Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 35 



42. Achatinella sordida Newcomb. 



A. soidida Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1853, p. 139; pi. xxiii, fiR. 27. 



Shell elongately conical, solid ; whorls 7, slightly rounded, 

 margined above ; aperture small, somewhat coutracfted ; lip sub- 

 reflecled below, acute above, thickened within ; columella short, 

 slightly twisted, with an expanded callus partially covering a 

 shallow small umbilicus ; colour variable ; ground white, variously 

 banded and striped transversely with brown or black. Long. 

 18/20, lat. 9/20 poll. 



This species, like the A. niultilineata, is drawn from the group 

 of A. micstelina, the variations in character, with different locali- 

 ties and the peculiarity of habits in each, demanding their sepa- 

 ration. — Newc. 



Hab. Lihue. — Newc. Waianae Mts. 



43. Achatinella concavospira Pfeiffer. 



A. IBuliniella) concavospira Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1859, p. 30. 



T. subperforata. dextrorsa, ovato-turrita, solida, striatula, nitida, albida, 

 fasciis et strigis arfgustis coffeaceis ornata ; spira concavo-turrita, apice acuti- 

 uscula. alba; sutura valdc margiiiata ; anfr. 7, primi 3 plaiii, sequentes con- 

 vexi. ultimus rotundatus, 2-5 longitudinis subaequans ; plica columellaris 

 supera. nodiformi.s, alba ; apeVtura obliqua, obaurifonnis ; perist. hepaticum, 

 margine dextro expansiusculo, columellari perdilatato, reflexo, subadnato. 

 Long. 21 1-2, diam. 11 1-3 mill. 



Shell subperforate, dextral, ovate- turreted, solid, somewhat 

 striated, shining, whitish, ornamented with narrow coffee-colored 

 bands and stripes; spire concave-turreted, apex .slightly acute, 

 white; suture strongly margined; whorls 7, first three flat, the 

 following convex, the last rotundate, nearly equal to 2-5 the length; 

 columellar fold high, nodiform, white; aperture oblique, nearly 

 auriform; lip liver-colored, with the right margin slightly ex- 

 panded, greatly dihted at the columella, reflexed, subadnate. 



Hab. Waianae Mts., eastern range. 



44. Achatinella turbiniformis Gulick. 



A/>cx liiyhiniliitmis (ik. I". Zool. Soc. London. 1H73, p. Si, pL x, fiR. 7. 



Ttrsta rkxtrorsa subperforata, subgloboso-conica, paruin nitida. incrc- 

 mcnti lincis r hand spiralibusj striata ; alba, liiicis ])aucis transvcrsis fuscis 

 l)asini versus cincta ; sutura distinctt- marginata; spira kvitcr concava ; an- 



