LIMAX. 8 1 



series of circular lines, rounded behind ; shell 

 small, oval, rather concave, thin, wrinkled, 

 brittle with a nipple, (t. 3. f. 6.) 



Limax (Eulimax) agrestis. Moq. Tandon, Moll. Fran. H. 22. 

 t 2. f. 18. 22. t. 3. f. 1, 2. Limax reticulatus. Muller, 

 Verm. 207. Limax cinereus alter. Lister, Anim. Ang. 130. 

 t. 2. f. 16. Limax cinereus immaculatus. Linn.F. Suec. 

 366. Limax reticulatus. Muller, Verm. H. 10. Limax 

 sylvaticus. Drap. Hist. 126. t. 9. f. 11. (not 10.) Limax 

 agrestis. Linn. S. N.I. 1082.; Muller, Verm. 204.; Nun- 

 neley, 1. c. t. 1. f. 4.; Ferussac, Moll. 73.; Leach, Syn. 

 Moll. 54. ; Forbes and Hanley, B. M. iv. 13. t. D D D. f. 2. ; 

 Clark, Ann. and Mag. N. H. xii. 338. t. 12. f. 13. t. 10. f. 

 Limax filans. Hoy, Linn. Trans. ; List. Ang. t. 3. f. 16. 

 (Shell.) Limacella obliqua. Brard, 118. t. 4. f. 5, 6. 13, 

 14. 17. Limacellus obliquus. Turt. Man.ZQ.t. 3. f. 6., 

 as variegatus. 



Inhab. fields. (Lister.) 



Varies greatly in size and colour, from white to 

 pale reddish, and from grey to blackish, but is easily 

 distinguished by its short keel, which is always 

 placed obliquely. When irritated, it pours out a 

 milky white mucus, which leaves a white streak when 

 it is dry. 



Mr. Forbes figures a monstrosity with the two 

 upper eye-bearing tentacles united into a single 

 conical prominence. (Brit. Moll. t. 1. 1. 1. f. 4.) 



M. Recluz has observed that Limax rvfus and 

 L. agrestis often attack not only Boletus edulis, but 

 also Agaricus muscarius, a very poisonous mush- 

 room, and the Agaricus phalloides, a species still 

 more formidable from the rapidity of its deadly 

 effects, without any evil effect ; at the same time 

 they seem to avoid Boletus luridus, which has the 

 faculty of becoming blue when the fragments are 



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