62 LIMAX CINEREO-NIGER. 
Somerset N.—Cleeve Combe (Norman, Som. Moll., 1860, p. 139). 
Stafford—Shelbrook, Cannock Chase, June 1886! L. E. Adams. 
Merioneth—Bont-ddu, Dolgelly. July 1886 (F.G. Fenn, J. of C., July 1887, p. 198). 
Carnarvon—Llanbedrog, May 1901! C. Oldham. 
York Mid W.—Shipley Glen, Sept. 1886! J. A. Hargreaves. 
Germany—Fredrichsroda, Thuringia (E. von Martens, Jahrb. Deutsch. Mal. Ges., 
1877, p. 214). Saxony, Dr. Collin (Malm, Skand. Limac., 1868, p. 60). The sub-var. 
montana, Ramsau, near Berchtesgaden; Isle of Herren, Chiemsee; Milseburg on the 
Rhine and Tubingen (Clessin, Exe. Moll. Fauna, 1884, p. 60). 
France—Haunte Savoie (Dum. & Mortil., op. cit.). Grande Chartreuse in the 
Isere (Moquin-Tandon, op. cit.). Plombieres-les-Bains in the Vosges (Bourg., Spice. 
Mal., 1862, p. 20). Jura and Dauphiny (Boure., Grande Chartreuse, 1862, p. 32). 
Belgium—The sub-var. ma/acologorum, the ruins of Salm-Chateau, June 1867, 
(Colbeau, op. cit.). 
Switzerland—Snb-var. atra Raz., Bad Leuk, and on the Gemmi Pass, also at 
Einfischthal near Bad Leuk (Béttger, Nachtbl., 1885, p. 57). Jorat (Raz., l.c.). The 
sub-var. engadinensis at St. Moritz, Grisons (Westerlund, Fauna Europ., 1876, p. 8). 
Italy—The var. maura inhabits the elevated region of the Alps; the loftiest 
known locality in Italy is in Piedmont on Monte Mucrone, at an altitude of 2,200 
metres (about 7,210 feet); other lofty stations in the same province are on Monte 
Cenisio; at Crissolo, in the Valle del Po; at Castelsee, and at Devero (Less. & Poll., 
Mon. Limae. Ital., 1882, p. 29). Thal von Thenaus, near Susa (Simon & Bottger, 
Nachtbl., 1884, p. 42). In Umbria, near Spoleto (Pantanelli, Bull. Soe. Mal. Ital., 
1876). In Liguria, between Menton and Genoa, May 1890! J. E. Somerville. The 
sub-var. pirone on the Hill of Tenda and Monte Codena, also at Groseavallo, Valle 
di Lanza, in Lombardy (Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 27). 
The specimens from Orvieto in Umbria (Marchese Paulucei) and from Chiara- 
monti, Sardinia (Dr. Falehi) had the foot-sole pale and merely margined with black 
(Lessona & Pollonera, 1.c.). 
Austro-Hungary—Sub-var. engadinensis, Transylvania (Westerlund, op. cit., p. 8). 
Norway—Very common in Christiania, Christiansand, and Hamar Stifts ; also 
at Aafjorden, Vigten, Leké, and Rédé, in Trondjhem Stift; and Grété in Amt of 
Nordland. Sub-var. dewcogaster, Laurvik and other places in Christiania Stift 
(Esmark, J. of Conch.. Oct. 1886, p. 100). 
Sweden—Sub-var. niger, Gunnebo and Ljungskile ; Nerike (Hartmann), Stock- 
holm (Thedenius) (Malm, op. cit., p. 61). 
Russia—South Finlandand Aland Isles, Nordenskioldand Nylander (Malm, op. cit.) 
Var. eporediensis Lessona, Moll. Piemonte, 1880, p. 1, pl. 2, f. 18. 
Limax subalpinus 8 eporediensis Lessona, op. cit. 
Bovy uniformly black ; SHIELD blackish, sprinkled 
with whitish spots. Formula (321 123). Internal shell 
large, concave, and sinistral. 
This variety, of which apparently only one specimen 
has been found, has, judging by its extremely abnormal 
shell, been of sinistral organization, with the respiratory 
and other orifices on the left side. 
Not hitherto found in the British Isles. Fic. 81.—Internal shell of 
J , Limax tporediensis Lessona 
Italy—Andrate above Ivrea, Piedmont (Less. & Poll., — (after Lessona). 
op. cit., p. 37). 
FUNDAMENTAL BODY-COLOUR CINEREOUS. 
Var. cinerea Mogq.-Tand., Hist. Moll. France, 1855, ii., p. 29. 
Limax cinereus a Miiller, Verm. Hist., 1774, p. d. 
Limax maxinius X cinerea Mogq.-Tand., op. cit. 
Limax strobeli Pini, Moll. Esino, 1876, p. 22, pl. s, ff. 11, 12. 
ANIMAL entirely cinereous, or ash-coloured ; SHIELD bluish-black. 
The sub-var. strobeli of Pini differs in the ash-colour of the body being tinged 
with yellowish, and the keel paler. 
Galway—Killereran (B. J. Clarke, Ann. N.H_, 1843, p. 333). 
France—Distributed throughout the country, and also reported from Bastia in 
Corsica (Grateloup, Dist. Geog. Limac., 1855, p. 2). 
Italy—The sub-var. strobedi at Maceugnaga, Val Anzasea, Piedmont, at an alti- 
tude of 1,323 metres (about 4,340 feet) (Lessona & Pollonera, op. cit.). Not rare 
about Esino, and in the Valle del Varone, near Premana in Lombardy (Pini, op. cit. ). 
