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profusion of wild strawberries which, though of a beautiful colour, are 

 watery and insipid. Near Fagu I first obtained two species of li- 

 max which I believe are undescribed, and which are not uncommon 

 along the southern side of the Sutlej at elevations between 6000 and 

 9U00 feet. The largest may be thus described : — 



Limax altivagios, n. s. Corpore limaciformi, pallio lente-granuloso, 

 dorso rugose reticulato, more frondis brassicse, colore virescente-fusco 

 sive lutescente-fulvo, interdum nigrescente, et rarissime pallide auran- 

 tiaco pallio, minus colorato corpore. Tentaculis quatuor nigris, capite 

 nigro, infra pallescente. Ano ad dextrum latus pallii, prope marginem 

 posito, ad mediam partem vix attingente. Longifcudinis (corpore 

 extenso) 9 unc. Habitat montibus cis-Sutlejensibus prope Fagu Nar- 

 kanda, Saraon &c. 6000 ad 9000. 



This limax is rather variable in colour, and large specimens, when in 

 motion and extended, exceed 9 inches, though their ordinary dimen- 

 sion is about 6. It feeds on fungi. 



The second species of limax is much smaller and rather more 

 elegantly-shaped, and occupies the same tract of country, and is per- 

 haps rather more numerous, though the first is far from uncommon. 



Limax modestus n. s. Corpore limaciformi, postea acuminato, colore 

 cinereo, fuscis punctis notato ; dorso duobus lineis maculosis cateni- 

 formibus ornato, a sese et a margin e equidistantibus et a pallio 

 usque ad extremitatem extensis, spatio his lineis incluso paullo fus- 

 cente et elegante fuscis lineis striato et marmorato. Tentaculis qua- 

 tuor rubro-fuscis. Longitudinis \\ unc. Habitat cum precedente. 



Vitrina montieola, B. also accompanies the above. The animal is 

 about 2 inches long, colour pale reddish brown, paler beneath. Ten- 

 tacles dark. Spire covered by mantle. A thin dorsal keel down the 

 body in front of the shell ; shell carried in the centre of the body. 

 Tail compressed, obliquely wrinkled, and truncated. Anus situated 

 at the extremity with a small overhanging tentacular pore. 



This vitrina is very generally distributed, though individuals 

 are nowhere numerous, and it appears to be the favourite food of 

 the toad. 



9th, Theog.* 7 J 92 ft. A short march to the next bungalow on the 

 new road, distance about six miles. I was much annoyed at this 

 bungalow, as well as at some others, by the multitude of house flies 

 which at this season are perfect pests. A pair of swallows had com- 



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