386 Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell's Notes on Slugs. 



Limacella hilineata (Bens.). 



Incilaria bUmeata, "NV. II. Benson, Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. 1842, ix. 

 p. 486. 



Length 26 millim., sole 4 millim. broad. Respiratory 

 orifice 4 millim. from anterior border of mantle. Colour 

 reddish brown. Back with obscure grey marbling, sides with 

 a broadish black band. Sole finely transversely striate- 

 grooved. Mantle rugose. Jaw dark, strongly curved, with 

 about sixteen ribs. 



L. hilineata differs from L. confiisa in its non-tuberculose 

 sole, the lines on the top of the neck diverging between the 

 eye-peduncles, the ground-colour, partly in the markings, and 

 in the jaw. 



But for its ribbed jaw it might be thought specifically 

 identical with confusa. 



Described from a specimen in the British Museum marked 

 " Chusun [apparently so written, but presumably meant for 

 Clmsan], on garden-fences ; ash, with dark lines lengthwise." 



Benson's type was a similar specimen from Chusan. 



Limacella monticola (Godw.-Aust.). 



Philomyms monticolus, Godw.-Aust. Journ. As. Soc. Beng. xlv. p. 31.5 

 (1870). 



From Godwin-Austen's short description this would appear 

 to be a quite distinct species. 



Limacella chinensisj sp. nov. 



Length 17 millim., respiratory orifice 2^ millim. from 

 anterior border of mantle ; sole 2 millim. broad. Colour pale 

 grey, sole ochreous anteriorly. Three pale brown bands on 

 mantle — one dorsal, faint; lateral ones rather stronger ; all 

 narrow. Some slight marbling round respiratory orifice. 

 Sole with lateral, transverse, grooved striae. 



A small cylindrical species, tapering posteriorly. Smoother 

 and more delicate than L. cotij'usa. 



Described from a specimen in the British Museum, collected 

 ]300 miles up the Yang-tse Kiver, China (Consul Swinhoe'3 

 collection). 



A])parently a distinct little species, but more material is 

 very desirable. Judging from the published accoimt oi' picta, 

 it resembles that species. 



