ACHATINA 
Plate XIV. 
Species 49. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina Philippiana. Acliat. testa fusiformi-ovatd, 
subpellucidd, anfractibus octo, supeme rotundatis , un- 
dique longitudinaliter creberrime costulatis, columella 
contortd, attenuate truncata, apertura parviusculd, 
medio mbdepressd ; sericeo-lutescente, strigis latis in- 
tense purpureo-brunneis, e suturis Me ittic decurrentibus, 
conspicue pietd. 
Philippi’s Achatina. Shell fusiformly ovate, some- 
what transparent, whorls eight in number, rounded 
at the upper paid, longitudinally very closely finely 
ribbed throughout, columella twisted, attenuately 
truncated, aperture rather small, slightly depressed 
in the middle; pale silken yellow, conspicuously 
painted with broad deep purple-brown streaks, des- 
cending here and there from the sutures. 
Pfeiffer, ( Glandina ,) Symbol®, vol. iii. p. 90. 
Hab. Jamaica, Gosse. 
The fine ribs with which the surface of this shell is 
excessively closely sculptured, give it a delicate silken aspect. 
It is very richly painted in the manner above described. 
Species 50. (Mus. Dennison.) 
Achatina monilifera. Achat, testa oblongo-ovata, ven- 
tricosd, tenui, pellucidd, anfractibus septem, longitudi- 
naliter creberrime costulato-striatis, striis basin versus 
evanidis, columella contorts, abrupte truncata ; fulvo- 
rosed, corned, strigis angustis remotis rufo-brunneis 
irregulariter pietd. 
The necklace-bound Achatina. Shell oblong-ovate, 
ventricose, thin, transparent, whorls seven in number, 
longitudinally very closely striated after the manner 
of fine ribs, striae fading towards the base, columella 
twisted, abruptly truncated; fulvous-rose, horny, 
irregularly painted with distant narrow red-brown 
streaks. 
Pfeiffer, {Glandina,) Pro. Zool. Soc., 1845. p. 75. 
Hab. Coban, Vera Cruz, Central America ; Lattre. 
An extremely delicate transparent swollen shell in which 
the columella is not attenuated as in the last species, but 
abruptly truncated. 
Species 51. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina oleacea. Achat, testa cylindraceo-oblongd, 
pellucido-corned, spird brevi, anfractibus septem, leevi- 
gatis, columella subprof unde arcuatd, apertura oblongd, 
supeme angusta, labro medio dilatato ; fulvd, nitente. 
The olive-shaped Achatina. Shell cylindrical^ 
oblong, transparent-horny, spire short, whorls seven 
in number, smooth, columella rather deeply arched, 
aperture oblong, narrow at the upper part, lip dilated 
in the middle ; fulvous, shining. 
Helix {Cochlicopa) oleacea, Perussac, Prodrome, No. 360. 
Glandina oleacea. Beck. 
Hab. Cuba. 
A smootli transparent fulvous horny shell, of cylindric 
oblong form, without any design of painting. 
Species 52. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina leucozonias. Achat, testa fusiformi-oblongd, 
spird subacuminata, anfractibus octo, plano-convexis, 
longitudinaliter subtiliter et creberrime inciso-striatis, 
columella contorts, apertura oblongd, labro angulato- 
dilatato ; intense purpureo-brumwd, zonulis longitudi- 
nalibus angustis albis notald, labro albimarginato. 
The white-zoned Achatina. Shell fusiformly oblong, 
spue somewhat acuminated, whorls eight in number, 
flatly convex, longitudinally finely and very closely 
striated in a grooved manner, columella twisted, 
aperture oblong, lip angularly dilated ; deep purple- 
brown, marked with narrow longitudinal white zones, 
lip edged with white. 
Sowerby, Genera of Shells, f. 3. 
Voluta leucozonias, Walch, Naturforsch, vol. iv. p. 40. pi. 1. 
f. 3, 4. 
Achatina albolineala, Lamarck. 
Helix {Cochlicopa,) leucozonias, Perussac. 
Polyphmus leucozonias, Jan. 
Glandina leucozonias. Beck. 
Hab. Martinique. 
This species is remarkable for the angularly dilated 
growth of the lip, which forms a slightly elevated ridge or 
varix at intervals of from four to five in a whorl. The 
shell being of a uniform dark purple-brown colour with 
the lip edged with white, these delicate concentric varices 
appear as stripes, and turning inwards over the columella 
have the appearance of false plaits. Walch, Gmelin, and 
Dillwyn, misled by this varicose peculiarity of growth, 
April, 1849. 
