A C H AT I N A 
Plate III. 
Species 10. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina fulva. Achat, testa, sub-acuminato-oblongd, 
solidiusculd, anfractibus octo ad novem, convexis, 
irregulariter striatis, apicem versus minute decus- 
satis, ad suturas rude crenatis, columella, profunde 
arcuata, subabrupte truncata; griseo-albd, castaneo- 
fusco intense nebulato-strigatd, columella et apertures 
fauce ccerideo-albicantibus. 
The fulvous Achatina. Shell acuminately oblong, 
rather solid, whorls eight to nine in number, convex, 
irregularly striated, minutely decussated towards the 
apex, rudely crenated at the sutures, columella deeply 
arched, not very abruptly truncated ; greyish white, 
deeply striped in a clouded manner with chesnut 
brown, columella and interior of the aperture bluish- 
white. 
Deshayes, Anim. sans vert. vol. viii. p. 309. 
Bulimus fidvus, Bruguiere. 
Rah. East Africa. 
The columella of this species is remarkable for its 
deeply arched curve. 
Species 11. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina acuta. Achat, testa subfusifomd-oblongd, soli- 
diusculd, anfractibus octo ad novem, apicem versus 
minute decussatis, ad suturas subdistincte crenulatis, 
columella arcuata et conlortd, elongato-producta, vix 
truncata; albidd, fusco profuse nebulata et strigatd, 
columella et apertures fauce ceerulescente-albis. 
The sharp Achatina. Shell somewhat fusiformly- 
oblong, rather solid, whorls eight to nine in number, 
minutely decussated towards the apex, rather indis- 
tinctly crenulated at the sutures, columella arched 
and twisted, elongately produced, but slightly trun- 
cated ; whitish, profusely clouded and streaked with 
brown, columella and interior of the aperture bluish- 
white. 
Eerussac, Hist. Moll. pi. 124. A. f. 2. 
Rah. Mauritius. 
This species is mainly distinguished from the preceding 
by its more elongated fusiform growth, by which the colu- 
mella is more produced and less truncated. 
Species 12. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina panthera. Achat, testa conico-oblongd, ven- 
tricosa, anfractibus octo, superne plano-declivibus, 
medio tumidis, longitudimliter plicato-striatis, ad 
suturas rude crenulatis, apicem versus minute decus- 
satis ; columella contortd, abrupte truncata,; albidd, 
maculis strigisque fuscis creruleo-nebulalis pietd, colu- 
mella intense purpureo-rosed. 
The panther Achatina. Shell conically oblong, ventri- 
cose, whorls eight in number, flatly slanting round the 
upper part, swollen in the middle, longitudinally 
plicately striated, rudely crenulated at the sutures, 
minutely decussated towards the apex, columella 
twisted, abruptly truncated ; whitish, painted with 
blue-clouded spots and streaks, columella deep 
purple-rose. 
Eerussac, Prod. p. 49. Hist. Moll. pi. 126. 
Achatina Lamarckiana, Pfeiffer. 
Rob. Interior of Madagascar. 
A beautifully painted species from a locality in which 
many fine Colimacea doubtless remain to be discovered. 
February, 1849. 
