S4 LIMAX FLAVUS. 
Var. breckworthiana Lehmann, Mal. Bl., 1864, p. 144, pl. 4 
Limacus breckworthianus Lehmann, op. cit. 
Limax ecarinatus Boettger, Jahrb. Deutsch. Mal. Ges., 1881, p. 186, f. 7a-c. 
Limax flavus var. suffusa Roebuck, J. of Conch., July 1885, p. 352. 
Limax flavus var. grisea Roebuck, J. of Conch., July 1884, p. 222. 
The whole Bopy and SHIELD uniformly suffused by a dark colouring. 
The varieties breckworthiana, ecarinata, and suffusa are all said to be character- 
ized by the diffusion of the secondary pigmentation over almost the whole surface 
of the body, which therefore presents an almost uniform colouring. 
The sub-var. grisea differs in the mottled markings being still visible on the body 
and shield, although the yellow ground tint has been replaced by grey and the body 
slime is colourless. 
Somerset N.—Sub-var. grisea, Bath, June 1884! C. J. Waterfall. 
Middlesex—Sub-var. suffusa, Ealing, May 1885! 8.C. Cockerell. Sub-var. grisea, 
Acton, Jan. 1885! T. D. A. Cockerell. Hampstead, June 1888! H. Wallis Kew. 
Stafford— Sub-var. grisea, Mr. Nash’s garden, Stafford, Dec. 1886! L. E. Adams. 
Renfrew—Sub-var. grisea, near Greenock, Sept. 1886 ! Andrew Scott. 
Russia—The sub-var. ecarinata, Kutais, Transcaucasia ; similar specimens from 
Sebastopol in Crimea (Simroth, } Nacktsch., 1891, p. 308). 
Australia—Var. breckworthiana, Brecker, Victoria (Lehmann, l.c.). 
Geographical Distribution.—The natural range of Limax Jlavus is 
very compact, and includes the whole of temperate Europe. It has been 
reported from the British Isles, Germany, France, Corsica, Belgium, Hol- 
land, Spain, Portugal, Balearic Isles, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, Den- 
mark, Russia, Asia Minor, Algeria, C yprus, and other Mediterranean Isles. 
It has also been noted as occurring in Madeira, Azores, St. Helena, 
Seychelles, Eastern North America, South America, Australia, New Zea- 
land, Japan, and South Africa. 
Geographical Distribution 
of 
Limax flavus L 
Pees Recorded Distribution. 
KG Probable Range. 
Fic. 104. 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Chann rnsey & Sark, but not commonly (Cooke & Gwatkin, 
().J.C., 1878, i., p. 322). Jersey, Lukis (Ansted’s Channel Isles, 1862). 
PENINSULA. 
Cornwall W.—Phillack, near Hayle, Oct. 1884! MissS. Hockin. Var. flavescens, 
Scilly Isles, Ang. 1890! Rev. E. Dale Roberts. 
Devon S.—A specimen in the British Museum, from Dr. Leach, labelled ‘‘Ply- 
mouth” (T. D. A. Coeckerell, 1891). About Exeter, but not so abundant as L. 
maximus (Parfitt, Nat., 1854, p.150). Var. grisea, Topsham, Aug. 1892, L. E. Adams. 
Devon N.—Enumerated in Besley’s Handbook for North Devon, 1867, p. 124. 
