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Antrim— Cusliendiin, May 1886 ! S. A. Brenan. 



Donegal— Carrablagli, Croaghross, near Lettei-kenny, May 1889 ! H. C. Halt. 

 Louth— Piperstown, in green house, Oct. 1889 ! Miss Sidney Smith. 

 Dublin— Ulen Druid, near Carrickmine.s, Oct. 1886 ! W. F.' de V. Kane 

 Sligo— Collooney, Sept. 1885 ! W. F. de V. Kane. 



Mayo W.— Ennisooe demesne, near Crossmolina, Sept. 1885 ! W. F. de V. Kane. 

 The var. fasciata has been recorded from Switzerland, Piedmont, and Eastern 

 and Pyrenean France. 



Var. sylvatica Morelet, Moll. Port., 1845, p. 33. ' 



Lhnax sylvaticus Morelet, I.e. 



Limax antiquorum var. czemaevii Kaleniczenko, Bull. Mopc., 1851, xxiv,, p. 123. 



Limax maximus var. vulgaris Moq.-Tand., Hist. Moll. France, 1855, li-, p. 28. 



Liinax maximus var, serpentina Moq.-Tand., I.e. 



Limax maximus var. quadri/asciata. Dum. & Mort., Cat. Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 11. 



Animal ash-coloured, with two continuous black bands on each side and a more 

 indistinct or broken band beneath ; shield spotted or marbled with black. 



The sub-var. serpentina of Moquin-Tandon only differs from characteristic vai-. 

 sylvatica by the main or median band of each side being more sinuous and irregular. 



Channel Isles— Herm (Reeve, Brit. Moll., 1863, p. 26 and hg.). 



Cornwall W.— Pennion, Falmouth, April 1884 ! H. Fox. Scilly Isles, Rev. E. 

 D. Roberts, Aug. 1890 (G. Sheriff Tye). 



Wilts S.— Vicarage Garden, Steeple Ashton, March 1887 ! E. P. Knubley. 



Oxon— Henley road, Watlington, and at Pyrton (Norman, Zool., 1853, p. 4127). 



Northampton— Garden, Northampton, May 1883 ! W. D. Crick. Rockini'ham 

 Park, May 1896 ! L. E. Adams. 



Stafford— Stafford, June 1886, and Dec. 1897, L. E. Adams. 



Salop— Whittington Castle, Oswestry, June 1885 ! B. Hudson. 



Lincoln N.— Well Vale, April 1886 ! VV.D.K. Broiighton, near Brigg, Aiig. 19021 

 Miss F. H. Woolward. 



Lincoln S.— Near Boston, Sept. 1884 ! W.D.R. 



Leicester— Near Leicester, June 1 885 ! H. E. Quilter. 



Notts.— Tuxford,July 1884! W. A. Gain. Pleasley Vale, April 1884! C.T. Musson. 



Cheshire— Holmes Chapel, Nov. 1896 ! C. Oldham. 



Lancashire S. — Victoria Paik, Manchester, March 1884 ! It. D. Darbisliire. 



York N.E.— Kirkleatham, Sept. 1886! W.D.R. Haybnrn Wyke, YVug. 1894! 

 F. W. Fierke. 



York Mid W.— Torquay terrace, Headingley, July 1884 ! W. E. Clarke. 



York S.E.— Garden, Pitt street, Barnsley, Oct. 1884 ! G. Rose. 



Westmorland, etc.— Grange, April 1884 ! Coniston, Oct. 1886 ! W.D.R. 



Berwick — Fans, near Earlston, Oct. 1883 ! R. Renton. 



Stirling — Cambusbarron, near the mill, July 1894 ! A. McLellan. 



Forfar — Near Montrose, July 1884 ! W. Duncan. 



Westerness — Glenborrodale, Dec. 1891 ! J. J. Dalgleish. 



Antrim — Cushendun and Whitehall, Broughshane, June 1886! S. A. Brenan. 



Queen's County— La Bergerie (B. J. Clat-ke, Ann. N.H., 1840, p. 203). 



Galway— (B. J. Clarke, Ann. N.H., 1840, p. 203). 



Waterford— Near Waterford, Sept. 1883 ! J. H. Salter. 



This variety is the most prevalent form in this country and abroad. 



Var. tetrazona Taylor. 



Animal ash-coloured, with only two bands on each side ; shield maculate or 

 marbled. 



The var. fasciata of Lessona, though also showing only two bands on each side, 

 is different, being a three-banded form, the lowermost being compound and formed 

 by the union of the main and outei' bands. 



York S.E.— Beverley, Sept. 1884 ! J. Darker Butterell. 



Cheshire — Nursery gardens. Sale, Feb. 1895 ! C. Oldham. .,,/; 



Var. kryniekii Kaleniczenko, Bull. Moscow, 1851, p. 122. 



Limax antiguorutn kryniekii Kaleniczenko, I.e. 



Limax maximus w&r. jokhstoni Moq.-Tand., Hist. Nat. France, 1855, p_. 29. 

 Li-max tnaximus var. bifasciatus Dura. & Mort., Cat. Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 11. 

 Lijnax maximus v&r. pallido-dorsalis Adams, Manual, 1896, p. 34. 



Animal ash-coloured, mid-dorsal area paler, with a few black spots, inner band 

 distinct and black, main and outer bands obsolete ; shield maculate. 



The sub-var. bifasclata D. & M. has also only one well-marked band on each 

 side, the other being effaced. 



