Excerpt from Occasional Papers, Vol. 3: Of the Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum of Pollynesian Ethnology and Natural History There has been a demand on the part of collectors for original descriptions of Hawaiian land shells, many of which are now out of print. While the present paper does not claim to be complete, it is hoped that these descriptions will prove of some assistance to those who study the Genus Achatinella, and who have found difficulty in securing the original descriptions. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.