40 LIMAX MAXIMUS. 



V;ir. aldrovandi Moquin-Tandon, Moll. Prance, IHu;*, ii., p. 29. 



Animai, ash-colon red with pale spote. 



This vaviiition is due to tho inconipletp overspieailing of the secomlary colouring-, 

 which leaves the ground tint visible in places in the form of jialer spots. It is hy no 

 means certain whctlier the var. iililmpitiidl described by JMo(inin-Tandon belongs to 

 tins species or to ciiicirn-nigcr, as the meagre description is applicable to forms of 

 both species. 



Dorset— Portland, Aug. 1S86 ! .J. Madison. 



Gloucester W.— Bristol, June 18S4 ! C. Waterfall. 



Isle of Man— Douglas, Sept. 1892 ! F. Taylor. 



This variety has also been ob.served in France. 



Var. obscura Moquiu-Tandou, Moll. France, 1855, p. 31. 



Lhnax tttaxhnus v.ir. nehnhsus Dum. & Mort., Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. H. 

 Liniax unicotor var. sordiiius Less. & Poll., Monog. I.imac. Ital., 1882, p. 2G. 



.Vnimal with longitudinal banding indistinct, obscured by the diffusion of the 

 darker colouring. 



Northants— Common in cellars, Northampton, Sept. 1884 ! W. D. Crick. Ketter- 

 ing (L. E. Adams, Moll. Northants, 1896, p. 5). 



Gloucester E. — Leikhampton, May ISSfl! J. Madison. 



Gloucester W.— Stroud, Oct. 1883! K ,1. Elliott. 



Glamorgan— Cardiff, Nov. 1889 ! F. W. Wotton 



Montgomery — Welshpool, under planks, Aug. 1889 ! J. Bickerton Morgan. 



Lincoln N.— Alford, Sept. 1885 ! J. E. Mason. 



Cheshire— Alderley Edge, Oct. 1897 1 Sale, Seiit. 1894! C. Oldham. 



Has also been recorded for France, Italy, and Switzei land. 



I'ARfAT/ONS /N COLOUR AND MARKINGS OF ANIilAL. 



Var. bicolOF Taylor. 



tiround colour of animal white ; ALVNTLE maculate with black ; and BODY 

 banded or blotched with same colour. 



Isle of Man— Port Erin, 1881, L. E. Adams. 



This variety has also been observed on the continent by Di-. Sinirotli. 



Var. tigris Adam.s ms. 



Animal of a tawny-yellow colour, witli black markings. 



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



Stafford— Stafford, L. E. Adam.s, Sept. 1897. 



Antrim— Slojie of Knoeklayd Mountain, Ballj'castle, July 1897, Dr. Trumbull, 

 R. Welch, May 1902. 



Geographical Distribution. — Limn.r ma.rimns is dispersed through- 

 out Europe, and has been recorded for Asia Minor, Transcaucasia and Algeria. 



It has also been introduced by commerce into the United States, Mexico, 

 Cape Colony, Australia, Tasmania, New Zealand, and the North Atlantic 

 Islands. 



According to Bourguignat,the Algerian specimens are not really ma.vimus, 

 but Lima.r deshayesii ; those from the Canaries are Linia.r abrostolas Bourg., 

 and the Azorean specimens Linni.r enhalius of the same author. 



In the British Isles this species is universally distributed, being found in 

 all the three kingdoms, and extending into quite remote districts. 



ENGLAND AND WALES. 

 Channel Isles— Guernsey and Sark (Cooke & Gwatkin, (^ J.C, 1878, vol. i., p. 

 322). Jer.sey, Herm, .Icthou, and Crevichon (Lukis in Anstod, 1862). 



PENINSI'LA. 



Cornwall W.— Common; frequently in damp corners of cellars and sculleries 

 ( M.arq^uanil, Moll. W. Cornwall, 1884, p. 4). Penni(m, Falmouth, April 1884! Her- 

 bert I'ox. St. Columb Porth, near Newquay ! and Truro ! J. H. .lames. Doc. 1SS8. 



Devon S.— Plymoulh (J. C. Bellamy, Plymouth list, 1837). Exeter, common in 

 gardens, outhouses, etc. (E. P.-ulitt, Nat., 1,S,')4, p. 1.50). 



Devon N.— Combe Martin and Challacombe (J. 11. B. Tomlin, ,1. of Conch., v., 

 p. 181, April 1887). "^ortham, Nov. I88.") ! W. A. Gain. 



Somerset S.— Bridgwater, Aug. 1884 ! W. Vinson. 



