1 68 . Original Descriptiojis of Achatinella. 



299. Achatinella villosa Sykes. 



Amastra {Laminella) villosa Sykes. P. Malac. Soc. London, ii, 1S96. p. 129. 



Testa elongato-tiirrita, sinistrorsa, subimperforata. crassula, pallide- 

 cornea, epidermide brunneo induta; anfr. 7-7 1-2, convexi, longitudinaliter 

 et irregulariter valde striati ; sutura bene impressa ; apertura lunata, fere 

 recta; peristoma rectum, acutum, albidum ; lamina columellaris parva. 

 Long. 20, lat. 7 mm. 



Shell elongate-turreted, sinistral, subimperf orate, thickish, 

 pale horn colored, covered with a brown epidermis; whorls 7-7 1-2, 

 convex, longitudinal!}- and irregularly strongly striate; suture well 

 impressed; aperture lunate, almost erect; lip acute, whitish; colu- 

 mellar fold small. 



Hab. Molokai. — Perkins. 



J. Shells fro7n Lanai. 



300. Achatinella biplicata Xewcomb. 



A. biplicata Xewc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S53, p. 156, pi. vxiv, fig. 75. 



Shell dextral, elongately cylindrical; whorls 7, rounded, lon- 

 gitudinalh- strongly striated ; suture deep ; aperture small, sub- 

 ovate; inner lip rather callous; columella biplicate; outer lip acute, 

 submarginate within ; color rosy, partly concealed with a thin 

 brown epidermis; upper whorls black; aperture red within. 



Hab. Lanai. — Xewc. 



301. Achatinella nucula Smith. 



A. iiitcula Sni. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1873, p. 85, pi. x, fig. 19. 



Testa globoso-conica, dextrorsa, incrementi lineis striata, partim leviter 

 malleata. sordide albida, epidermide fusco-olivacea partim induta; anfract. 

 5 1-2, primi 4 1-2 planiusculi, ult. globosus ; sutura subcrenulata ; apertura 

 albida; perist. incrassatum; plica columellaris tenuis. Long. 12, diam. 8 mill. 



Shell globose-conic, dextral, striated with lines of growth, 

 in one part lighth- malleate, dirty whitish, in another part covered 

 with a brown-olive epidermis; whorls 5 1-2, first 4 1-2 somewhat 

 flat, the last globose; suture subcrenulate; aperture whitish; lip 

 thickened; columellar fold thin. 



Hab. Mountains. 



302. Achatinella moesta Xewcomb. 



A. moesta XewC. P. Zool. Soc. London. 1S53, p. 157, pi. xxiv. fig. 77. 



Shell dextrorsal, turrito-conical; whorls 7, convex, longitudi- 

 nally striated; aperture small, ovate, slightly contracted; columella 



