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38. Achatinella leucophaeus Gulick. 



Apex UucopliiTU!, Gk. I'. Zool. Soc. Loudon, i~573, p. S2. pi. ix. fig. 16. 



Testa sinistrorsa. subperforata, ovato-conica, parum nitida, incrementi 

 lincis et transvcrsim indistincte exilissime striata, dilute cer^ina. dilute 

 fusco strigata et zonata ; sutura distinctc albo marginata ; anfract. 7, sub- 

 convexi ; apertura alba ; perist. paululum dilatatum, intus valide incrassa- 

 tum, dilute fusco tinctuni ; plica coluraellaris valida, albida. aliquanto 

 reflexa, rimam parvum fere tegcns. Long. 22, diam. 12 mill. 



Shell sinistral, subperf orate, ovate-couical, hardly shining, 

 transversely, indistinctly and very finely striated with lines of 

 growth, light fawn, striped and banded with light brown ; suture 

 distinclly margined with white : whorls 7, subconvex : aperture 

 white ; lip slightly dilated, strongly thickened within, tinged with 

 light brown ; coluniellar fold strong, whitish, somewhat reflexed, 

 almost concealing the small cleft. 



Affinities. It is allied to A . pcrvcrsiis Swn., and A. validus 

 Pfr., but it is of a paler colour and more elongate form. 

 Remarks. It is always sinistral. — Gk. 

 Hab. Waialee.— Gk. 



Waianae Mountains^ Oalm. 



MUSTELINA GROUP. 

 39. Achatinella mustelina Mighels. 



.(. muilfliita Migh. I'. Boston Soc.. ii, iMS- P- ■2i- 



Shell dextral, conical, dark brown, with a light revolving 

 band at the suture, perforate ; whorls 7, convex ; aperture oblong; 

 lip simple, acute. Length i, diam. 9/20 inch. 



Animal of a grass-green, through different .shades more or less 

 intense ; tentacles light slate. 



A very curious variety of this shell is met with, in form re- 

 sembling A . decora. It is polished, of a roseate, a.shy hue above, 

 and the inferior half of the last whorl deep brown or black. The 



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