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The sub-var. eolorata has a whitish mid-dorsal line, inner band black or deep 
brown; main band dark brown, beset with little pale spots, very irregular and 
sinuate in general character, recalling the bands of L. maximus var. serpentina. 
The sub-var. nemorosa has the ground colour reddish-grey, tinged with brown, 
mid dorsal line pale fawn, bordered by the deep brown inner band, main band slightly 
paler, a few whitish marks on the sides. 
The L. altilis is, according to Dr. Baudon, identical with the var. nemorosa. 
The sub-var. saxorum has a rufous ground, with well marked and regular black 
inner band, and broad black main band; shield with the black lateral bands 
broken up anteriorly into minute spots. 
Dorset—Sub-var. nemorosa, Chideock, Aug. 1885! A. Belt. 
Hants S.—Sub-var. nemorosa, Holmsley, Sept. 1885 ! Vinney Ridge, June 1887 ! 
and Wootton enclosure, C. Ashford. Hambledon, L. E. Adams (Adams & Wood- 
ward, Sci. Goss., March 1901, p. 301). 
Oxford—Sub-var. nemorosa, specimens labelled ‘‘ Oxford,” from Dr. Norman, in 
British Museum (T. D. A. Cockerell). 
Norfolk W.—Sub-var. nemorosa, Lynn, Sept. 1886! C. B. Plowright. 
Merioneth—Sub-var. nemorosa, Bont-ddu, Dolgelly, Sept. 1886! F. G. Fenn. 
Lake Lancashire—Sub-var. nemorosa, Coniston, Aug. 1886! W.D.R. 
Stirling—Sub-var. nemorosa, Balmore, Sept. 1888 ! A. Shaw. 
Main Argyle—Sub-var. nemorosa, Dunoon, Aug. 1886! W.D.R. 
Clyde Isles—Sub-var. nemorosa, Barone, Bute, Aug. 1886 ! W.D.R. 
Ross W.—Sub-var. nemorosa, Ullapool, Aug. 1886! A. Somerville. 
Antrim—Sub-var. nemorosa, Cushendun, May 1886 !8. A. Brenan. 
Sligo—Sub-var. nemorosa, Collooney, Sept. 1885! W. F. de Vismes Kane. 
Mayo W.—Sub-var. nemorosa, Enniscoe demesne, Crossmolina, Sept. 1885! J. G. 
Milne. Newport and Slievemore, Sept. 1888 (id., J. of Conch., Oct. 1891, p. 415). 
Cork N.—Sub-var. nemorosa, Mallow, Nov. 1885! W. F. de Vismes Kane. 
Kerry—Sub-var. nemorosa, Killarney, June 1885, W. F. de Visines Kane. 
France—Sub-var. nemorosa has been recorded from Bramepan in the Basses 
Pyrénées ; from the forest of Hez in the Oise; from the woods at Saint Saulge in 
the Nievre ; and as Limaw altilis from Val de Cauterets in the Hautes Pyrénées. 
Belgium—Var. rosea, Rouge-Cloitre, Brabant ; var. rosea and sub-var. colorata, 
toumont, Luxemburg (Van den Broeck, op. cit. ). 
Italy—Sub-var. nemorosa, Piedmont and Lombardy (Less, & Poll., op. cit. ). 
Var. bettonii Sordelli, Atti Soc. Ital. di Sci. Nat., 1871, p. 251. 
Limax bettonit Sordelli, op. cit. 
Limax arborum var. decipiens Cockerell, Sci. Gossip, 1886, p. 187. 
Lehmannia marginata var. obscurus Esmark, J. of Conch., Oct. 1886, p. 102. 
Limax arborum var. carpaticus Hazay, Jahrb. Deutsch. Mal. Ges., Feb. 1885, p. 23. 
ANIMAL with inner and main bands fused together, but broken up by irregular 
pale spottings, simulating to some extent the markings of L. flavus; dorsal-line 
pale; SHIELD with lateral bands and a median dusky zone. Formula 0(21) (12)0. 
The vars. bettonii s.st. and decipiens are characterized by the fusion of the inner 
and main bands, broken up, however, by irregular pale spots; dorsal zone whitish ; 
shield with lateral bands and median zone brownish. 
The var. obscura is described as hard and solid, with keel yellowish and dark 
greyish or yellowish-brown back ; sides paler, and speckled with paler spots; the 
shield blackish brown, often with a handsome yellow margin. 
The var. earpatica is obsewely maculate or marbled; keel line pale. 
The var. albomaeculata of Kreglinger may also belong here. 
Cornwall W.—Var. bettonii, Phillack, Hayle, Oct. 1884! Miss Susan Hockin. 
Cornwall E.—Var. bettonii, St. Columb, May 1885! W. Vinson. 
Hants S,—Var. bettonii, Holmsley station, Sept. 1885! C. Ashford. Under felled 
timber, Wootton, in the New Forest, C. Ashford; Hambledon, L. E. Adams (Adams 
& Woodward, Sci. Goss., March 1901, p. 301). 
Anglesea—Var. bettonii, Llanfaes, in woods near village, Sept. 1886! J. G. Milne. 
Norfolk E.—Var. bettonii, from Norwich, in Brit. Mus., T. D. A. Cockerell. 
York N.E.—Var. bettonii, Saltburn wood, Sept. 1886! W.D.R. 
Antrim—Var. bettonii, Cushendun, April 1886! 8. A. Brenan. 
Dublin—Var. bettonii, Kingstown, June 1886! W. F. de Vismes Kane. 
Wexford—Var. bettonvi, Alderton, near Kilmanock, Miss Glascott, Sept. 1888! 
G. A. Barrett-Hamilton. 
Mayo W.—Enniscoe demesne, Crossmolina, Sept. 1885! J. G. Milne. 
Waterford—Var. bettonii, old Dungarvan road, Clonmel, Aug. 1886! and Glen- 
abbey, Sept. 1886! A. H. Delap. 
