/b MALACOZOA. GASTEROPODA. PULM03RANCHIATA. 



nior, altera veluti in oculum protuberans, sed dentibus friar- 

 bilis, ita lit in arenulas atteratur." 



" Eosdem limaces circa Mensem Junium in sylvis opacis 

 observavi ex arborum ramis demissos, singulos singulis fimi- 

 bus bipedalibiis, crassis et validis satis ; at e propria saliva 

 confectis. Est sane magna affinitas inter humorem ilium 

 e quo Araneorum Erucarumque fila fiunt, atque horum ani- 

 malium salivam," Martinus Lister. 



Not common. Plentiful in some places about Old Bridge 

 of Don. At Torry, on the south side of the Harboiu* of 

 Aberdeen. Occurs in thickets, pastures, hedges, and gardens. 



liimax cinereus. Muller, Verm. Terr. et. Fluviat. ii. 5. — 

 Limax cinereus. Drap. Term. Terr, et Fluviat. 124. PI. 9. f. 10. 

 — Limax antiquorum. Feruss. Hist. Moll. 68. T. 4. — Limax ci- 

 nereus, maximus, striatus et maculatus. List. Anim. Angl. 127. 

 Pi. 2. f. 15. — Limax maculatus. Nunneley. Trans. Phil. See. 

 Leeds, i. 46. T. 1. f. 2. — Limax cinereus. Ferus. Hist. Moll. i. 

 65. T. 4. — Limax cinereus. Flem. Brit. Anim. 256. — Limax 

 maximus. Grey's Turt. 113. — Limax cinereus. Lamk. Svst. vi. 

 2.50. Ed. 2. Yii. 717. 



2. Limax variegdtus. Variegated Slug. 



Shield short, broadly rounded behind, concentrically sul- 

 cato-granulate ; cloak with numerous longitudinal undulato- 

 granidate ridges ; the posterior fom-th of the body with a 

 medial crenate keel ; upper parts dull reddish-brown, thickly 

 spotted with blackish-brown. 



The form oblong, very convex above. The upper tenta- 

 cula nearly cylindrical, a little enlarged at the tip, and granu- 

 lato-rugose ; the lower very short ; the neck about the same 

 length as the shield, with a medial granulate ridge, and lateral 

 oblique, broad, convex, granulato-crenate ridges ; the shield 

 short, broadly rounded behind, marked with concentric granu- 

 late furrows ; the rest of the sm-face with numerous undidated 

 or granulate ridges ; the keel medial, crenate, occitpying the 

 posterior fourth of the body ; the tail rather pointed ; the sur- 

 face of the foot with three longitudinal bands. The upper 

 surface thickly and irregularly spotted with blackish-brovv-n 

 on a light dull reddish-brown ground ; the neck paler and 

 tinged with red ; the lower surface yellowish-grey. It varies 

 however in colour, individuals being darker or lighter. 

 Length about an inch and a half. 



It differs from Limax cinereus in having only the end of the 

 tail keeled, in its inferior size, different markings, and other 



