34 LIMACTD^E. 



1. L.IMAX VARIEGATUS, DKAPARNAUD. 

 PLATE LXV. FIGURE 1. 



L. corpore lutescente, maculis albidis insignito ; dorso 

 glandulis elevatis angustis instructo ; clypeo ovali, lineis 

 circularibus concentricis et maculatis ornato ; tentaculis cse- 

 ruleis; carina brevi. 



SYNOMYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Limaz variegatits, DRAPARNAUD, loc. cit. p. 127, No. 9. 



DE ROISSY, loc. cit. V. p. 1S2. 



FERUSSAC, Hist. p. 71, pi. 5, fig. 1-6. Sup. p. 96, e. 



LAMARCK, loc. cit. 2d edit.' VII. p. 722. 



GRAY, loc. cit. p. 111. 

 Limax jlavzts, BINNEY, Limacida;, p. 4. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Color brownish, yellowish brown, or ashy brown, with 

 oblong-oval uncolored spots, which have a longitudinal 

 disposition ; mantle with rounded spots ; head, neck, and 

 superior tentacles blue, semi-transparent ; lower tentacles 

 white ; base of foot sallow white. Body when extended 

 cylindrical, elongated, terminating acutely with a short 

 but prominent keel ; upper part covered with long 

 and narrow prominent tubercles. Mantle ample, oval, 

 rounded at both ends, with numerous very fine concentri- 

 cal striae. Sides paler, and without spots. Respiratory 

 foramen large, placed near the posterior lateral margin 

 of the mantle and cleft to the edge. Generative orifice 

 indicated by a white spot a little behind the upper tenta- 

 cle of the right side. 



Length, when fully extended, usually about three 



