46 LIMAX MAXIMUS. 
Var. aldrovandi Moquin-'andon, Moll. France, 1855, 11., p. 29. 
ANIMAL ash-coloured with pale spots. 
This variation is due to the incomplete overspreading of the secondary colouring, 
which leaves the ground tint visible in places in the form of paler spots. It is by no 
means certain whether the var. aldrovandi described by Moquin-Tandon belongs to 
this species or to cinereo-niger, as the meagre description is applicable to forms of 
both species. 
Dorset—Portland, Aug. 1886! J. Madison. 
Gloucester W.—Bristol, June 1884! ©. Waterfall. 
Isle of Man—Douglas, Sept. 1892! F. Taylor. 
This variety has also been observed in France. 
Var. obscura Moquim-T'andon, Moll. France, 1855, p. 31. 
Limax maximus var. nebulosus Dum. & Mort., Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 14. 
Limax unicolor var. sordidus Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 26. 
ANIMAL with longitudinal banding indistinet, obscured by the diffusion of the 
darker colouring. 
Northants—Common in cellars, Northampton, Sept. 1884! W. D. Crick. Ketter- 
ing (L. E. Adams, Moll. Northants, 1896, p. 5). 
Gloucester E.—Leckhampton, May 1885! J. Madison. 
Gloucester W.—Stroud, Oct. 1883! E. J. Elliott. 
Glamorgan—Cardiff, Nov. 1889! F. W. Wotton. 
Montgomery—Welshpool, under planks, Aug. 1889! J. Bickerton Morgan. 
Lincoln N.—Alford, Sept. 1885! J. E. Mason. 
Cheshire—Alderley Edge, Oct. 1897 ! Sale, Sept. 1894! C. Oldham. 
Has also been recorded for France, Italy, and Switzerland. 
VARIATIONS IN COLOUR AND MARKINGS OF ANIMAL. 
Var. bicolor Taylor. 
Ground colour of ANIMAL white; MANTLE maculate with black; and BoDyYy 
banded or blotched with same colour. 
Isle of Man—Port Erin, 1881, L. E. Adams. 
This variety has also been observed on the continent by Dr. Simroth. 
Var. tigris Adams ms. 
ANIMAL of a tawny-yellow colour, with black markings. 
York S. E.—Beverley, Oct. 1884! J. Darker Butterell. 
Stafford—Stafford, L. E. Adams, Sept. 1897. 
Antrim—Slope of Knocklayd Mountain, Ballyeastle, July 1897, Dr. Trumbull, 
R. Welch, May 1902. 
Geographical Distribution.—Limax maximus is dispersed through- 
out Europe, and has been recorded for Asia Minor, Transcaucasia and Algeria. 
It has also been introduced by commerce into the United States, Mexico, 
Cape Colony, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the North Atlantic 
Islands. 
According to Bourguignat, the Algerian specimens are not really maaimus, 
but Lima deshayesii; those from the Canaries are Lima abrostolus Bourg., 
and the Azorean specimens Limaa eubalius of the same author. 
In the British Isles this species is universally distributed, being found in 
all the three kingdoms, and extending into quite remote districts. 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Channel Isles—Guernsey and Sark (Cooke & Gwatkin, Q J.C., 1878, vol. i., p. 
322). Jersey, Herm, Jethou, and Crevichon (Lukis in Ansted, 1862). 
PENINSULA. 
Cornwall W.—Common ; frequently in damp corners of cellars and sculleries 
(Marquand, Moll. W. Cornwall, 1884, p. 4). Pennion, Falmouth, April 1884! Her- 
bert Fox. St. Columb Porth, near Newquay ! and Truro! J. H. James, Dee. 1888. 
Devon S.—Plymouth (J. C. Bellamy, Plymouth list, 1837). Exeter, common in 
gardens, outhouses, etc. (E. Parfitt, Nat., 1854, p. 150). 
Devon N.—Combe Martin and Challacombe (J. R. B. Tomlin, J. of Conch., v., 
p. 181, April 1887). Northam, Noy. 1885! W. A, Gain. 
Somerset S.—Bridgwater, Aug. 1884! W. Vinson. 
