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It is generally from three to four inches long, yet oc- 

 casionally exceeds fire inches. 



The shell is very fragile; the colour nearly white j 

 the length a third of an inch ; and the shape somewhat 

 oval. 



The cellar slug, for this species is best known as the 

 cellar slug, is an inhabitant of cellars, vaults, and other 

 damp places. They congregate together. 



It has the power of suspending itself by a thread 

 from a tree, or tber elevated position to which it may 

 have climbed, a property which several other of the 

 Limax family possess. 



In this neighbourhood it is found in cellars at High- 

 field House and Nottingham. 



The more remote localities are : — Near London 

 (Grey), Plymouth (Brown), Bristol (Montagu), Bath 

 (Clarke), and Norwich (Bridgman). In Ireland — near 

 Youghal (Ball), and in the north of that island 

 (Thompson). 



Limax arborum (The Tree Slug). Bouchard 

 C hauler eaux. 



Figure 27. 



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The Tree Slug appears to have been overlooked until 

 described by ihe Rev. B. J. Clarke, having probably 

 been mistaken for specimens of Limax cinereus not 

 fully grown. 



The colour of this animal is greyish, with dusky 

 marbled lateral stripes, and having a pale band or 

 streak extending along the back. The sole of the foot 



