1 88 Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 



Shell dextral, imperforate, conieally ovate, somewhat solid, 

 very lightly striate, shining, tawny, ornamented with several pale 

 and brown bands; spire conical, somewhat obtuse; suture submar- 

 giuate; whorls 51-2, moderately convex; with the last equal in 

 length to the spire, turgid above, diminishing at the middle, base 

 rotundate; aperture hardly oblique, large, obauriform, white with- 

 in ; lip lightly thickened, with dextral margin expanded, strongly 

 arcuate above, columellar margin dilated, adnate. 



Hab. Sandwich Ids. — Frick. Palolo to Waialae, Oahu. 



This seems to be the same as A. viridans Migh., a somewhat 

 lighter variety. 



354. Achatinella radiata Pfeiffer. 



A. radiata Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1845, p. 89. 



A. testa ovata, solidula, leviter striata, nitida, yiridi et luteo radiata, 

 strigis intercurrentibus nigricantibus ; spira conica, obtusiuscula ; sutura 

 marginata; anfractibus 5 1-2 vix convexiusculis, ultimo spira paulo breviore; 

 columella dente brevi calloso rubello munita; apertura oblongo-ovali; perist. 

 intus fusco-rubello-labiato. Long. 19, diam. 10 mill. 



Shell ovate, quite solid, lightly striate, shining, striped with 

 green and yellow, with blackish stripes between ; spire conic, 

 somewhat obtuse; suture marginate; whorls 5 1-2 scarcely convex, 

 the last a little shorter than the spire ; columella furnished with a 

 short, thickened, reddish tooth; aperture oblong-oval; lip thick- 

 ened with brownish red within. 



Hab. Nuuanu to Palolo, Oahu. 



Mr. Baldwin places this with A. viridans Migh. 



355. Achatinella oviformis Newcomb. 



A. oviformis Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p. 208, 



A. testa sinistrorsa, imperforata, ovato-conica, solida, striatula, subepi- 

 dermide nitida, olivacea alba, fusco 1-3 fasciata; spira convexo-conica, apice 

 acutiuscula, alba ; sutura profunde marginata ; anfr. 5 vix convexiusculis, 

 ultimo 3-7 longitudinis subatquante; apertura fere diagonali, auriformi; plica 

 colum. mediocri, dentiformi, rubella; perist. recto, marginibus callo tenui 

 junctis, externo intus labiato, columellari dilatato, adnato. Long. 17, diam. 

 8 2-3 mill. 



Shell sinistral, imperforate, ovately conical, solid, somewhat 

 striate, under the epidermis shining, olive white, with 1-3 brown 

 bands; spire convexly conical, apex somewhat acute, white; suture 

 deeply margined ; whorls 5 scarcely convex ; last nearly equal to 

 3-7 of the length; aperture almost diagonal, auriform; columellar 



