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APPENDIX. 



LiMAx Brunneus. [The Brown Slug.] Draparnaud. 



Variety Pygmceus. 



Figure 114. 



Since that section of this work has been published, 

 which contained descriptions of that portion of British 

 slugs which have been found in Nottinghamshire, ano- 

 ther species has been discovered in this locality. The 

 interesting addition to our slugs is the but little known 

 Limax Brunneus. 



Owing to its habits, it is very seldom observed which 

 may account for the paucity of localities enumerated. 



This species as found here differs from the ordinary 

 type of Limax Brunneus in being more slender, not half 

 the size, and of a paler colour. In the ordinary form 

 it often approaches nearly to black, and is as much as 

 an inch in length when crawling. These features are 

 sufficient to warrant its being called a distinct variety, 

 and as it is the smallest British slug known, I have 

 thought var. pygmceus would be an appropriate name 



This variety is in colour a uniform chocolate-red, the 

 body, shield, and head being of the same hue. In some 

 specimens it is rather paler around the breathing orifice. 



