PA11TULA.— Plate III. 
compresse umbilicata,, anfraciibus quinque, convexis, 
Irevibus, nitentibus, nisi sub lente minuiismne spiraliter 
impresso-lineatis, apertura subquadrato-ovatd, obliqua; 
Jlavicante, aut purpureo-castanea, aut jlavicante. et pur- 
pureo-castaneo Jasciatd, labro colore inlerdum Undo, 
apice scope nigricante. 
The variable Partula. Shell acuminately ovate, 
rather thin, compressly umbilicated, whorls five in 
number, convex, smooth, shining, unless very mi- 
nutely spirally impressly lineated beneath the lens, 
aperture somewhat squarely ovate, oblique ; yel- 
lowish, or purple-chestnut, or yellow and purple- 
chestnut banded, lip sometimes stained with colour, 
apex often blackish. 
Broderip, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1832, p. 125. 
Hah. Society and Navigator’s Islands (on bushes); Cuming. 
Dr. Pfeiffer regards this species as a variety of P. rosea. 
Both species are extremely variable in their colouring, but 
the species and their varieties are clearly distinct the one 
series from the other. 
