ARIONIDiE. 107 



and he and Deshayes think it may prove to be a va- 

 riety of A. ater ; Nilson thinks it is a variety of A. 

 hortensis. 



* # Shell distinct, oval, concave, 



10. 2. Arion hortensis. Garden Arion. (t. 1. f. 16.) 



Black ; with grey longitudinal streaks ; edge of 



the foot orange ; shell oval, concave. 

 Arion hortensis. Ferus. Hist. Moll. 6. 5. t. 11. f. 4 — 



6. viii. a. f. 2, 3,4., Tail. Syst. 18.; Gray, 



Med. Rep. 1821. 

 Limacella concava. Brard, Hist, 121. (Shell.) 

 Limacellus variegatus. Turton, Man. ed. 1. 25. 



t. 3. f. 16. (Shell.) 

 Limax subfuscus. Pfeiffer, Syst. Ind. 4. 20. (?) 

 hortensis. Blainv. — Gratel. Moll. Dax. 55. 



f. 4. ; Michelen, 6. 

 Var. 2. Grey, with a black streak on each side. 

 Limax fasciatus. Nilson, Faun. Suec. 3. 

 Arion circumscriptus. Johnst. Edinb, Phil, Jonrn. 



1828. v. 77. 

 Arion hortensis, var. (3. Alder, May. Zool. and BoU 



iii. 105. 



Inhab. woods, hedges, and gardens. 



The variety is greyish, spotted with black, and 

 with a black fascia round the shield and body ; the 

 respiratory hole is anterior. The young is yellow or 

 white, with black head and tentacles. 



This animal was first noticed as English by Dr. 

 Leach, who determined the species, and placed se- 

 veral named specimens, from Cobham and other 

 parts near London, in the British Museum collection 

 in 1817. 



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