88 Original Descriptions of Achatinctla. 



Remarks. I am iti doubt concerning the limits of variation 

 of this species. Yar. B may be distinct. — Gk. 



Hab. Kahana, Kaaawa, and Waikaue. — Gk. Waiolu. — J. 

 S. Emerson. 



Mr. Baldwin rightly classes this as the sinistral form of A. 

 corrugata Gk. 



OVATA GROUP. 



132. Achatinella ovata Newcomb. 



./. ovata Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1853, p. 130, pi. xxii, fig. 2, 217. 



Shell dextral or sinistral, elongately ovate ; whorls 6, slightly 

 margined above, rounded ; suture moderately impressed ; aperture 

 subovate, entirely margined with black ; columella short, plicate, 

 strong and twisted ; lip thickened and slightly expanded ; colour of 

 shell pure white or yellowish white, with or without obsolete 

 brownish bands above. Long. 18/20, lat. 10/20 poll. 



A very beautiful species, distinguished by its glossy black 

 lip contrasting finely with the white of the shell. — Newc. 



Hab. Kahana. — Newc. 



This and all of the following Kahana shells may be grouped 

 together. 



133. Achatinella Candida Pfeiffer. 



I. Candida Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. I.ondon, 1855, p. 2, pi. xxx, fig-. 4. 



A. testa dextrorsa, imperforata, ovato-conica, striatula, parurn nitida, 

 Candida; spira conyexo-conica, vertice minuto, nigro, acutiusculo ; sutura 

 levi, filomarginata ; anfr. 6 1-2, planiusculis, ultimo 3-7-4-9 longitudinis 

 sequante, obsolete angulato, basi rotundato ; apertura obliqua, truncato- 

 auriformi ; plica columellari mediocri, supera, obliqua, subcompressa ; 

 perist. fusco-violaceo, intus valide labiato, margine dextro expanso, colu- 

 mellari dilatato, piano, crasso, adnato. Long. 22, diam. 11 mill. 



Shell dextral, imperforate, ovate-conic, slightly striate, hardly 

 shining, white; spire convex-conic, tip minute, black, somewhat 

 acute; suture slight, narrowly margined ; whorls 6 1-2, somewhat 

 flat, last equal to 3-7 -4-9 of the length, scarcely augulated, base 

 rotundate ; aperture oblique, truncate-auriform ; columellar fold 

 moderate, high, oblique, subcompressed ; lip brown-violet, strongly 

 thickened within, dextral margin expanded, columellar margin 

 dilated, flat, thickened, aduate. 



Hab. Kahana. 



This is the white variety of A. ovata Newc. 



