Original Descriptions of Achatinclla. 159 



The two names for this species grew out of a change made by 

 my friends in New York upon the publication of my paper, to 

 avoid the repetition of a name by Swainson. 



Believing that the cause of science would be subserved by 

 illustrations of this with other species, I furnished, with some re- 

 vision of the descriptions, a manuscript for the Zoological Society 

 of London. The great distance of the Sandwich Islands prevented 

 all corrections in the copy or proofs, hence the double name to the 

 same species. The figure (plate 23, fig. 36) in the Zoological 

 Proceedings is not of this shell, but is made from A. soror, and is 

 the same as fig. 38 of the same plate. A. acuta is longer, and not 

 so wide as this species. — Newc. 



Hab. Lihue. — Newc. 



279. Achatinella reticulata Newcomb. 



A. leticulata Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1853, p. 148, pi. xxiv, fig. 54. 



Shell conically ovate; whorls 6, much rounded; suture moder- 

 ate except at the junction of the last whorl, which is deep; aper- 

 ture small, ovate ; columella short with a plicate tooth, nearly 

 transverse; color brown or chestnut, with white transverse lines 

 and markings laid on to the epidermis iu various patterns like lace 

 work or embroidery. Long. 12/20, lat. 7/20 poll. 



Hab. Mt. Kaala. 



280. Achatinella conspersa Pfeiffer. 



Ackatinellastrum conspersa Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S55, p, 7, pi. xxx, fig. 26. 



A. testa imperforate, dextrorsa, conico-ovata,, tenuiuscula, conferte stri- 

 ata, saturate fusca, maculis sordide albidis, strigas angulosus forrnantibus 

 conspersa; spira convexo-conica, apice acuta; sutura simplice; anfr. 6, supe- 

 ris planiusculis, penultimo couvexiore, ultimo 3-7 longitudinis suba;quante, 

 rotundato; apertura parum obliqua, sinuato-elliptica; plica columellari sub- 

 basali, compressa; perist. simplice, recto, margine columellari nullo. Long. 

 18, diam. 10 1-2 mill. 



Shell imperforate, dextral, conic-ovate, somewhat thin, closely 

 striated, dark brown, poorly spotted with white blotches, forming 

 zigzag stripes; spire convex conic, apex acute; suture simple; 

 whorls 6, the upper somewhat flat, the next to the last more con- 

 vex, the last nearly equal to 3-7 of the length, rotundate ; aper- 

 ture hardly oblique, sinuate-elliptical ; columellar fold subbasal, 

 compressed; lip simple, erect, without columellar margin. 



Hab. Near Lihue. 



This approaches A. reticulata Newc. 



