2l6 COCKERELL AND COLLINGE : CHECK-LIST OF SLUGS. 



478. The (late of publication of Semper's work (Reisen in Arch. 

 Phil., vii., Heft.), containing so many new names in 

 Veronicella, is a matter of importance. It is dated 1885, 

 but the British Museum copy is marked as received 

 Jan. 15th, 1886. Probably, therefore, it was published 

 early in January 1886. 



483. V. flava. Also I. of Nias, off Sumatra. 



514. V. trilineata. Perhaps a form of maillardi. 



525. V. koellikeri. Probably a form of petersi. 



526. V. brevis. In the British Museum is a coffee-brown species 



from Zanzibar (Dr. Kirk) which may not be specifically 

 distinct from brevis. 



527. V. natalensis. (iibbons (Q. J. C., 1879, p. 140) records 



a supposed variety of this from Mozambique, but surely it 

 was a different species. It is said to be keeled. 

 529. V. saxicola. I have had this species in MS. for several years. 

 It is 57 mm. long, 14 mm. broad, sole 6 mm. broad. 

 ? orifice 2 mm. from sole and 32 from head. Sole not 

 projecting posteriorly ; mantle granulose, no raised warts, 

 no sort of keel. Dark red-brown, unicolorous below, 

 mottled-streaked with black or blackish above; a pale 

 middle line slightly indicated posteriorly. ^"hen young 

 paler, with a more obvious pale middle-line. Hab. ; Port 

 Elizabeth, under stones (A. E. Craven) ; in British Museum. 

 Nearest, perhaps, to V. petersi. It is to be hoped that 

 specimens which can be dissected will fall into the hands 

 of some malocologist. 



The following statistics of the position of the female 

 orifice in African (and African-insular) species may be of 

 service : but it must be remembered that the character is 

 liable to some variation : — 



V. myrmecophila ... ? orifice -42 of total length from head. 



