A C H A T I N A 
Plate X. 
Species 34. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina picta. Achat, testa, conico-ovata, spirts suturis 
impressis, anfractibus septem, Icevibus, politis, set 
oblique tenuissime striatis, columella brevi, vix truncata, 
apertura pared, luted, maculis castaneis nebulatis, ttsnid 
duplicald, medio cincta, maculis viridibus grandibus ldc 
illic omatd. 
The painted Achatina. Shell conically ovate, sutures 
of the spire impressed, whorls seven in number, 
smooth, polished, or obliquely very finely striated, 
columella short, scarcely truncated, aperture small ; 
yellow, encircled round the middle with a double fillet 
of chestnut clouded spots, and ornamented here and 
there with large green blotches. 
Reeve, Pro. Zool. Soc., 1842, p. 56. Conch. Syst. vol. ii. 
p. 87.pl. 177. f. 5. 
Hah. Island of Cuba. 
Very richly painted, but in a different style from either 
of the following species. 
Species 35. (Pig. a,b,c\ and PI. IX. Pig. 29, 
Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina fasciata. Achat, testa subpyramidali-ovatd, 
solidiuscula, anfractibus octo, plano-convexis, Iambus, 
politis, columella breciuscula, callosa, vix truncata, 
apertura pared, labro crenato ; alba, f asciis Intis luteis, 
maculis viridibus quadrato-oblongis obliquis omatd, 
lineis viridibus cingulatd ; interdum alba, viridi lineata, 
apice roseo. 
The banded Achatina. Shell somewhat pyramidally 
ovate, rather solid, whorls eight in number, flatly 
convex, smooth, polished, columella rather short, 
callous, scarcely truncated, aperture small, lip cre- 
nated ; white, ornamented with broad yellow bands 
painted with large oblique square-oblong green 
blotches, encircled with green lines ; sometimes white, 
with the green lines only, apex pink. 
Swainson, Zool. Illus., vol. iii. pi. 162. 
Buccinum fasciatum, Muller. 
Bulla fasciata, Chemnitz. 
Bulimus vexillum, Bruguiere. 
Achatina vexillum, Lamarck, 
Cochliloma vexillum, Perussac, 
Achatina lineata, Valenciennes. 
Varietates. 
Achatina crenata, Swainson. 
Achatina pallida, Swainson. 
Achatina Amis, Lesson. 
Bulimus zebra, D’Orbigny. 
Hab. Island of Cuba, West Indies. 
It will be seen by the accompanying figures and the one 
referred to in the preceding plate, that the painting of this 
species is extremely variable ; one portion of the colour, 
however, the fine green lines which encircle the shell, is 
rarely absent, and it is curious to remark that where these 
reach the lip, there is a notch corresponding to each line. 
Species 36. (Pig. a, b, c, Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina virginea. Achat, testa pyrainidali-ovatd, soli- 
diusculd, anfractibus septem ad octo, Icevibus, politis, 
columella arcuata, brevi, truncata ; apertura pared ; 
ccerulescente-alba, lineis fasciisque angustis miniatis 
viridibus et nigris varie cingulatd, columella nunc alba, 
nunc intense rosed. 
The virgin Achatina. Shell pyramidally ovate, 
rather solid, whorls seven to eight in number, smooth, 
polished, columella small, short, truncated ; aperture 
small; bluish- white, variously encircled with ver- 
milion green and black lines and narrow bands, colu- 
mella sometimes white, sometimes deep rose. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshaye’s edit.) vol. viii. 
p. 299. 
Bulla virginea, Linnams. 
Buccinum virgineum, Muller. 
Lignus virgineus, De Montford. 
Bulimus virgineus, Bruguiere. 
Cochlitoma virginea, Perussac. 
Achatina vittata, Swainson. 
Uab. Cuba &c., West Indies. 
There is little variation in the style of painting of this 
well-known species although the colours occasionally differ. 
They are mostly very brilliant and the shell has all the 
appearance of painted porcelain. 
March, 1849. 
