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Show 1873.] NEW SPECIES OF ACHATINELLINCE. 77 fusco ligata; apertura alba; perist. intus leviter limbatum; plica columellaris valida, rosea. Long. 19 mill., diam. 10. Var. u. Testa elongatior. Long. 21 mill., diam. 9. (Plate IX. fig. 12.) Var. B. Testa alba, in anfr. ult. zonis angustis pluribus flavis cincta. Habitat. The specimens received are reported to be from Waimalu, Oahu. Affinities. It has somewhat the aspect of dextral forms of A. varia, Gk., but is more elongate and cylindrical. ACHATINELLA BELLULA, Sm. (Plate IX. fig. 8.) B.M. Testa, dextrorsa, elongato-subconica, imperforata, nitida, incrementi lineis levissime striata, dilute castanea (spira pallidiore) saturatius strigata lineisque paucis subcastaneis obsoletis et zona fere nigra (interdum deflciente) infra peripheriam cincta; anfract. 6\, parum convexi; sutura leviter castaneo marginata; apertura brevis, longitudinis \ eequans, intus alba; perist. margine tenue, intus leviter incrassatum; plica columellaris subvalida, purpurea. Long. 20 mill., diam. 10. Habitat. Sandwich Islands. Somewhat of the form oi johnsoni, Newc, but the whorls are less tumid, especially the last, and the painting is different. BULIMELLA. BULIMELLA FUSCOBASIS, Sm. (Plate IX. fig. 15.) Testa ovata, sinistrorsa, nitida, alba, anfract. ultimis flavescens, zona mediana basique fuscis ornatus ; anfract. 6, convexiusculi ; sutura distincte marginata; apertura alba ; perist. crassum, fus-cum; plica columellaris valida. Long. 16 mill., diam. 10. Station. Arboreal. Habitat. High up on Mount Kaala on the Mokuleia side, on the island of Oahu. APEX. APEX ALBOSPIRA, Sm. (Plate X. fig. 8.) Testa dextrorsa, subperforata, breviter ovato-conica, parum nitida, incrementi lineis (haud spiralibus) striata, alba, zona peripheriam supra et basi livido-brunnea; sutura leviter marginata; anfract. 6, primi 4 convexiusculi, cceteri convexi; apertura alba;perist. intus incrassatum; plica columellaris valida, alba, reflexa, rimam parvamfere tegens. Long. 17 mill., diam. 10. Var. Testa alba, sonis paucis flavis peripheriam supra ornata basim-que versus flava zonis paucis saturatioribus cincta. Habitat. Reported to be from Ewa, on Oahu. |