NOTES ON 
THE. PAIRING 
OF 
“LIMAX 
MAXIMUS.” 
ys”  C..S. Carrer, Lours. 
Others like myself, since the publication of H. Wallis Kew’s 
valuable paper “On the pairing of Limax maximus” in The 
Naturalist, August, 1901, have probably been more desirous of 
_ observing the pairing of those slugs and have made frequent 
excursions at night for that purpose. It was not, however, until 
the summer of 1906, my desire was gratified by that curious 
_ phenomenon, when I was also able to make some rough sketches 
_ at various stages, from which the accompanying figures have been 
made. 
On July 17th, 1906, at 10-30 p.m., accompanied by an 
entomological friend who was “sugaring,’”’ I went to Hubbard’s 
‘Valley, about a mile from Louth, whither I had frequently gone 
before for the same object—to observe slugs. The meteorological 
conditions were not very favourable, the day having been hot and 
dry and the night still somewhat the same. The only slugs we 
Saw were a few examples of Limax maxmius. At 11-20 p.m., to 
our delight, we found a pair of that species already suspended by 
a mucous thread, about 15 inches in length, from the slightly 
sloping trunk of an ash tree on the footpath. The point on the 
