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ift GENUS. The SLUG. 



CHARACTER OF THE GENUS. 



The body is long, creeping j has over it a kind of buckler made of 

 ilefhj underneath a longitudinal flat difk. There is a hole on the 

 right fide, for the genitals and evacuations. The feelers are four in 

 number placed above the mouth. 



ler." GENRE. La L I M A C E. 



CARACTERE DU GENRE. 



Le corps eft allonge & rampant, il eft convert par defTus d'un bouclier 

 de chair, en deflbus il a un difque longitudinel applati. II y a un 

 trou au cote droit qui fert au parties fexuelles et au paflage des excre- 

 mens. Les tatoirs font au nombre de quatre, places au deflus de la 

 "bouche. 



THIS reptile is alv/ays deftitute ^^E reptile eft toujours depourvu 



offtiell; but befides that its V^ de coquille; mais outre que 



Ikin is more clammy and of a fa peau eft plus gluante et a plus 



greater confiftency than that of the d'epaiffeur que celle du lima^on, 



fnail, the black naked Aug has a la limace noire fans coquille a un 



furrowed cloak, almoft as thick manteau fillonne aufli epais et auffi 



and as hard as leather, under which dur que du cuir, fous lequel elle 



it withdraws its head as within a retire fa tete comme dans une co- 



fhell. It is in its head and back quille. C'eft dans la tete et le dos 



that the fnail ftone is found, which que fe trouve la pierre de. limace, 



is a fmall pearled and fandy ftone, qui eft un petit caillou perle et fa- 



of the nature of lime ftones ; ac- bloneux de la nature dcs pierres a 



cording to a popular opinion, it chaux. Selon I'opinion populaire 



cures 



