INSULARUM MADERENSIUM O 



Species ab affiiiibus sane diversa. 



Ob animal flavescens species designata. 



Primus in insula Maderae invenit clariss. Rev/ Loweiis. 



4. Liniax agrestis, Linnaeiis 



Testa oblonga v. oblique ovalis, leniiis, inferne concava, slriis obliquis, sul> 

 tiliter notata. — Animal albidnm, capite pai-vo, pallio ad marginem membrana- 

 ceo, tentaculis nigris. 



Limax agrestis, var. Linn. Syst. nat. 

 » » var. iliill. Verm. 



» » var. Fèriis. Hist. 



» » Low. Prim., et Catal. moll. Mad. 



» » » Mor. Moll. du Port. 



Habitat frequens in Europa, Algéria etc; ad insulae Maderae oram oeciden- 

 talem prope vicum Canhas copiose in umbrosis, in hortis Funchalensis urbis 

 rarior. 



Obs. Duae occurrunt varielates in Madera; sc. x pimcttilata, punctis nu- 

 merosis notata; [i maculata, maculis variegata. 



Inter aflines distincta species. 



Sic denominata quod in locis agrestibus gaudet 



Primus in .Aladera invenit clariss. Rev.'' Loveus. 



Gen. Testacella, Cuvier 



Testa convexiuscula, elongata, subcompressa, auriformis, subspiralis, externe 

 rugosa, intus margaritacea, postice corpori adnata; spira minutissima: anfra- 

 ctus 1 "3. — Animal semicylindricnm, antice conico-attenuatum, tentaculis 4 re- 

 ti'actilibus, majoribus oculiferis, disco corpori adjuncto. iingua ampla, dentiitus 

 numerosis, uncinatis, postice continuatis, medio sensim decrescentibus, seriatis 

 aimata, pallio multilobato, nec supra testam reílexo. Carnivorum, voracissimum, 

 interdiu in terra reconditum, noctu subterrânea effugiens. 



I. Testacella hallotidea, Faure Biguet 



Testa ovato-auriformis s. unguilbrmis solida, antice interdum constrictissi- 

 ma, depressa, supra convexiuscula, grosse et irregulariler slriata, striis concen- 

 tricis, arcuatis, sordide fulva s. grisea, intus albida, epidermidi valide inserta; 



