LIMAX. aD 
surface of the foot is divided longitudinally into three differently 
coloured bands, the median one white, the two lateral ones dark. 
There are also important differences between the two species in the 
genital apparatus.” (‘Journal of Conchology,” vol. iv., Pet 45). 
The usual colour of the type is black and the rugosities on the body 
are larger than those of maxzmus. I also learn from Mr. W. Denison 
Roebuck that this is probably the real maxzmus of Linné, our 
weaxemus not being found in Sweden. 
This slug, though local, has a wide distribution through- . 
out the British Isles, and when its differences from 
maximus become better known, it will probably be found 
to be somewhat commoner than is generally suspected. 
I once found two specimens of the var. maura and one 
of /uctuosa under the same log in a boggy place on Can- 
nock Chase, where I have never seen anything else but 
A. ater, J have often visited the spot since, but never 
found another. 
Var. I. dictudsa (AMog.). Unicolorous dark drab. 
Var. Il. orndza (Less.). Black ; with whitish keel and 
dorsal band and 2 rows of white spots. 
Var. III. mazira (Held). Uniform jet black. 
3. L. FLAVUS (yellow) Linné. PI. I., f. 7. 
Sody broadest just behind the mantle, yellow with a faint dark 
network, which appears to show from beneath the skin ; coarsely 
tuberculated ; mazdle oval ; fringe slightly more yellow than the body ; 
head greenish ; ¢entacles clear blue; sole cream white; se/Z. broad, 
rather thin, characterised by the nucleus slightly projecting over the 
edge ; /eweth 4 inches 
