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cated, and a number have a subreflected lip. The whorls of several 
species are not smooth; the beautiful little group of 4. Cumingii, 
A. Pfeifferii and A. plicata, so far as discovered, form the striking 
exceptions. Several species are turreted, not conical. Farther re- 
search, however, is necessary before a complete and satisfactory ge- 
neric description can be given. The animal is provided with four 
tentacula, the superior ones clubbed at the end, elongated and ocu- 
lated, the inferior ones short and slightly clavate; surface of the 
body covered with numerous granulations more or less strongly deve- 
loped ; respiratory foramen, in dextral shells, upon the right side at 
the angle of the outer lip with the body whorl, in sinistral shells, in 
a corresponding position on the left side; the foot is long, narrow, 
and tapering behind. They are always viviparous, and may be di- 
vided into arboreal and terrestrial species. The latter are found 
among leaves and decayed wood, among the crevices of rocks and in 
moist places, crawling upon the ground ; the former are met with on 
the bodies, limbs and foliage of various trees: their most common 
resorts are on the Tutui, Ohia, and a few other species of forest 
trees, and on the Hau and Ti bushes. 
The natives have never fed upon the animal as far as I can learn by 
careful inquiry, although the experiment has been made with almost 
every marine animal inhabiting the waters of these seas. It is a 
prevalent belief among the Hawaians, that the arboreal species have 
the power of making a noise which they call singing ; hence the 
name of Pupu Kanioe, by which they are known. The following 
is said to be their vesper hymn: 
Kahuli aku 
Kahuli mai 
Kahuli lei ula 
Lei ako lea. 
A free translation of which may be given as follows : 
Turn away from my sight— 
Nay—but turn to me now, 
And a red wreath so bright, 
I will weave for thy brow. 
It scarcely is necessary to add, that the singing and the song are 
alike imaginary. 
1. AcHatinELLA Gouxpit (PI. XXII. fig. 1). A. testa conico- 
ovata ; anfractibus 6, plano-convexis, ad longitudinem Striatis, 
supra marginatis ; sutura subdepressa ; apertura rotundata, ovata; 
columella subcallosa ; labro expanso et inferne subreflexo ; colore 
flavide albo, in anfractu 3tio lineis fuscis, forme ziczac asperso, 
anfr. 3 inferioribus lineamentis variis plus minusve numerosis 
cinctis ; apertura et labro flavescentibus. 
Long. 3; lat. 2 poll. 
Hab. Wailuku, Mani. 
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