144 Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 



Animal intensely black; superior tentacles rather long; bottom 

 of foot and mantle very light gray; motions quite lively. — Newc. 



This shell in the Imperial Museum is a dead and worn speci- 

 men, but its identity with melampoides could not be mistaken. 



— Newc. 



Hab. Nuuauu to Palolo. — Bald. 



238. Achatinella melampoides Pfeiffer. 



A. melampoides Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1851, p. 262. 



A. testa oblonga, solida, rugulosa-striata, vix nitidula, saturate fusca; 

 spira convexo-conica, acutiuscula; sutura irnpressa, submarginata; anfr. 6, 

 vix convexiusculis, ultimo spira paulo breviore, basi rotundato ; apertura 

 verticali, sinuato-ovali; perist, recto, acuto, intus labiato, margine columel- 

 lari calloso, albo, appresse reflexo. Long. 13, diam. 5 2-3 mill. 



Shell oblong, solid, roughly striated, scarcely shining, dark 

 brown; spire convexly conical, somewhat acute; suture impressed, 

 submarginate; whorls 6, scarcely convex, the last a little shorter 

 than the spire, rotundate at the base; columella with an acute 

 tubercle; aperture vertical, sinuately oval; lip erect, acute, thick- 

 ened within, columellar margin callous, white, appressed, reflexed. 



Hab. Palolo to Nuuanu. 



This equals A. ventulus Fer. 



239. Achatinella turritella Ferussac. 



A. gravida Fer. Hist. Moll., Paris, 1820-1851, ii, pt. 2, p. 196, pi. civ, fig-. 13. 



A. testa solidula, longitudinaliter striata, rugosa, apice obtusiuscula, 

 rufa; anfractibus septem convexis, ultimo 1-3 longitudinis sequante; aper- 

 tura ovali; columella torta, lilacina, basi appendicula dentiformi instructa; 

 peristomate simplici, margine columellari nitido, reflexiusculo. 18X8 mm. 



Shell somewhat solid, longitudinally striate, rough, apex 

 somewhat obtuse, red; whorls 7, convex, the last equal to 1-3 of 

 the length; aperture ovate; columella twisted, lilac, furnished with 

 a small tooth-like appendage at the base; lip simple, margin of 

 the columella shining, reflexed. 



Hab. Palolo to Kalihi. 



240. Achatinella oahuensis Green. 



Achatin oahuensis Green. Stewart's Jour., London, 182S, p. 407. 



Shell dextral, oblong; about 3-4 of an inch in length, and 1-4 

 of an inch in diameter; whorls 7-8, slightly rounded ; sutures 

 deeply impressed and crenulated; periostracha finely striated, and 

 of a light dirty reddish-brown colour; body whorled with an obso- 



