ACHATINA.— Plate II. 
callosa, subanguste truneata ; nived, pmpureo-castaneo 
variegatd, columella et apertures fauce niveis. 
The reticulated Achatina. Shell elongately ovate, 
somewhat fusiform, thick, whorls nine in number, 
plicately wrinkled and striated, concentrically crenated 
at the sutures, columella callous, rather narrowly 
truncated; snowy-white, variegated with purple- 
chesnut, columella and interior of the aperture snowy- 
white. 
Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1845. p. 74. 
Hah., Africa. 
This fine species is remarkably distinct from any other, 
unless a comparison be made with the A. lactea, which is 
smaller and unspotted. 
