Mr. T. D. A. Cockerell's ^^otes on Slugs. 337 



Cape I cannot say. It does not agree with A. gagates, so far 

 as one can judge from the description. 



Amalia gagates, forma tgpus, Less. & Poll. 



Port Elizabeth (J. H. Ponsonhy), three specimens ; and 

 Cape of Good Hope, Nov. 1873, one specimen ; all in the 

 British Museum. 



These are quite like European examples. 



d. South America. 

 Heyneraann has recorded A. gagates from Brazil. 



e. North America. 

 In North America Amalia is confined to the Pacific region. 



Amalia gagates, var. Hewstoni (J. G. Cooper) . 



Limax Hewstoni, J. G. Cooper, Proc. Ac. Nat. Sci. Philad. 1872, 

 p. 147. 



I received a living example of L. Hewstoni^ collected at 

 Haywards, California, from Dr. J. G. Cooper, and was able 

 to make a drawing of it, which was published by Mr. W. G. 

 Binney in his Third Suppl. to Terr. Moll. U. S. (1890), 

 pi. viii. fig. 1. The tigs. D on the same plate had been made 

 from an alcoholic example previously, and are not so good. 

 The living specimen from Haywards was about 50 millim. 

 long ; sole dull greyish ochreous, about 5 millim. broad. 

 Body blackish above, lighter at sides. Mantle 13^ millim. 

 long. Eye-peduncles blackish, lower tentacles pale. Respi- 

 ratory orifice scarcely posterior to the middle of the mantle. 

 Keel inconspicuous in the living slug, but strong when con- 

 tracted in alcohol. 



When immersed in alcohol the median area of the sole 

 appeared grey, conspicuously darker than the lateral areas. 

 1 dissected the specimen and found the genitalia to agree with 

 A. gagates in all essential points. The penis-sac is thick at 

 its extremity. The sj^ermatheca is globular and rather large, 

 'i'he albumen-gland is large and yellowish. 



1 have also received var. Hewstoni from Coeur d'Alene, 

 Idaho (//. F. Wichham) , and Mr. W. G. Binney has sent me 

 two examples from Oakland, California, where tlicy were 

 collected by Mr. Ilempliill in 1890. Mrs. M. E. Cusack sent 

 me a drawing of var. Jlewstoni, made from a specimen found 

 by Miss Mora Cusack at Santa Barbara, California. 



