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P. 104. — L. pebegra. Var. Burnetii. In the stomach of a 

 gillaroo trout caught in a lake iu co. Tipperary (Walker). 

 Var. sinistrorsa. Pond near Balta ; a single specimen (Waller). 



P. 108. — L. auricularia. E. Sicily (Calcara). Var. acuta. 

 K. Agenais (Gassies, as L. Trencaleonis). 



P. 111.— L. stagnalis. E. Lycia (Forbes) ; N.E.America 

 (Bell and others). 



P. 113. — L. palustris. E. Greenland (Moller); U.S. 

 (Haldeman); Vancouver I. (P. Carpenter). 



P. 115. — L. truncatula. E. Lapland (Wallenberg and 

 Nylander) to Greece (Roth); Madeira (R. T. Lowe and 

 others). 



P. 117. — L. glabra. Westmoreland and Sussex. E. Si- 

 beria (MiddendorfT) to Algeria (Terver). 



P. 127. — Arion ater. Omit Jan Mayen's Isle. Var. 

 rufa. Naples (Costa). 



P. 127. — A. flavtts, Miiller {Limax jlavus, Mull. Verm. 

 Hist. p. 10). 



Body slender and capable of being considerably elongated : 

 colour grey, with occasionally a yellow or orange tinge on the 

 shield and sides ; the head, tentacles, and neck are purplish 

 or dark grey, and the mantle and shield are minutely speckled 

 with white : shield proportionally large, finely granulated : 

 tentacles short, nearly smooth ; the lower pair are mere tuber- 

 cles : eyes small, placed on the upperside of the bulbs which 

 terminate the larger or upper tentacles : mantle wrinkled 

 lengthwise when the slug is crawling, and tuberculous when 

 it is at rest and bunched up : respiratory opening on the right 

 side of the shield, about halfway between its front and hinder 

 edges : tail angulated : gland large : slime orange-red. L. 0*3. 

 B. 0-2. 



Habitat : Under leaves and in damp places ; widely distri- 

 buted. E. Denmark (Miiller); Sweden (Westerlund). 



Active and crawls under water. In captivity feeds greedily 

 on the slime of its companions for want of its usual nourish- 

 ment, which consists of lichens, fungi, and decaying vegetable 

 matter. As my friend Mr. E. J. Lowe well observed, this is 

 more tender than A. hortensis, which is remarkably tough and 

 difficult to crush. 



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