176 ARION ATER. 
SCOTLAND, 
Roxburgh—Langlee near Galashiels, Sept. 1904! J. Roseburgh. 
Berwick— Fans near Earlston, Aug. 1883! R. Renton, 
Stirling—Near summit of Ben Lomond (Miss Donald, Cumberland List, 1882). 
Perth S.—Callender, April 1888! A. Somerville ; and summit of Ben Voirlich, 
alt. 3,224 feet, Sept. 1902! W. Evans. 
Banff—A berlour, Nov. 1892! L. Hinxman. 
Easterness—At an alt. of 2,800 feet on Ben Nevis (C. L. Wragge, Good Words, 
1882, p. 382). 
Ebudes S.—Machrie, Islay, Aug. 1904! Miss Ethel Evans. 
J TRELAND. 
Down—Summit of Slieve-Donard, alt. 2,796 feet, Oct. 1897, R. Ll. Praeger and 
R. Welch ; also found above the Deer’s Meadow on Slieve Muck, on Slieve Bingian, 
and Slieve Bernagh, R. Welch. 
Louth—Carlineford, Dec. 1904! P. H. Grierson. 
Meath—Drumcondra, July 1904 ! P. H. Grierson. 
Wexford—Kilmanock, Sept. 1888! G. A. Barrett-Hamilton. 
Kilkenny—Gardens, Kilkenny Castle, Sept. 1904! J. Carlton. 
Leitrim—Mohill, July 1904! P. H. Grierson. 
Sligo—Common on mountain summit above West Glenear, and at Gleniff Cave, 
above 1,000 feet alt., July 1904, R. Welch. 
Mayo W.—Dugort, July 1904! P. H. Grierson. 
Galway W.—Leenane Mountain, 1897, R. Welch. 
Limerick—Castleconnell, Sept. 1904! R. A. Phillips. 
Cork N.—Macroom, July 1904! P. H. Grierson. 
Kerry—Common on roadsides at an alt. of 600 to 1,000 feet, near Moll’s Gap, 
Kenmare, May 1898, R. Welch. 
CONTINENTAL DISTRIBUTION. 
Spain—Avrion hispanicus is recorded for Mid Spain by Simroth. 
Portugal-—Avion hispanicus is recorded from Sierra Estrella by Simroth. 
Var. castanea Dum. & Mort., Cat. Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 6. 
Arion ater var. brunnea Roebuck, Proc. Roy. Irish. Acad., 1886, p. 673. 
Arion ater var. seminiger T. D. A. Cockerell, Science Gossip, 1889, p. 141. 
Arion ater sub-var. olivacea Taylor. 
ANIMAL almost uniformly brown, usually with a paler and brighter foot-fringe ; 
the pale varieties are the brunneo-pallescens of Roebuck and the fusca-lutescens of 
Cockerell. 
The sub-var. semi-nigra of Cockerell is intermediate between the type and var. 
brinnea, possessing a black body and very dark-brown shield. 
The sub-var. olivacea has the brown of the body tinged with a greenish hue. 
The var. o/ivacea of Lelmann, 1856, is considered by Simroth to be probably a 
young form of Arion ater but is more likely to be a variety of A. subfuscus. 
In Lreland, according to Dr. Scharff, the olivaceous varieties are entirely restricted 
to the west coast. 
ENGLAND AND WALES. 
Devon N.—Northam, Noy. 1885! W. A. Gain. Belstone near Okehampton, 
Sept. 1904! Rev. W. W. Mason. Ilfracombe, Mch. 1887 (Tomlin, J. of C., Apl. 1887). 
Somerset S.—Bbridgwater, in allotment gardens, Aug. 1884! W. Vinson. 
Somerset N.—Bath, June 1884! C. J. Waterfall. 
Wilts N.—Clytfe Pybard near Swindon, Aug. 1904! Rev. C. H. Goddard. 
Dorset—Chideock, Bridport, Aug. 1885 ! A. Belt. 
Hants. S.—Portsdown Hill, May 1885! W. Jeffery. Hengistbury Head, March 
1884 ! Charles Ashford. 
Sussex W.—Ratham, not uncommon, Oct. 1885! W Jeffery. 
Kent E.—Shepherdswell, Aug. 1896, L. E. Adams. 
Kent W.—St. Mary Cray, July 1883 (T. D. A. Cockerell, Nat. Hist. Notes, 
Noy. 1883, p. 124). Sub-var. seninigra, Chislehurst (T. D. A. Cockerell, Sci. Gossip, 
1889, p. 141). Sub-var. brunneo-pallescens, Maidstone, Aug. 1888 ! F. G. Fenn. 
Surrey—Oxshott, May 1888 ! H. Wallis Kew. Sub-var. brunneo-pallescens, 
Warlingham, Sept. 1885 ! F. G. Fenn. 
Essex S.—Woodford, Sept. 1886! C. Oldham. 
Essex N.—Stour Valley, Langham, Sept. 1886! G. T. Rope. Ona bank by the 
railway station, Colchester, Aug. 1890, L. E. Adams. 
Herts.— Watford, June, 1884! J. Hopkinson. Totteridge, May 1888! H.W. Kew. 
Middlesex— Acton, Aug. 1884! and Bedford Park, Chiswick, Dee. 1884! T. D. A. 
Cockerell. Bush Hill Park, April 1887! Charles Ashford. Highgate, June 1888! 
H. W. Kew. Near Hendon, May 1889 (J. W. Williams, Zool., 1889, p. 272). 
