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3. LIMAX CAMPESTRIS, BlNNEY. 

 PLATE LXIV. FIGURE 3. 



L. corpore cylindraceo, glandulis elevatis, elongatis sub- 

 rugoso, colore succineo ; clypeo ovali-oblongo, lineis et 

 sulcis concentricis striato ; cauda sub-carinata. 



SYNONYMS AND REFERENCES. 



Limax campestris, BINNEY, Limacidse, p. 9. 



ADAMS, Shells of Vermont, p. 13. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Color usually of various shades of amber, without 

 spots or markings, sometimes blackish ; head and tenta- 

 cles smoky. Body cylindrical, elongated, terminating in 

 a very short carina at its posterior extremity. Mantle 

 oval, fleshy, but little prominent, with fine concentrical 

 lines. Back covered with prominent elongated tubercles 

 and furrows. Foot narrow, whitish. Respiratory fora- 

 men on the posterior dextral margin of the mantle. 

 Body covered with a thin, watery mucus. 



Length, about one inch. 



GEOGRAPHICAL DISTRIBUTION. Inhabits all the New 

 England, Middle, and Western States, and is probably 

 widely diifused through the country. 



REMARKS. The resemblances between some of the 

 species of this genus are so great that it is difficult to 

 provide them with distinctive characters, and it is only 



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