ACHATINA. 
Plate XX. 
Species 109. (Mus. Benson.) 
Achatina balanus. Acliat. testa, cylindraceo-oblonga, 
subfusifortni , anfractibus quaiuor , lavibus, nitidis, apice 
obtuso, columella arcuatd, truncata, aperlurd pared ; 
sordide alba. 
The babnacle Achatina. Shell cylindrically oblong, 
somewhat fusiform, whorls four in number, smooth, 
shining, apex obtuse, columella arched, truncated, 
aperture small ; dull white. 
Benson, MSS. 
Hab. Banks of the Jumna, India. 
A very minute species, allied to the following, but com- 
posed of fewer whorls. First collected by Mr. Benson in 
1825 on the banks of the river Jumna near Hameerpore, 
Bundelkhund, among the roots of a large fallen tree; 
subsequently on a porphyritic hill on the border of the 
desert south of Hawee. It occurs also at Agra, on the 
right bank of the Jumna. 
Species 110. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina aberrans. Achat, testa subulatd, tenui, an- 
fractibus sex, longitudinaliter impresso-striatis, colu- 
mella tortuosa, calloso-marginatd, apertura pared; 
pellucidd, vitrea, strigis rufulis angusiis obliqub pietd. 
The aberrant Achatina. Shell subulate, thin, whorls 
six in number, longitudinally impressly striated, 
columella twisted, callous at the edge, aperture 
small; transparent, glassy, obliquely painted with 
narrow reddish streaks. 
Pfeiffer, Pro. Zool. Soc. 1845, p. 138. 
Hab. Jamaica; Gosse. 
A pretty little glassy shell, striped at rather distant 
intervals with red-brown lines. 
Species 111. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina acicula. Achat, testa cylindraceo-subulata, 
subfusifortni, anfractibus sex, lavibus, politis, apice 
obtuso, columella arcuatd, anguste truncata; alba, 
diaphana. 
The little needle Achatina. Shell cylindrically 
subulate, somewhat fusiform, whorls six in number, 
smooth, polished, apex obtuse, columella arched, 
narrowly truncated ; white, diaphanous. 
Lamarck, Anim. sans vert. (Deshayes’ edit.) vol.ix. p. 304 
Buccinurn acicula, Muller. 
Buccimm terrestre, Montagu. 
Helix ( Cochlicopa ) acicula, De Ferussac. 
Bulimus acicula, Bruguiere. 
Achatina alba. Brown. 
Oionella acicula, Jeffreys. 
Acicula eburnea, Bisso. 
Hab. Europe, including the British Isles. 
Alight, shining, glassy shell, with a distinctly truncated 
columella. 
Species 112. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina costdlata. Achat, testa turrita, anfractibus 
octo, rotundatis, longitudinaliter costulatis, columella 
subrecta, truncata, apertura parva; pellucido-cornea, 
strigis rufo-fusds irregulariter pietd. 
The delicately-ribbed Achatina. Shell turreted, 
whorls eight in number, rounded, longitudinally finely 
ribbed, columella nearly straight, truncated, aperture 
small; transparent horny, irregularly painted with 
red-brown streaks. 
Adams, Pro. Nat. Hist. Soc. Boston, 1845, p. 13. 
Achatina Adamsi, Pfeiffer. 
Hab. Jamaica. 
A finely ribbed, truncated shell, of a brownish horn- 
colour, streaked irregularly with darker brown. 
Fig. 113. (Mus. Cuming.) 
For description of this species, see Bulimus, PI. LXX. 
For Achatina, Sp. 113, see PI. XXI. 
Species 114. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina Gossei. Achat, testa subulatd, aciculari, an- 
fractibus decern, subremote costatis, costis basin versus 
gradatim evanidis, juxta suturas fortioribus, columella 
oblique arcuatd, vix truncata, apertura minutd, subdi- 
latatd ; sordide alba. 
Gosse’s Achatina. Shell subulate, finely pointed, whorls 
ten in number, somewhat remotely ribbed, ribs gra- 
dually fading towards the base, stronger next the 
sutures, columella obliquely arched, scarcely trunca- 
ted, aperture very small, rather dilated ; dead white. 
March, 1850. 
