64 LIMAX CINEREO-NIGER. 
Var. nigricans Lessona, Moll. Piemonte, 1880, p. 22. 
Limax dacampi renieri § nigricans Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 33. 
Limax dacampi Y nigricans Lessona, op. cit. 
Limax corsicus bonellii T flavoniger Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 41. 
Limax corsicus bonellii @ olivaceus Less. & Poll., op. cit. 
KEEL and median-line yellow, and extending to the shield ; sides of body with 
two darker bands on each side. Formula (32)1 1(23). 
The var. nigrieans sensu stricto, has the sides of body black, keel yellow, and 
the mid-line to the shield broken up into yellow spots and showing a single series of 
sub-dorsal yellow spots on each side. 
The sub-var. flavo-nigra has the yellow dorsal-zone extending up to the shield. 
The sub-var. olivacea has olive-brown sides, with the keel, median-line, and a 
sub-dorsal series of spots lemon-yellow. 
Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles. 
Italy—The var. nigricans is found at Varallo in Val Sesia, Piedmont. The sub- 
var. nigrozonata has been recorded from Busalla, Val Serivia, Piedmont, and at 
Genoa in Liguria. The sub-vars. olivacea and flavonigra are from Busalla and the 
Hills of Turin, and also from Liguria (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 
Var. atrata Bett., Bull. Malac. Ital., 1870, p. 165, pl. in., ff. 4-44. 
Limax dacampi var. atrata Bettoni, op. cit. 
Limax dacampi renieri Y atratus Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 32. 
Limax corsicus bonellit ¢ aterrimus Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 41. 
Limax corsicus bonellii v citrinus Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 41. 
KEEL and mid-dorsal-line yellow ; body and SHIELD more or less unicolorous. 
Formula (321) (123). 
The var. atrata sensu stricto, has the keel and dorsal-zone sulphur-yellow, sides 
of the body greyish-fuscous, with blackish rugosities, and blackish shield. 
The sub-var. aterrima has the keel yellow, and body and shield very black. 
The sub-var. eitrina has the keel lemon-yellow, and only extending half the 
length of the body, which is of an olive-brown. 
Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles. 
Italy—The var. atrata is recorded by Bettoni from road between Perledo and 
Regoledo in Lombardy ; the sub-var. citrina from the Hills of Turin, Piedmont, and 
Liguria; the sub-var. aferrima from the Hills of Turin, Piedmont, and Liguria, and 
by Marchese Paulucci from Luecea in Tuscany (Less. & Poll., le.). 
Var. efasciata Dumont & Mortillet, Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 13. 
Limax lineatus var. efasciatus Dum. & Mort., op. cit. 
Limax cinereus var. pavesii Pini, Moll. Esino, 1876, p. 23, pl. x, ff. 9, 10. 
Limax maximus var. calosoma Eis. & Stuxb. (Westerlund, Faun. Europ., 1876, p. 8). 
Limax cinereo-niger var. minimus Pollonera, Boll. Mus. Comp. Anat., 1898, p. 2. 
ANIMAL with the fundamental body colour overspread with brownish or brown. 
Formula (321 128). 
The var. efasciata sensu stricto, is described as entirely brown without bands. 
The sub-var. pavesii, fuscous-chestnut, sole rosy-white with bluish-grey margins. 
The sub-var. minima is ashy-fuscous, with the side-areas of the sole cinereous. 
The sub-var. ealosoma is of an obscure olivaceous tint; shield black. 
Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles. 
France—Var. efasciata, Haute Savoie (Dumont & Mortillet, op. cit.). 
Italy —Sub-var. pavesii in Lombardy, between Tartavalle and Bellano, Aug. 1873 
(Pini, op. cit.) ; in Piedmont at an altitude of 1,872 metres (about 6,135 feet), at 
Devoro, in Val d’Antigorio, and in Tuscany at Novoli, near Florence, Marchese 
Paulneci (Lessona & Pollonera, Monog. Limae. Ital., 1882, p. 29). The var. efasciata 
has been found at Alagna, Val Sesia (Lessona, Moll. Piemonte, p. 21). 
Corsica—Sub-var. minima, Vizzavona, Signor Caziot (Pollonera, op. cit.). 
FUNDAMENTAL BODY-COLOUR RED. 
Var. rufescens Mogq.-l'and., Hist. Moll. France, 1855, 11., p. 29, pl. iv., f. 7. 
Limax maximus 7 rufescens Moq.-Tand., op. cit. 
Limax erythrus Bourg., Mal. Grande Chartreuse, 1864, p. 31, pl. 2, ff. 1-8. 
Limax dacampi T monocromus Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 34. 
Limax corsicus dorie X sanguineus Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 39. 
ANIMAL red or reddish, 
The var. rufeseens sensu stricto, is entirely of a reddish colour. 
The sub-var. sanguinea is pale reddish with the keel and neighbouring rugz red. 
