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Show 76 MESSRS. GULICK AND SMITH ON [Jail. 7, ACHATINELLA TRICOLOR, Sm. (Plate IX. fig. 6.) Testa sinistrorsa, ovato-subconica, imperforata, nitida, incrementi lineis oblique et transversim subtilissime striata, alba, anfractuum medio zona lata flavo-olivacea cincta basimque versus viridi strigata; sutura distincte saturate fusco marginata; anfract. convexi, primi 2-3 albi vel rubescentes; apertura alba; perist. tenue, intus leviter limbatum; plica columellaris valida, rosacea. Long. 20 mill., diam. 10*£. Var. a. Testa alba, zona unica olivacea medio cincta. Var. 3. Testa flavida, zona latissima castanea subbasali cincta. Station. On trees. Habitat. Ioleka, in Heia on Oahu. Affinities. In form and colour it is intermediate between A. colorata, Rv., and A. varia, Gk. ACHATINELLA LEHUIENSIS, Sm. (Plate IX. fig. 4.) Testa sinistrorsa, ovato-conica, subnitida, incrementi lineis exilissime striata, alba, zona purpureo-fusco strigata, et zonis duabus fuscis altera supra altera peripheriam infra interdum aliis) cincta; sutura submarginata; anfract. 5^, apertura alba; perist. tenue; plica columellaris valida, rosea. Long. 17 mill., diam. 10. Station. On trees. Habitat. Lehui, on the island of Oahu. ACHATINELLA FUSCOZONA, Sm. (Plate IX fig. 9.) Testa sinistrorsa, ovato-conica, perforata, parum nitida, incrementi lineis et transversim (sub lente) minutissime striata, albida, minusve dilute fusco oblique strigata, transversimque obscure lineata vel zonata ; sutura distincte fusco marginata, anfract. convexi, ult. amplus; apex nigrescens; apertura alba; perist. tenue, intus leviter limbatum; plica columellaris valida, rubescens (interdum albida). Long. 21 mill., diam. 12. Var. Testa elongato-conica; sutura zona latissima fusca cincta. Long. 23| mill., diam. 11. Station. On the trunks of trees. Habitat. Makiki, on Oahu; two or three specimens have been found in Palolo. Affinities. It is intermediate between A. adusta, Rv., and A. buddii, Nwc. ACHATINELLA LIGATA, Sm. (Plate IX. fig. 13). B.M. Testa dextrorsa (vel sinistrorsa) elongato-ovato-subconica, nitida, incrementi lineis transversimque minutissime albida, luteo-olivaceo plusve minusve strigata, zonis plerumque duabus pallido-fuscis cincta altera supra altera peripheriam anfract. 5|, convexiusculi; sutura distincte marginata, saturate |