UMAX CINEREO-NIGER. 63 



FUNDAMENTAL BODY-COLOUR YELLOW. 



Var. flavescens Westerlund, Moll. Svec, ii. 

 Animal yellow or yellowish. 

 Sweden — Westerlund (op. cit. ). 



Var. transilvanica Heynemann, Mai. Bl., 1862, p. 21G. 



Lintax transih'anica Heynemann, op. cit. 



Limax dacainpi var. sordellii Bettoni, Bull. Mai. Ital., 1870, p. 161, pi. iv., ff. 2, 2a. 

 Limax dacampi d calderbiii Les.sona, Moll. Fiemonte, 1880, p. 22, pi. i.,ff. U-13 

 Limax corsicus gestri IT nigrozonatus Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882 p 40 

 Limax dacampi renieri j- calderinii Less, it Poll., op. cit., p. 33. ' 



Kekl and mid-dovsal-line yellow or oelireous, with a darker zone on each side 

 of the body. Formula 001 100. 



Tlie var. transilvaniea sensu stricto, has the keel-line and mantle pale, the 

 body suffused with brown, and the dark lateral-band continued to the shield. 



Tlie sub-var. ealdepinil has the golden-yellow keel, but the median-line is con- 

 tinued to the shield as a series of spots, and gradually blends with the reddish-brown 

 tint of the sides; the black lateral band is resolved into a series of spots, and the 

 shield is paler than the body in colour. 



Tlie sub-var. nigrozonata lias the keel and mid-line also golden-yellow, sides of 

 body yellowish-ash colour, back fuscous, with the lateral-zone black. 



The sub-var. SOPdellii, altliough somewliat obscurely described by Lessona & 

 Pollonera, appears to liave the keel and dorsal line yellow ;'sides of body asli-coloured, 

 confusedly zoned, and irregularly allto-niaeulate; shield ash-coloured.' 



Italy — The var. calderinii is found at Varallo, in Val Sesia, Piedmont (Lessona, 

 op. cit.). The sub-var. nigrn-onntn at Bnsalla, Piedmont, and at Genoa, Liguria; 

 and the sub-var. sordellii at Pavia in Lonibardy (Lessona & Pollonera, op. cit.). 



Austro-Hung'ary— The var. transilvctnici/ is found at Hermannstadt, Neustadt, 

 and many other localities in Transylvania (Olessin, Moll. 1887, p. 39). 



Var. punctata Lessona, Moll. Piemonte, 1880, p. 21, pi. i., f. 10. 



Limax dacampi var. elegatts Bettoni, Bull. Mai. Ital., 1870, p. 165, pi. iv., ff. 3, 3a. 



Limax dacampi a punctata Le.ssona, op. cit. 



Limax dacampi )3 sulphurea Les=ona, op. cit., f. 7. 



Limax dacampi menegazzii Q punctatns Less, .fc Poll., Mon. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 32. 



Limax dacampi renieri V sulphureus Less, tfc Poll., op. cit., p. 33. 



Limax corsicus var. gestri Lessona, op. cit., p. 17, pi. 1, f. 4. 



Limax corsicus gestri p pulcher Lessona & Pollonera, op. cit., p. 41. 



Limax perosinii monregalensis y venustissimus Less, (fc Poll., op. cit., p. 43, pi. 1, f. 3. 



Keel and median-line yellow, with two darker zones at each side of the body. 

 Formula 021 120. The var. veiivstissima retains when adult the variegated shield 

 of juvenile life. 



The var. punctata sensu stricto, has a pale yellow keel and the median-line con- 

 tinned as a series of yellowish markings to the shield ; sides of the body fuscous 

 overspread by grey, but leaving the fuscous body tint visible in places ; a few 

 rounded black or dark-grey spots represent the inner and main bands ; caudal end 

 of sides of body and foot-fringe dark-grey ; shield uniformly dark-coloured. 



Lessona's ligure can scarcely be considered as accurately representing this variety. 



The sub-var. sulphupea has the median-line sulphur-yellow and e.xtending only 

 half the length of the body ; shield brown, with few black spots on its anterior margin. 



The sub-var. pulehra has the yellow keel continued as a broad yellow zone quite 

 up to the shield ; the yelloMdsh tint of the sides of the body is overspread by gre.y, 

 leaving a series of yellowish spots beneath the main-band ; the dark inner and main 

 bands are distinguishable by the darker summits of the sinuate tubercles. 



Mr. Roebuck has seen a British form of the sub-\ar. pulehra with ochreous median- 

 line, dark-brown shield and body, and continuous main and inner band.s. 



The sub-var. elegans has tlie yellow keel line interrnpted ^ith black, and is 

 possibly a form of this variety, but it has not been precisely described. 



The sub-var. venustissima has the sides of the body an ash}'- white, the margins 

 blackish-grey, the lateral bands much broken-up into very irregular sjiots ; side- 

 areas of sole blackish-grey ; shield pale sulphur-yellow marbled with black. 



Sutherland E.— Sub-var. pulehra, Brora, Sept. 1884! W. Baillie. 



Cork S. — Var. pxmetata, Lord Bantrv's demesne, Glengarilf, May 1891 ! K. F. 

 Seharfl'. 



Italy — Tlie vars. punctata and sulphurea have been found at Varallo in Val Sesia, 

 Piedmont; the sub-var. pulehra at Busalla, Piedmont, and at (jenoa in Liguria; 

 the sub-var. elegans at Biumo near Varese in Lonibardy ; and the sub-var. venustis- 

 sima at Mondovi, Piedmont (Less & Poll, op. cit.). 



