268 INSECTS lyFESTING THE CONSERVATORY. 



Although the slugs or snails do not belong to the same sub- 

 kingdom as insects do, Artiadata^ but belong to the sub-king- 

 dom }foUusra, which comprise the soft-bodied animals of the 

 shell-bearing and non-shell-bearing species ; yet the damage 

 which some of the species inflict on garden vegetables and 

 other productions of the gardener, florist, etc., is sufficient to 

 cause mention of these pests in this work. 



Fig. 25;). — Slug — color, 

 Fij-. 2r,3. 



most destructive 

 >pecies that is found in 

 the gardens, hot-houses 

 and conservatories in this State is the small gray slug, Lj/max 

 af/resti-^ (Fig. 258), and a darker colored s})ecics, probal)ly the 

 Lymar atrr. These species may be designated as the gray 

 slug and tlie l)lack slug. They are generally found in damp 

 places, hiding under stones, etc., in the daytime. In the eve- 

 ning they come from their hiding places in search of food, and 

 as they are gregarious in their habits, they often do great dam- 

 age. In Ii^urope various species of slugs injure field crops. 



The Gasteropoda — meaning bdly-footed — bury their eggs in 

 the ground ; each egg is enclosed in a shell, and hatches in 

 August or Septeml)er. They hi]>ernate through the cold 

 weather, and attain their full size the next Spring. 



Hemedv. — Use No. 87. 



