66 Original Descriptions of Achatinella. 



Length 0.65 in. (16 1-2 mill.), breadth 0.38 in. (9 2-3 mill.). 

 Length of body whorl 0.48 in. (12 mill.). 



Of a large specimen, length 0.74 in. (19 mill.); breadth 0.41 

 in. (10 2-5 mill.); length of body whorl 0.53 in. (13 1-2 mill.). 

 Average weight 2.50 grains. 

 Var. B. Without the brown lines. 



Station. On the Hala {Pa^idamis odoratissivius) and other trees. 



Remarks. A thin, papyraceous shell, a few specimens of which 

 I had the good fortune to obtain from a native girl of the mountain, 

 who regretted the time spent in gathering them, as several had 

 been crushed among her heavier shells. — Gk. 



Hab. Kalaikoa, Ahonui and Wahiawa. — Gk. 



89. Achatinella juncea Gulick. 



A.jiiiicca Gk. Ann. I^yc. New York, vol. vi, 1856, p. 230, pi. vii, fig. 49. 



Shell sinistral, imperforate, elongately and acuminately ovate, 

 thin, shining, finely striated, snow white ; apex somewhat acute ; 

 spire convexly turreted ; suture margined, well impressed ; whorls 

 6, convex ; columella white, with a light twisted fold near the body 

 whorl ; aperture oblique, oval, white within ; peristome moderately 

 thickened; with external margin slightly expanded anteriorly, 

 arcuate, acute ; columellar margin narrow, aduate ; parietal mar- 

 gin very thin. 



Length 0.65 in. (i6 1-2 mill.), breadth 0.30 in. (7 3-5 mill.). 



Length of body whorl 0.44 in. (11 1-5 mill.). 



Weight 1.50 grains. 



Var. B. With two or three brown spiral bands. 



Station. On the Ahakea. 



Remarks. A neat, delicate species, nearly allied to A. papy- 

 racca Nob., but sufficiently charadlerized as a distinct species. — Gk. 



Hab. Kalaikoa, Wahiawa and Helemano. — Gk. 



This is somewhat related to the casta group. 



90. Achatinella lehuiensis Smith. 



A. lehuiensis Sni. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, p. 76, pi. ix, f\g,. 4. 



Testa sinistrorsa, ovato-conica, subnitida, incrementi linei.s traiLsvcr- 

 simque exilissime striata, alba, zona piirpureo-fusco strigata, et zonis duabus 

 fuscis altera supra altera peripheriam infra (et interdum aliis ) cincta ; sutura 

 submarginata ; anfract. 5 1-2, convexi; apertura alba ; peri.st. tenue ; plica 

 columellaris valida, rosea. Long. 17, diam. 10 mill. 



Shell sinistral, ovate-conic, scarcely shining, and transversel}- 

 very feebly striated with lines of growth, white, having a band 

 striped with purple-brown, and encircled by two (and sometimes 



