A C H A T I N A 
Plate XIII. 
Species 43. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina Algira. Achat, testa acuminato-oblongd, 
tenui, pellucidd, epidermide pallide straminea, anfrac- 
tibus sex ad septem, longitudinaliter subrude temistria- 
tis, columella arcuatd. 
The Algerine Achatina. Shell acuminately oblong, 
thin, transparent, with a pale straw-coloured epider- 
mis, whorls six to seven in number, longitudinally 
rather rudely finely striated, columella arched. 
DeshaYES, Expedition de Moree, p. 165. 
Bulimns Algirus, Bruguiere. 
Cochlicopa Poireti, Eerussac. 
Achatina Poireti , Rossmasler. 
Hab. Southern Europe and Algeria. 
This delicate and well-known species inhabits the pro- 
vinces of Austria and Italy, the Morea, some of the Islands 
of the Mediterranean, and the Algerine district of North 
Africa. 
Species 44. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina cyanostoma. Achat, testa elongato-turritd , 
tenui, subpellucidd, anfractibus novem ad decern, obscure 
irregulariter tenuistriatis, columella angustd, arcuatd; 
albido-corned, castaneo-fusco nitente longitudinaliter 
tincta, apertures fame ccernlescente. 
The blue-mouth Achatina. Shell elongately turreted, 
thin, semitransparent, whorls nine to ten in number, 
obscurely irregularly finely striated, columella narrow, 
arched; whitish horn-colour, longitudinally stained 
with shining chestnut-brown, interior of the aperture 
bluish. 
Ruppell, Pfeiffer, Symbol®, vol. ii. f. 58. 
Hab. Abyssinia; Ruppell. 
The rich chestnut-brown colouring of this species resides 
only in a thin homy epidermal coating with which it is 
covered. 
Species 45. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina turris. Achat, testa oblongo-turritd, tenui- 
culd, diaphand, anfractibus septem,, longitudinaliter 
creberrinie et tenuissime costulato-striatis, columella 
recta , abrupte truncate, aperture pared; pallide 
earned. 
The turret Achatina. Shell oblong-turreted, rather 
thin, diaphanous, whorls seven in number, longitu- 
dinally very closely and finely rib-like striated, colu- 
mella straight, abruptly truncated, aperture small ; 
pale flesh-colour. 
Pfeiffer, Symbol®, vol. iii. f. 91. 
Hab. ? 
Distinguished from the following species, to which it is 
nearly allied, by its more elongated structure and smaller 
aperture, and more delicate stri®. 
Species 46. (Pig. a, Mus. Cuming; Eig. b, 
Mus. Dennison.) 
Achatina rosea. Achat, cglindraceo-oblonga, interdum 
subfusiformi, anfractibus septem, ad suturas marginatis, 
longitudinaliter creberrime costulato-striatis, striis in- 
terstitiisquepunctato-hidentatis, columella subprofunde 
arcuatd et contortd, abrupte truncata; straminea, vel, 
rosed, vel pallide incarnato spadicea. 
The rose Achatina. Shell cylindrically oblong, some- 
times inclined to fusiform, whorls seven in number, 
marginated at the sutures, longitudinally very closely 
rib-like striated, stri® and interstices indented with 
punctures, columella rather deeply arched and twisted, 
abruptly truncated ; straw-colour, or rose, or light 
flesh-bay. 
Gray, Annals of Philosophy, vol. ix. p. 414. 
Cochlicopa rosea, Eerussac. 
Glandina rosea, Pfeiffer. 
Hab. Central America (at the roots of trees) ; Cuming. 
Honduras ; Dyson. Vera Cruz, &c. 
Distinguished from its congeners by the minute in- 
dented punctures which characterize the surface of the 
shell in all its varieties. 
Species 47. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina truncata. Achat, testa fusiformi-oblongd, 
subangustd, anfractibus sex, longitudinaliter creberrinie 
plicato-costulaio-striatis, columella arcuatd et contortd ; 
cinerascente-rosacea, apertures fauce rosacea. 
The truncated Achatina. Shell fusiformly oblong, 
rather narrow, whorls six in number, longitudinally 
very closely plicately rib-like striated, columella arched 
and twisted ; ashy-pink, interior of the aperture pink. 
March, 1849. 
