BY CHAS. T. MUSSON. 891 



New Zealand : Auckland, plentiful ; crawling about the roads 

 after rain (Musson). 



This species, with Arion ater, appears to affect cool climates ; 

 they have not yet been heard of as inhabiting Australia. 



Amalia gagates, Drap., 1801. 



A very variable slug : black, slate colour, dark red, brown or 

 yellowish, with dusky markings, pale underneath, acutely keeled 

 from mantle to tail, shell internal. A small calcareous plate. 

 From 1-|- to 2-^ inches long. 



Common in S. Europe, scarce in England ; inhabits hedgerows 

 and gardens amongst vegetable matter. Also found in many 

 parts of the world. 



New Zealand : Ohaupo and Auckland (Musson). 



New South Wales : Tamworth (Musson) ; Sydney, under stones 

 at Darling Point, in company with L. agrestis (Gr. Neville) j 

 Gladesville (H. Deane) ; abundant near Sydney (Brazier). 



Victoria : Ballarat, under garden rubbish, stones and wood, 

 also on cabbages, coming out at night and in the early morning 

 (Musson). 



LiMAX AGRESTIS, Liune, 1758. 



L. tnolestus, Hutton, Trans. N.Z. Inst., XI. p. 331. 



A common slug, usually ash-grey, rufous, yellowish, cream 

 colour or whitish, often mottled ; with a short keel at the tail ; 

 shell internal, consisting of a calcareous plate such as all the 

 Limaces have. From 1^ to 2 inches long. 



Found in gardens, fields, hedgerows, under stones and wood, 

 throughout Europe. Also in the maritime cities of the United 

 States. Very destructive to garden produce ; sometimes called 

 the cabbage or white slug, and eaten as a cure for diseases of the 

 chest. 



New Zealand : Auckland, Wellington, Nelson, Greymouth, 

 Christchurch, Dunedin, &c. (Hutton). 



N.S.W. : Under stones at Darling Point (G. Neville) ; 

 Tamworth (Musson). 



Victoria : Melbourne (Kershaw). 



