28 Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 



Hab. District of Ewa. — Newc. Heleniano to Wahiawa. 



Dr. Newcomb places A. validaVir. and A. apicata Newc. as 

 syuonyms of this shell. A. s'adjtii forms a counecling link between 

 the many shells of the forbesiana group and those of the lugubris 

 group. 



29. Achatinella apicata Xewcomb. 



A. apicata Newc. P. Zool. Soc. Loudon. i>J,s,=>. p. 210. 



\. testa iniperforata. globoso-conica, solida. l'<tvigata. nijiricaiitc vcl 

 fusca. pallide irregulariter radiata et subfasciata ; spira conica, apice acuti- 

 uscula, cinnaniomea vel hepatica ; anfr. 6, superis planis, penultinio convexo. 

 ultimo globoso, 2-5 longitudinis vix tequaiite ; apertura obliqua, subtetra- 

 gono-ovali ; plica colum. supera, dentiformi, lilacea ; peri.st. recto, intu.s 

 lilaceo-labiato, margiiie colum. perdilatato, incrassato. adnato. Long. t8 1-2. 

 diam. 12 mill. 



vShell imperforate, globosel>- conical, solid, smooth, blackish 

 or brown, irregularly striped and banded with lighter color ; spire 

 conical, apex somewhat acute, yellowish or purplish brown ; 

 whorls 6, the upper flat, next to the last convex, and last globose, 

 hardly equal to 2-5 of the length ; aperture oblique, subquad- 

 raugularly oval ; columella fold high, tooth-like, lilac : lip erect, 

 margined within wdth lilac, somewhat dilated at the margin of the 

 columella, thickened, adnate. 



Hab. H. I. — Newc. Wahiawa and Helemano. 

 The sutural band is generallj- colored red or black, and the 

 shell is usually dextral. 



30. Achatinella giilickii Smith. 



Apex Qiiliikii Sin. I'. Zool. Soc. r,f)ndon. 1S73, p. 7> ; pi. i.\. fiji. ly. 



Te.sta sinistrorsa fintcrdum dcxtrorsa). globoso-conica. nitida. incre- 

 menti lincis fhaud spiralibus) striata, dilute brunnea, cinereo strigata, zona 

 alba ad pcripheriam cincta ; sutura lirunneo marginata ; spira leviter con- 

 cava ; anfract. 6, primi 3-4 pallidi, convexiusculi, cteteri convexi ; apertura 

 alba, recedens ; perist. paululum dilatatum, intus incrassatura, dilute roseo- 

 fusco tinctum ; plica columellaris mediocriter valida, albida. Long. 19. 

 <liam. 13 mill. 



Yar. Testii dextrorsa ; anfract. primi 3 pallidi, sequentes 2 et anfract. 

 ultimi dimidium superius cinereo-fu.sco strigati, dimidium inferius flavum, 

 cinerco-fu.sco zonatum. 



Shell sinistral (sometimes dextral), globose-conic, shining, 

 .striated with lines (not spiral) of growth, pale brown, striped with 

 gray, encircled at the periphery by a white band ; suture margined 

 with ])rown ; spire slightly concave ; whorls 6, the first 3-4 pale, 

 somewhat convex, the others convex ; aperture white, receding ; 

 lip slightly dilated, thickened within, colored with pale ro.se-brown; 

 columellar fold moderately strong, whitish. 



