5 1-2, convexi ; apertura alba ; perist. tenue ; plica 

 columellaris valida, rosea. Long. 17, diam. 10 mill. 



Shell sinistral, ovate-conic, scarcely shining, and transversely 

 very feebly striated with lines of growth, white, having a band 

 striped with purple-brown, and encircled by two (and sometimes 



