78 HELicnxaE. 



Limax maximus. Linn. S. N. t. 3. f. 6. 10. 108. ; Penn, B. Z. 

 iv. 41. Limax maculatus. Leach, MSS. Brit. Mus., in 

 Syn. Moll.^52. ; 'Nunneley, Trans. Phil Soc. Leeds, i. 46. t, 1. 

 f. 2., and Anat. Limax maximus cinereus. Lister, Ex. 

 Anat. t. 3. f. 6. 10. Limax cinereus. Miiller, H. V. 5.; 

 Drap. 124. t, 7. f. 10.; Stiirm, Fauna, t. 5.', Forbes and 

 Hanley, B.M. iv. 15. t. D.D.D. f. 1.; Gray, Cat. B. M. 

 163. Limax ater. Razoum. Limax fasciatus. Razoum. 

 Limax cinereo-niger. Nikon, 7. ; Wolf in Sturm, Fauna, t. 

 6. Limax antiquorum. Ferus. Hist. 68. t. 4. t. 8. a. f. 1. 

 t. 4. f. 4. (Shell.) Leach, Syn. Moll. 51. Limax (euli- 

 max) maximus. Moq. Tand. Moll. Franc, ii. 28. t. 4. f. 

 1 8. Cochlea nuda, s. domestica. Swam. B. Nat. i. 158. 

 t. 8. ; Lister, Ang. t. 1. f. 151. Limacella Parma. Brard, 

 110. t. 4. f. 1,2. 9, 10. (Shell.) Limacellus Parma. Turton, 

 Man. ed. 1. t. 3. f. 14. (Shell.) ; Lister, Ang. t. 1. f. 15. 



Inhab. cellars. 



The skin has small rugosities placed in lines con- 

 verging towards the tail. The foot is divided into 

 three nearly equal bands. 



Fig. 29. 



Limax maximus. 



The animal is very variable in its colour. 1. Red- 

 dish brown, with four longitudinal, black, interrupted 

 stripes, and the shield black-spotted. 2. Brown, 

 black-spotted, back with three yellow, and two black 

 lines. 3. Brown, with rather darker streaks. 4. 

 Brown, black-spotted. 5. Ash, with a black shield ; 

 and 6. Black, with a white keel : the latter is L. 

 cinereoniger of Nilson. 



Shell about six lines long and four broad, thin, 

 semitransparent, yellowish-white, concave on the 



