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Show 88 MESSRS. GULICK AND SMITH ON NEW ACHATINELLINcE. [Jail. 7, Affinities. Aur. diaphana, which is much larger, is perhaps the most nearly allied. AURICULELLA CRASSULA, Sm. (Plate X. fig. 22.) Testa sinistrorsa (interdum dextrorsa) ovato-conica, solida, perforata, haud nitida, dilute fusca; anfract. 6%, subplani; apertura intus sordide albida ; perist. incrassatum, basi levissime dilatatum, ad anfract. ultimi juncturam tuberculo parvo prominente munitum ; columella crassa, aliquanto reflexa, haud plicata, callo tenui labro juncta ; lamina parietalis tenuis. Long. 7-s mill., diam. 4. Station. On the leaves of trees. Habitat. Makawao, on East Maui. AURICULELLA UNIPLICATA, Pease, Journ. de Conch. 1868, pl. xiv. f. 7. (Plate X. fig. 21.) B.M. Testa sinistrorsa, plusve minusve perforata, nitida, lutea, fusca angusta anfract. ultimi medio cincta; anfract. 7, vix (interdum primi 3-4 fusculi); apex subobtusus; sutura simplex, angustissime pallide marginata ; apertura albida, intvsque zona fusca externe visibilii; lamina parietalis tenuis,- dilatatum, columella? callo crassiusculo junctum ; columella reflexa, haud plicata. Long. 8-j mill., diam. 4. Var. a. Testa concolor, fusco-lutea ; apertura et perist. aut albida aut fusca. Var. (3. Testa fuscescens, zona pallida anfract. ultimi medio cincta. Station. On the leaves of the ki (Cordyline terminalis). Habitat. Lahaina, on West Maui. AURICULELLA BRUNNEA, Sm. (Plate X. fig. 23.) B.M. Testa conico-ovata, sinistrorsa, subperforata, nitida, castanea; sutura simplex, anguste albo cincta; anfract. 7,paululum convexi, primi 2 politi; apex obtusiusculus; apertura fusca; lamina parietalis alba, tenuis; perist. leviter dilatatum, callo albido ad columellam junctum ; columella paululum reflexa, vix plicata. Long. 8 mill., diam. 4. Station. Arboreal. Habitat. Islands of Molokai and Lanai. AURICULELLA PATULA, Sm. (Plate X. fig. 24.) B.M. Testa sinistrorsa, ovato-conica, tenuis, perforata; anfract. primi 5 castanei, ultimus pallidior ; sutura simplex, angustissime albo cincta; apertura patula, intus subrosacea; labrum dilatatum, brunneum; columella plicata, paululum reflexa, callo pertenui labro juncta; lamina parietalis alba, mediocris. Long. 7\ mill., diam. 4\. Habitat. Sandwich Islands. The broad form, patulate aperture, and style of colouring are the chief characteristics of this species. |