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THE TRACK OF LIMAX FLAVUS Linne. 



By LIONEL E. ADAMS, B.A. 



(Read before the Society, November Stli, igii). 



Some five years ago I was much struck by certain peculiar mucus 

 tracks on some old oak palings near Reigate. The peculiarity 

 consisted in a doubling and twisting in a manner certainly not 

 characteristic of Z. maximns or any other species with whose tracks 

 I was acquainted, and for a long time I was filled with good intentions 

 of visiting the spot at night when the slugs would be out travelling or 

 feeding; but, what with frequent absences abroad and laziness when 

 at home, these went to serve a useful purpose elsewhere. However, 

 during the spring of this year (191 1) I came upon a patch of the same 



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Feeding track o{ Liinax flaznis; only a portion finished to show the character- 

 istic cross lines. The arrows indicate the direction of progression. The 

 tracks are sometimes three times the size of the figure. 



twisted doubling track on an old \vooden drain-cover in our garden; 

 and lifting this I discovered a fair-sized L.flavus. That same night 

 I visited the spot with a lantern, and found the individual in the act 

 of writing his characteristic signature on the cover. Further visits to 

 the old palings revealed several well-marked freshly made tracks, 

 some two yards in length ; and now 1 found that the twists and curls 

 occurred only here and there for a few inches, while the rest of the 



