178 Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 



margiuated ; sutures somewhat rude, well impressed ; aperture 

 ovate, about 2-5 the length of the shell ; eolumellar fold slight, 

 oblique tortuous ; shell covered with au earthy-brown epidermis; 

 apex of a darker colour; aperture and columella white, shining. 



Hab. Makawao and Kula. — Bald. 



328. Achatinella farcimen Pfeiffer. 



A. (Lawhiclia) farcimen Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1856, p. 334. 



A. testa sinistrorsa, subperforata, oblongo-conica, solidula, rugulosa, sub- 

 epidermide nigricante albida; spira superne in conum acutum nudum termi- 

 nate; anfr. 7, superis planis, 2 ultimis perconyexis, ultimo 1-3 longitudinis 

 paulo superante, medio subangulato; plica columellari compressa, obliqua; 

 apertura obliqua, semiovali, intus alba; perist. simplice, recto, margine colu- 

 mellari subpatente. Long. 19, diam. 9 mill. 



Shell sinistral, subperforate, oblong-conic, somewhat solid, 

 rough, whitish under the blackish epidermis, the upper part of the 

 spire terminating in an acute bare cone; whorls 7, the upper flat, 

 the last 2 very convex, the last a little more than 1-3 of the length, 

 subangulate at the middle ; eolumellar fold compressed, oblique; 

 aperture oblique, semioval, white within; lip simple, erect, slightly 

 spreading at the margin of the columella. 



Hab. Maui. 



6. Shells from Hawaii. 



329. Achatinella melanosis Newcomb. 



A. melanosis Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S53, p. 144, pi. xxiii, fig-. 41. 



Shell dextral, thin, conically depressed; apex acute; whorls 

 5, rounded, the last inflated; suture well impressed; aperture sub- 

 rotund; lip simple, thin; columella straight, white, and terminat- 

 ing in a very oblique plait; color black. Long. 8-20, lat. 5-20 poll. 



Hab. Hawaii. 



330. Achatinella flavescens Newcomb. 



A. flavescens Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1853, p. 151, pi. xxiv, fig'. 62. 



Shell dextral, conical ; whorls 6, slightly rounded ; suture 

 simple, well impressed; striae numerous, longitudinal and well 

 developed ; aperture semiovate ; lip simple ; columella short, with 

 an oblique plaited tooth ; color of shell externally of a uniform 

 light reddish colour, internally white or pale rose. Long. 13-20, 

 lat. 6-20 poll. 



