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more watery mucus, glides readily through the fingers.” 
Perhaps the /oot-sole is the most constant characteristic, 
being pure white in gagafes and yellowish in sozwerdyz. 
Var. migréscens (Roeb.). Animal nearly black. 
Genus.—Limax Linneé. 
The Zzmaces have the mantle concentrically striated, the respiratory 
orifice (as in Amalia) behind the centre of the mantle-margin; carina- 
tien confined to caudal extremity; sed/ distinctly formed; no sdime- 
gland. 
1. L. MAXIMUS (/argest) Linné. PI. I., f. 6. 
ody grey with a pink tinge, 2 dark lateral bands ; maztZe mottled 
darkly, oblong, obtusely pointed behind ; she// oblong, convex above, 
convex below ; s/¢wze colourless ; /ezgth 4 to 6 inches. 
This handsome slug is common throughout the British 
Isles. Colonies may sometimes be found in holes in 
walls and it commonly frequents cellars. I have found 
them “ coming to sugar” on trees at night, when I have 
been moth hunting. Though not so abundant in the 
open country as other slugs, they may be found under 
logs in damp places. 
This species, like many others, is not guiltless of canni- 
balism, even without the ‘‘ extenuating circumstance” of 
hunger. On one occasion I placed two large individuals 
in a tin box with plenty of moss and a piece of cabbage 
leaf, and the next day I was surprised to find one only—- 
of greater size than before—and no wonder, for he had 
devoured the whole of his companion with the exception 
of the mantle and shell. 
