ACHATINA 
Plate XXII. 
[Figures considerably magnified.] 
Species 116. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina triticea. Achat, testa ovato-cylindracea, soli- 
duld, anfractibus sex, lavibus, politis, infra suturas 
lined drcumdalis, columella plerimque biplicatd, vix 
truncatd, aperturd basi rotundatd et effusd, supmie 
leviter sinuatd; fulvescente-corned. 
The wheat-grain Achatina. Shell ovately cylindrical, 
rather solid, whorls six in number, smooth, polished, 
surrounded with a line beneath the sutures, colu- 
mella generally two-plaited, scarcely truncated, aper- 
ture rounded and effused at the base, slightly 
sinuated at the upper part ; fulvous horny. 
Helix triticea, Lowe, Faun. Mader. p. 90. pi. 6. f. 26. 
Glandina triticea, Pfeiffer. 
Hah. Porto Sancto, Madeira ; Lowe. 
This species, in which the columellar plaits are some- 
times wanting, partakes of the character of the genus Tor- 
natellina. 
Species 117. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina gracilis-. Achat, testa acuminato-oblongd, 
anfractibus (juinque, Iambus, politis, ad suturas subti- 
liter marginatis, columella Itevigata, vix truncatd; pel- 
lucido-vitred , virescente. 
The slender Achatina. Shell acuminately oblong, 
whorls five in number, smooth, polished, finely 
margined at the sutures, columella smooth, scarcely 
truncated ; transparent glassy, greenish. 
Helix gracilis, Lowe, Faun. Mader. p. 61. pi. 6. f. 28. 
Hah. Porto Sancto, Madeira; Lowe. 
A small transparent glassy species, very simply charac- 
terized. 
Species 119. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina ovuliformis. Achat, testa oblongo-ovata, 
anfractibus quatuor, lavibus, politis, suturis subim- 
pressis, columella tenue biplicatd, oblique truncatd ; 
pellucido-vitred, fuscescente. 
The little egg-shaped Achatina. Shell oblong- 
ovate, whorls four iu number, smooth, polished, 
sutures rather impressed, columella thinly two- 
plaited, obliquely truncated; transparent glassy, 
brownish. 
Helix ovuliformis, Lowe, Faun. Mader. p. 61. pi. 6. f. 27. 
Hab. Porto Sancto, Madeira; Lowe. 
Less acuminated in form and browner in colour, whilst 
the columella is plaited, after the manner of Tornatellina. 
Species 120. (Mus. Benson.) 
Achatina crassdla. Achat, testa pyramidali-conicd, 
anfractibus septem, plano-convexis, longitudinaliter im- 
presso-striatis, suturis excavatis, columella arcuald, 
conspicue truncatd, aperturd pared; albidd, epidermide 
olivaceo-corned indutd. 
The thickened Achatina. Shell pyramidally conical, 
whorls seven in number, flatly convex, longitudinally 
impressly striated, sutures excavated, columella arched, 
conspicuously truncated, aperture small; whitish, 
covered with an olive horny epidermis. 
Benson, MS. 
Hab. Himalaya. 
Of more solid growth than the Nilgherry species of 
allied form, represented in the preceding plate. 
Species 121. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina corusca. Achat, testa pyranddali, subfusi- 
formi, apice obtusd, anfractibus septem, convexis, leevi- 
bus, politis, ad suturas subtiliter marginatis, columella 
arcuatd et contortd, aperturd ovatd ; pellucido-fusces- 
cente, vilred, slrigis castaneis flexuosis obscure tinetd. 
The glittering Achatina. Shell pyramidal, some- 
what fusiform, obtuse at the apex, whorls seven in 
number, convex, smooth, polished, finely margined 
at the sutures, columella arched and twisted, aper- 
ture ovate ; transparent brown, glassy, obscurely 
stained with flexuous chestnut streaks. 
Hab. ? 
A shell of firm growth, though transparent and glassy, 
Species 122. (Mus. Cuming.) 
Achatina Melampoides. Achat, testa oblongo-ovata. 
March, 1850. 
