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Hab. Cape Natal, coast of Africa. 
I have named this species, at the request of Mr. Cuming, in 
honour of Dr. Krans who presented it to him on his arrival from 
Cape Natal, where he had formed a very interesting collection of 
shells. It is of a dark chestnut colour, and the last and penultimate 
whorls are marked with small zigzag stripes running from the sutures 
about half-way down them ; they are distant and somewhat irregular. 
Acuatina prota. Ach. testd ovato-conicd, levi, luted, maculis, quasi 
Sasciis, viridibus, conspersim ornatd; anfractibus planiusculis, 
suturis maculis castanets, transversis, vivide pictis ; spird subelatd, 
apice minuto, rosaceo ; aperturd orbiculari, flavidd. 
Reeve, Conch. Syst. vol. ii. pl. 178. fig. 10. 
Long. 13; lat. 3 poll. Mus. Stainforth. 
Hab. ad insulam Cuba, Indiarum Occidentalium. . 
This elegantly painted shell is allied to the Achatina fasciata 
in form, though it is certainly of lighter texture. The ground-colour 
is a bright yellow ; there are a few bright green bands crossing the 
whorls at intervals ; and the sutures of the whorls are ornamented 
throughout with a banded row of stained chestnut-coloured spots, 
for the most part touching each other. I only know of one speci- 
men, and it exhibits as distinct an assemblage of characters as can 
well be imagined. 
