Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 189 



fold small, tooth-like, reddish; lip erect, the margins united by a 

 thin callus, the external margin thickened within, columellar mar- 

 gin dilated, adnate. 



Hab. Kahana, Oahu. 



Considered a variety of A. multicolor Pfr. 



356. Achatinella planospira Pfeiffer. 



A. planospira Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1855, p, 3, pi. xxx, fig. 8. 



A. testa imperforata, dextrorsa, ovato-pyramidata, solida, conferte stri- 

 ata et sublente obsoletissime decussata, nitida, nigricante, fasciis non nullis 

 albis vel luteis, angustis ornata; spira conica, acutiuscula; sutura lineari, mar- 

 ginata; anfr. 5 1-2, planis, ultimo spira paulo breviore, obsolete angulato, 

 basi rotundato ; apertura obliqua, obauriformi ; plica columellari supera, 

 valida, torta, alba; perist. crasse albo-labiato, rnargine dextro repando, brevi- 

 ter expanso, columellari adnato. Long. 19, diam. 9 1-2 mill. 



Shell imperforate, dextral, ovately pyramidal, solid, closely 

 striate and under a lens obsoletely decussate, shining, blackish, 

 ornamented with several narrow white or yellowish bands; spire 

 conical, somewhat acute ; suture marginate ; whorls 51-2, flat, 

 with the last slightly shorter than the spire, obsoletely angulate, 

 base rotundate ; aperture oblique, obauriform ; columellar fold 

 high, strong, twisted, white; lip heavily thickened, white, dextral 

 margin spreading, slightly expanded, columellar margin adnate. 



Hab. Sandwich Ids. — Frick. Kahana, Oahu. 



This is a variety of A. decipicns Newc. 



357. Achatinella fulva Newcomb. 



A. fulva Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S55, p. 208. 



A. testa subperforata, turito-conica, solida, striatula et sub lente subtilis- 

 sime decussata, nitida, luteo-fulva ; spira subconcavo-conica, apice alba, 

 acuta; sutura filomarginata; anfr. 6 1-2, superis planis, sequentibus convexis, 

 ultimo 1-3 longitudinis paulo superante, infra suturam turgido, basi saccato; 

 apertura obliqua, subtetragono-auriformi; plica colum. supera, nodiformi, 

 aurantiaca ; perist. recto, intus labiato, margine dextro substricto. Long. 

 18 1-2, diam. 9 mill. 



Shell subperf orate, turreted-conic, solid, somewhat striate and 

 under a lens very finely decussate, shining, yellowish tawny; spire 

 subconcave-conic, apex white, acute; suture margined with a line; 

 whorls 61-2, the upper flat, the following convex, the last a little 

 more than 1-3 of the length, below the suture inflated, saccate at 

 the base; aperture oblique, subtetragonal-auriform ; columellar 

 fold high, nodiform, golden; lip erect, thickened within, dextral 

 margin slightly constricted, columellar margin dilated, arched- 

 reflexed. 



Hab. ? 



