LIMACID. 3 
T. G. Ponton, 1862. (The record from Taunton in Vol. vir 
of The Naturalist was incorrect; Norman pointed out that 
the species was 7. mazugei). Scutulum has been found in 
Dorset, and is probably widely distributed in N. Somerset. 
All members of the genus are of subterranean habit, and do 
not come up to feed until late at night, hence are often over- 
looked. Many of the records have been made in the spring 
and autumn of very wet years, when the excessive saturation 
of the soil has driven them to the surface by day. 
(Since the above was written Mr. J. Ponsonby has found 
T. scutulum in a garden at Brympton, near Yeovil). 
LIMACIDZ. 
Limax MAXIMUS, Linné. 
Generally distributed. 
Concerning its variation, Norman observed that “ the striped 
and spotted varieties are common. We met with a variety in 
Cleeve Coombe remarkably distinct, and we believe hitherto 
unrecorded. It was altogether pitchy black, without spots or 
markings of any kind, and fully six inches long.” 
Var. cinerco-niger, Wolf. Some authorities give it a 
specific rank. Norman’s Cleeve Coombe variety is 
described in Taylor’s Mon. Brit. L. and F. Moll., UU, 
68, as L. cinereo-niger, var. maura. It is also recorded 
from Horner by F. J. Partridge. 
Weston district; FP. A. Knight. 
Var. ferrussaci, Moquin- Tandon. 
Bridgwater; W. Vinson. 
Holton ! 
Var. fasciata, Moquin- Tandon. 
Bratton St. Maur ! 
Var. maculata, Picard. (Norman’s spotted variety ). 
Bratton St. Maur. Abundant ! 
Rimpton! 
West Pennard ! 
Bath; Mrs. Oldroyd. 
Hatch Beauchamp; &. Wake-Bowell. 
Var. cellaria, D’ Argenville. (Norman’s striped variety ). 
Bratton St. Maur. Common! 
Rimpton ! 
