_Var._ 3. _testa fasciis rufis ornata; labio interiore roseo._ Shell elongated, with crowded bands of black, green, and yellow; basal volution broader than high; aperture rounded; outer lip entire; base deeply notched. Bulla virginea. _Gm._ 3429. _Chemnitz_, 9. _t._ 117. _f._ 1000, 1. _Dill._ 491. Bulimus virgineus. _Brug._ _p._ 363.--_Lister_, 15. 10. _Seba_, _t._ 40. _f._ 38. _Ferrusac_, _pl._ 120. _f._ 3, 4, 5. Var. 2. Shell banded with brown; inner lip white. _Ferrusac_, _t._ 120. _f._ 2. Var. 3. Shell banded with rufous; inner lip rosy. _Chemnitz_, 10. 173. _f._ 1682, 1683, (_reversed_.) * * * * * The shell generally known as the _Ach. virginea_ (_Bulla virginea Lin._) is so common, that few collectors do not possess it. The varieties, however, of this species are rare, and differ so remarkably in their colouring, as to require illustration. Several kindred species of this family I have already described; and on the same principle of establishing specific distinctions from formation instead of colour, I shall now endeavour to point out those characters which are common, more or less, to all the varieties of this species, and which distinguish it from its allies. _A. virginea_ may be known by the comparative shortness of the basal whorl, which in general is broader than high; the margin of the outer lip is entire, and sloping in an oblique direction; the aperture is wide, and nearly round; the lower part of the columella takes a concave direction, and between its base and that of the outer lip is a very deep notch. The basal whorl is so broad that the shell, if placed on a table with its mouth downwards, will remain erect. Both these and the two next varieties are in Mr. Dubois' cabinet. Their locality is unknown; but my young friend, Mr. Frederick Parkes, has recently sent me shells of the common variety, found by himself near Kingston, Jamaica. * * * * * Pl. 123 [Illustration] ACHATINA virginea, _var._ 3 _and_ 4. * * * * * GENERIC CHARACTER.--See Pl. 30. * * * * * SPECIFIC CHARACTER.--See Pl. 122. _A. virginea, var._ 3. _testa ampliore, albescente, fasciis rufis nigrisque ornata; apertura purpurea; labio interiore albo._ _Var._ 4. _testa ampliore, alba, fasciis 3 angustis, fuscis ornata; apertura labioque interiore albis; anfractu basali medio subcarinato._ A. virginea, var. 3. Shell larger, whitish, with rufous and black bands, aperture purple; inner lip white. _Middle figures._ Var. 4. Shell larger, white, with three narrow brown bands; aperture and inner lip white; basal whorl in the middle slightly carinated. _Upper and lower figures._ * * * * *