44 LIMACIDA. 
3. A. HORTENSIS (inhabiting gardens). 
This slug is much smaller than either of the two last 
species, measuring one and a half inches in length. It 
is usually slate grey, striped with black longitudinally. 
It is “sluggish” to the last degree, being generally 
found in a state of repose under stones. The shell 
consists of a few granules. 
Genus II.—GEOMALCUS. 
G. MACULOSUS (spotted). 
This is a very beautiful animal, only found in the 
south-west of Ireland. It is described as resembling 
an Arion in form, two inches in length, glossy black 
or brown with yellow spots, head grey, foot brownish 
yellow with transverse stripes, shell oval and solid 
with concentric lines of growth. 
Mr. Rogers, of Manchester, informs me that he once 
kept one of these slugs alive for more than two years, 
in both of which it produced fertile eggs ; the young 
ones, however, died when they had attained about half 
their full size. 
