34 LIMACID^. 



1. LIMAX VARIEGATUS, Drapahnaud. 

 PLiTE LXV. Figure 1. 



L. corpore lutescente, maculis albidis insignito ; dorso 

 glandulis elevatis angustis instructo ; clypeo ovali, lineis 

 circularibus concentricis et maculatis ornato ; tentaculis cse- 

 ruleis; carina brevi. 



SYNONYMS AND KEFEKENCES. 



lAmax variegat'us, Deapabnaud, loc. cit. p. 127, No. 9. 



De Koissy, Ioc. cit. V. p. 1S2. 



Feeussac, Hist. p. 71, pi. 5, fig. 1-6. Sup. p. 96, e. 



Lamakck, loc. cil. 2d edit. VII. p. 722. 



Gkay, loc. cit. p. 114. 

 Imtuix flamM, Binney, Limacidae, p. 4. 



DESCRIPTION. 



Color brovmish, yellowisli brown, or ashy brown, with 

 oblong-oval uncolored spots, which have a longitudmal 

 disposition ; mantle with rounded spots ; head, neck, and 

 superior tentacles blue, semi-transparent ; lower tentacles 

 white ; base of foot sallow white. Body when extended 

 cylindi-ical, elongated, terminating acutely with a short 

 but prominent keel ; upper part covered with long 

 and narrow prominent tubercles. Mantle ample, oval, 

 rounded at both ends, with numei'ous very fine concentri- 

 cal strioe. Sides paler, and without spots. Respiratory 

 foramen large, placed near the posterior lateral margin 

 of the mantle and cleft to the edge. Generative orifice 

 indicated by a white spot a little behind the upper tenta- 

 cle of the right side. 



Length, when fuUy extended, usually about three 



