Original Descriptions oj Achatinclla. 139 



PHILIPPIANA GROUP. 



227. Achatinella philippiana Pfeiffer. 



A. philippiana Pfr. Malak. Blatt. iv, 1S57, p. S9. 



T. sinistrorsa, subimperforata, fusiformi-turrita, tenuiuscula, longitudi- 

 naliter striata et striis confertis spiralibus subundulatis decussata, fusca; 

 spiro gracilis, apice acutiuscula; sutura marginata; anfr. 6, supremi plani, 

 corneo et albo strigati, ultimus convexior, 2-5 longitudinis' subaequans; 

 columella subsimplex, non plicata; apertura obliqua, angulato-semiovalis; 

 perist. simplex, rectum, marginibus callo tenuissimo junctis, externo fusculo 

 limbato, columellari superne dilatato, subadnato. long. 15-15 1-2, diam. 6 

 mill. 



Shell sinistral, subimperf orate, fusiform-turreted, quite thin, 

 longitudinally striated and decussated with close spiral wavy lines, 

 brown; spire slender, apex somewhat acute ; suture margiuate; 

 whorls 6, the upper flat, striped with horn color and white, the last 

 more convex, nearly equal to 2-5 of the length; columella quite 

 simple, not plicate ; aperture oblique, angulate-semioval ; lip 

 simple, erect, with margins joined by a very thin callus, external 

 margin edged with brownish, margin of the columella dilated 

 above, subadnate. 



Hab. Makakupaia. — Bald. 



228. Achatinella cinnamomea Pfeiffer. 



A. (newcombia) cinnamomea Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1858, p. 22. 



T. imperforata, sinistrorsa, fussiformi-turrita, solidula, opaca, longitudi- 

 naliter plicatula, spiraliter sublirata et brevissime granulata, cinnamomea; 

 spira elongata, subrectilinearis, apice acutiuscula; sutura subsimplex; anfr. 6 

 vixconvexiusculi, superi fusco et albido marmorati, ultimus 2-5 longitudinis 

 subaequans, infra medium attenuatus, castaneus ; columella simplex, _re- 

 cedens; apertura parvum obliqua, semiovalis, basi subangulata; perist. sim- 

 plex, rectum, acutum. Long. 19, diam. 5 mill.; ap. 7 2-3 mill., longa. 3 lata. 



Shell imperforate, sinistral, fusiform-turreted, somewhat solid, 

 opaque, longitudinally plicate, somewhat spirally Urate and very 

 shortly granulate, yellowish-brown; spire elongate, subrectilinear, 

 apex somewhat acute; suture quite simple; whorls 6, scarcely con- 

 vex, the upper mottled with white and brown, the last nearly equal 

 to 2-5 of the length, attenuate below the periphery, chestnut; colu- 

 mella simple, receding; aperture hardly oblique, semioval, slightly 

 angled at the base; lip simple, erect, acute. 



Hab. Mapulehu. — Bald. 



229. Achatinella perkinsi Sykes. 



Newcombia perlcinsi Sykes. P. Malac. Soc. London, ii, 1S96, p. 130. 



T. sinistrorsa, anguste perforata, elongata-fusiformis, solida, cineraceo- 

 fusca, striis vel strigis fuscis fulgurantibus eleganter picta; spira gracilis 

 apice obtuso, laevi; anfr. 6 1-2, planiusculi, ultimus 1-2 altitudinis testae 



