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Gundlachia in Tasmania. — It may interest many of 

 your readers to know that a second species of this very interest- 

 ing and curious genus has been discovered in an obscure 

 stream in the southern part of the island. It is larger than G. 

 Petterdi, and differs also in form and colour. Can any of your 

 readers supply information respecting the West Indian and 

 Central American forms ? I am sure any information would 

 be generally interesting. I do not think there are more than 

 five or six known species of the genus. Can you give a list of 

 the species with habitats? — W. F. Petterd, Nov., 1883. 



Limax maximus var. maculata Picard in Britain. — 



We should now add this variety to the British list, a speci- 

 men sent me from Christchurch, South Hants., by Mr. C. 

 Ashford; to whose kindness I have so often been indebted for 

 specimens of slugs, agreeing fairly well with Moquin-Tandon's 

 description, which I translate thus: — "Animal ash-coloured, 

 shield and back with irregular black spots." The specimen 

 referred to has the shield well spotted, but there are not very 

 many on the back, and none at all on the sides. This variety 

 may be expected to occur in other British localities, while in 

 France it has been noted in the department of the Somme by 

 Picard (teste Moquin Tandon), and Lessona and Pollonera in 

 their recently pubhshed Monographia dei Limacidi Italiani, 

 make its range include the whole of Italy and the Island of 

 Sardinia. Mr. Ashford gives the following interesting notes on 

 the specimen which he sent me : — " The two L. maximus differ 

 in shade and markings. These two were taken in the act of 

 copulation, hanging from a brick wall in the garden, about four 

 feet from the ground. A large triangular film of slime formed 

 the base of attachment, continued as a rather thick cord 5^ 

 inches long nearly clear of the wall. By this cord the animals 

 hung by their tails, coiled in the usual orthodox manner, while 

 an enormous mass of ' works ' protruded below and was in con- 

 stant motion. The mucous thread was so strong that it broke 

 with a decided snap when the animals were removed into the 

 box." — W. Denison Roebuck, Sep. 22nd, 1883. 



J.C, iv., Jan., 1884. 



