LIMAX. a1 
Sutherlandshire. It is abundant in Scotland, Ireland, 
Man, ard the North of England ; scarcer in the South of 
England. It has a habit of climbing trees, and is said 
to suspend itself from a branch by a thread of mucus. 
When placed on a plate or wet leaf it will move about 
actively, constantly raising itself up after the manner of a 
stoat, presumably for the same purpose of observation. I 
have often found individuals with a shell of abnormal 
development forcing the mantle into a hump and some- 
times wearing a hole in it. Now and then an individual 
is found with the shell gone through the hole, which 
may possibly be caused by other slugs eating it away for 
the sake of the lime. I have seen a case where the shell 
of an Ag. agrestis has disappeared through a hole in 
presumably asimilar manner. It should be noticed that 
the bands on the mantle are constant in this species, 
though those on the body are not. 
Var. I. nemordsa (Laud.). Greyish red, banded along 
the mantle and on each side of the keel. 
Var. II. Jdetténtt (Sord.) Back spotted with black 
and white, median band white with a dusky band on 
each side; mantle with median band dusky, the side 
bands being alternately dusky and white. 
Var. III. maculéta (Roeb.). Ground colour as in 
type, with the markings reduced to small rounded black 
spots and a thin continuous band along each side, which 
shows a tendency to break up into spots. 
