1 88 Ojiginal Descriptions of Achatinclla. 



Shell dextral, imperforate, couically ovate, somewhat solid, 

 very lightly striate, shining, tawny, ornamented with several pale 

 and brown bauds; spire conical, somewhat obtuse; suture submar- 

 ginate; whorls 51-2, moderately convex; with the last equal in 

 length to the spire, turgid above, diminishing at the middle, base 

 rotundate; aperture hardly oblique, large, obauriform, white with- 

 in ; lip lightly thickened, with dextral margin expanded, strongly 

 arcuate above, columellar margin dilated, adnate. 



Hab. Sandwich Ids. — Frick. Palolo to Waialae, Oahu. 



This seems to be the same as A. viridans Migh., a somewhat 

 lighter varietv. 



354. Achatinella radiata Pfeiffer. 



A. radiata Pfr. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1845, p. 89. 



A. testa ovata, solidula, leviter striata, nitida, viridi et luteo radiata, 

 strigis intercurrentibus nigricantibus ; spira conica, obtusiuscula ; sutura 

 marginata; anfractibus 51-2 vix convexiusculis, ultimo spira paulo breviore; 

 columella dente brevi calloso rubello mvinita; apertura oblongo-oyali; perist. 

 intus fusco-rubello-labiato. Long. 19, diam. 10 mill. 



Shell ovate, quite solid, lightly striate, shining, striped with 

 green and yellow, with blackish stripes between ; spire conic, 

 somewhat obtuse; suture marginate; whorls 5 1-2 scarcely convex, 

 the last a little shorter than the spire ; columella furnished with a 

 short, thickened, reddish tooth ; aperture oblong-oval; lip thick- 

 ened with brownish red within. 



Hab. Nuuanu to Palolo, Oahu. 



Mr. Baldwin places this with A. viridans Migh. 



355. Achatinella oviformis Xewcomb. 



A . oviformis Newc. P. Zool. Soc. London, 1S55, p. 20S, 



A. testa sinistrorsa, imperforata, ovato-conica, solida, striatula, subepi- 

 dermide nitida, olivacea alba, fusco 1-3 fasciata; spira convexo-conica, apice 

 aciitiuscula, alba ; sutura profunde marginata ; anfr. 5 vix convexiusculis, 

 ultimo 3-7 longitudinis subaquante; apertura fere diagonali, auriformi; plica 

 colum. mediocri, dentiformi, rubella; perist. recto, marginibus callo tenui 

 junctis, extcrno intus labiato, columellari dilatato, adnato. Long. 17, diam, 

 8 2-3 mill. 



Shell sinistral, imperforate, ovately conical, solid, somewhat 

 striate, under the epidermis shining, olive white, with 1-3 brown 

 bands; spire convexly conical, apex somewhat acute, white; suture 

 deeply margined ; whorls 5 scarcely convex ; last nearly equal to 

 3-7 of the length; aperture almost diagonal, auriform; columellar 



