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LIMAX MAXIMUS. 



Tlie cici'ilAiJi' i,'KI'i:ai"I'(||:' arises beneatli tlie posteridr extremity of tlie mantle, 

 ill one or uutro niofs, wlii.-h i|iiirlcly unite into a liroacl iiearly-white liaml, but about 

 iiii.l-way ili\ iiles iiilci a |ibaryii,ueal and two tentacular bi-anelies. Tlie rHAEVNCEAI. 

 iiiusrle passes tln'oii.uli llie iiei \e-rin,^, ami dixiiles, to become lixeil on each side of 

 the [iliai-ynx. The ■rKNI'ACLii, AK i:K l'i;A(_"riiKs eacli ;,'ive oil' a branch to the anterior 

 tentacle of their respective sidi's, which send sli|is to the labial hibes. 'I'he broad 

 coloured part of the niiisculai shealli of the oniniatoiihore is clearly delined fnmi the 

 tentacle, and contains the ocular muscle and tlie conviduted optic nerve when the 

 eye is retracted. 



Ammkntaui' can'ai;- with short (ESOPhachs ; ciidl' loni;, darkish brown, with 

 loiiiiitudin.il and ti.ansverse wrinkles, contracted before and enlart;ed at the first 

 hend whiih represents the true stom.aeh and receives the bile ducts; SAUVAHV 

 (ILAXDs whitish, lai'm', conip.act and not ileeply lobed ; the (iUT lias live courses or 

 tracts in aildition to the stoin.ach tract, which is the lonij;est, the lirst intestinal tract 

 increases dis]iropor(ioiiately in len.nth with a;;e, and thus heconies larger in compari- 

 son with the succeediiiL;' ccdis which cuily c;row in correspoiiilence with other ]iarts 

 of the body, the Ihiiil tr.act, instead of fiu-iuin^ the reetnni, as is usual iu LCastropods, 

 turns around the ceplialie retractor and runs back free over the surface of the vis- 

 ceral mass, and then llnally bends into the forward tract, constituting the rectum. 



jr.VNIHl'.l-K or jaw horny-brown, about four mill, 

 broail and one mill, wide at its narrowest part,stroii,L;ly 

 aicheil anteriinly, with a stronj;-, pointed, central 

 beak or rostrum, which iirojects boldly beneath, en<ls 

 distinctly rectangular with the corners roumleil cdl', 

 line of beddiuj; in upper jaw shown by a broail darker 

 brown line parallel with the upper margin. 



The LTNiiU.vi, MKJiim.WE is of an elon,i,'ate oval sli.ape, ten mill. Ioti"' and .about 

 li\e mill, wide, beset with closely-set teeth, which decrease very slightly in size, .and 

 are arranged in transverse rows which gently curve backwards as the margins are 

 ap|iroaclied ; meilian row with hour-glass shaped base of attacliment and a bro.ad 

 rellection bearing a strong central cup or mesocone,-' side cusps sub-obsolete without 

 ]ieiceiitiiile cutting points ; lateral teeth with strong mesocone, the endocone^ show- 

 ing .as an .acutely [iroiiiinent angle, but without cutting point ; ectocone" obsolete ; 



Fi 



54. — Mandible or j.^\v of /- ■ 

 us L., X S. 

 (lieverley, Mr. J, D. P.uUerell). 



Fic. .1,5. — RL'pi-..scnt.ilive tculli from .T I ran averse row .^f ttic lini^nal tcclti oi Lint ax niaxiinus L. X 120. 

 The anim.il collccle.l l.y Mr. C. Oldham, at Knutsford ; the r.,dnla i.repared by Mr. \V. Moss, and 

 (,hotogra|ihed liy Mr. I'. \V, Thoml.m. 



tin.' lateial bicuspid tci.d,h gi'adually become more aculeate in cli.aracter, .and about, 

 the twentieth row the apices begin to alternate with those of the adjacent rows ; 

 at the forty-eighth row tiiey begin to liifurcate, cimtinuing thus to the margins. 

 The ilenlal foiinnia of a Knutsford specimen, ccdiected by Mr. C. tUdliam, is 



V ' '," ' :" ' -;'-4F^^^y X i(;s = 27,6G0. 



Habits, etc. — 'I'liis species is imt greg.-u'idiis, and tVenuents gavileiis, 

 (lamp ;i,iiil sli;i,ily liedgeniws and woods, hiding duriLig the day beneath 

 stones, under t.allen trees, or otlier oliseiive anil damp places; it, however, 

 e.xlnhits ,'1 decided [ireferenee for tlte vieinity of human habitations, and 

 leailily t.akes up its .abode in damp cella,rs or ontbnihtiiigs. 



In Iref-i,nd, this predilection for liuman dwidhngs is not exhibited, the 

 species being s.-iid by Seharll to b(^ restricted to woods and otlu^r similar ]ila,ces, 

 and may even lie met Willi .■dniost within liigli-wa.ter mark on the sea-shiire. 



The iio.MiNii faciiify is strongly devi^loped in this species, which, after its 

 nod iirii;i,l r.-i,iiible,s or Ibraging e.xpeditions, usually rutiirns to the partieidar 



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