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FUNDAMENTAL BODY-COLOUR VELLOW. 
Var. flavescens Westerlund, Moil. Svee., ii 
ANIMAL yellow or yellowish. 
Sweden—Westerlund (op. cit. ). 
Var. transilvanica Heynemann, Mal. Bl., 1862, p. 216. 
Limax transilvanica Heynemann, op. cit. 
Limax dacampi var. sordellii Bettoni, Bull. Mal. Ital., 1870, p. 164, pl. iv., ff. 2, 2a. 
Limax dacampi 6 calderinti Lessona, Moll. Piemonte, 1880, p. 2%, pl. i.,ff. 11-13. 
Limax corsicus gestri 7 nigrozonatus Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 40. 
Limax dacampi reniert ¢ calderinii Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 33. 
KEEL and mid-dorsal-line yellow or ochreous, with a darker zone on each side 
of the body. Formula 001 100. 
The var. transilvanica sensu stricto, has the keel-line and mantle pale, the 
body suffused with brown, and the dark lateral-band continued to the shield. 
The sub-var. ealderinii has the golden-yellow keel, but the median-line is con- 
tinued to the shield as a series of spots, and gradually blends w ith the reddish-brown 
tint of the sides ; the black lateral band is resolved into a series of spots, and the 
shield is paler than the body in colour. 
The sub-var. nigrozonata has the keel and mid-line also golden-yellow, sides of 
body yellowish-ash colour, back fuscous, with the lateral-zone black. 
The sub-var. sordellii, although somewhat obse ‘urely described by Lessona & 
Pollonera, appears to have the keel and dorsal line yellow ; sides of body ash-coloured, 
confusedly zoned, and irregularly albo-maculate; shield ash-coloured. 
Italy—The var. ca/derinii is found at Varallo, in Val Sesia, Piedmont (Lessona, 
op. cit.). The sub-var. nigrozonata at Busalla, Piedmont, and at Genoa, Liguria; 
and the sub-var. sordel/ii at Pavia in Lombardy (Lessona & Pollonera, op. cit.). 
Austro-Hungary—The var. transilvanica is found at Hermannstadt, Neustadt, 
and many other localities in Transylvania (Clessin, Moll. 1887, p. 39). 
Var. punctata Lessona, Moll. Piemonte, 1880, p. 21, pl. i., f. 10. 
Limax dacanipi var. elegans Bettoni, Bull. Mal. Ital., 1870, p. 165, pl. iv., ff. 3, 3a. 
Limax dacampi a punctata Lessona, op. cit. 
Limax dacanipi [3 sulphurea Lessona, op. cit., f. 7. 
Limax dacanipi menegazsii 3 punctatus Less. & Poll., Mon. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 32. 
Limax dacampi renieri 1 sulphureus Less, & Poll., op. cit., p. 33. 
Limax corsicus var. gestri Lessona, op. cit., p. 17, pl. 1, f. 4 
Limax corsicus gestri Pp pulcher Lessona & Pollonera, op. cit., p. 41. 
Limax perosinii monregalensis Y venustissimus Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 43, pl. 1, f. 3. 
KEEL and median-line yellow, with two darker zones at each side of the body. 
Formula 021 120. The var. venustissima retains when adult the variegated shield 
of juvenile life. 
The var. punetata sensu stricto, has a pale yellow keel and the median-line con- 
tinned as a series of yellowish markings to the shield; sides of the body fuscous 
overspread by grey, but leaving the fuscous body tint visible in places; a few 
rounded black or dark-grey spots represent the inner and main bands; caudal end 
of sides of body and foot-fringe dark-grey ; shield uniformly dark-coloured. 
Lessona’s figure can scarcely be considered as accurately representing this variety. 
The sub-var. sulphurea has the median-line sulphur-yellow and extending only 
half the length of the body; shield brown, with few black spots on its anterior margin. 
The sub-var. pulehra has the yellow keel continued as a broad yellow zone quite 
up to the shield ; the yellowish tint of the sides of the body is overspread by grey, 
leaving a series of yellowish spots beneath the main-band ; the dark inner and main 
bands are distinguishable by the darker summits of the sinuate tubercles. 
Mr. Roebuck has seen a British form of the sub-var. padchra with ochreous median- 
line, dark-brown shield and bedy, and continuous main and inner bands. 
The sub-var. elegans has the yellow keel line interrupted with black, and is 
possibly a form of this variety, but it has not been precisely described. 
The sub-var. venustissima has the sides of the body an ashy-white, the margins 
blackish-grey, the lateral bands much broken-up into very irregular spots ; side- 
areas of sole blackish-grey ; shield pale sulphur-yellow marbled with black. 
Sutherland E.—Snb-var. pulehira, Brora, Sept. 1884! W. Baillie. 
Cork S.—Var. punctata, Lord Bantry’s demesne, Glengariff, May 1891! R. I 
Scharff. 
Italy—The vars. punctata and sulphurea have been found at Varallo in Val Sesia, 
Piedmont ; the sub-var. pulchra at Busalla, Piedmont, and at Genoa in Liguria ; 
the sub-var. elegans at Biumo near Varese in Lombardy ; and the sub-var. venustis- 
sima at Mondovi, Piedmont (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 
