LIMAX TENELLUS. i) 
Var. cineta Heynemann, Mal. BI, 1862, p. 101. 
Limax sylvaticus var. clypeo-fasciata Dum. & Mort., op. cit. 
Limax sylvaticus var. clypeo-concolor Dum. & Mort., op. cit. 
ANIMAL with distinet dark lateral bands on the shield, which occasionally ex- 
tend upon the body. 
This variety, which appears to be the most recently evolved form of this species, 
and to which the varieties elypeo-fusciata and clypeo-concolor of Limax sylvaticus 
Dumont & Mortillet, from Savoy, may probably also be referred as sub-varieties ; 
the former has the longitudinally banded shield, while in the latter the banding is 
confined to the body. 
It has also been reported from Eberbach, Baden; from various localities in Bran- 
denburg; from Vegesack and the Harz Mountains in Hanover; from Stettin in 
Pomerania, and from the neighbourhood of Leipzig. 
Geographical Distribution.—The range of this little-known species 
cannot be stated with any approach to real accuracy or precision. 
An ancient form, as this is shown to be, and which its known habitat m 
the mountains or within the recesses of pine forests still further emphasizes, 
lead us to expect a much more extended distribution than has hitherto 
been recorded. 
It has, however, been reported from Great Britain, France, Belgium, Ger- 
many, Austro-Hungary, Switzerland, Italy, Norway, Sweden, Denmark, 
Finland, Russia, and Palestine, and is said by Held to be especially plentiful 
in the Alps. 
Geographical Distribution 
of 
Limax tenellus Mill. 
Bee Recorded Distribution 
| Probable Range. 
Fic. 92. 
ENGLAND AND WALES. | HUMBER. 
York S.W.—Hemsworth and Sharlston, not common (Wileock, Rep. Wakefield 
Nat. Soc., 1888, p. 28). 
= TYNE. 
Durham—One specimen of the almost unicolorous yellow variety was found by 
Mr. Blacklock in a wood at Allansford, near Shotley Bridge, and sent to Mr. Alder 
(Forbes & Hanley, Brit. Moll., 1853, p. 21). : 
SCOTLAND. WEST LOWLANDS. 
Ayr—Plentiful in hedge bottoms, near Irvine, June 1878 (J. Conachar, junr., 
Nat., July 1878, p. 177). 
GEYED ELSIE S. 
Bute—Near Rothesay, June 1878 (J. Conachar, op. cit.). 
NORTHERN ISLES. 
Shetlands—North Mavine, on stones in the watercourse of a mountain mill 
(Jeffreys, Brit. Conch., 1862, p. 156). 
