64 LIMAX CINEREO-NIGER. 



Var. nigricans Lessona, Moll. Piemonte, 1880, p. 22. 



Limcuv dacampi renioi f ni^icans Less, .t Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 33. 

 Litnax dacajiipi y 7tiffricaits Lessona, op. cit. 

 Liviax corsicus boneUii T flavoniger Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 41. 

 Limajc corsicus bonellii oUvtuats Less. & Pol!., op. cit. 

 Keel and median-line yellow, and extending to the shield ; sides of body with 

 two darker bands on each side. Formula (32)1 1{23). 



The var. nigricans sensu stricto, has the sides of body black, keel yellow, and 

 the midline to the shield broken up into yellow spots and showing a single series of 

 sub-dorsal yellow spots on each side. 



The sub-var. flavo-nigra has tlie yellow dorsal-zone extending up to the shield. 

 The snb-var. olivacea has olive-brown sides, with the keel, median-line, and a 

 sub-dorsal series of spots lemon-yellow. 



Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles. 



Italy — The var. nigrkans is found at Varallo in Val Sesia, Piedmont. The sub- 

 var. nigrozonata has been recorded from Busalla, Val Scrivia, Piedmont, and at 

 Genoa in Liguria. The sub-vars. olivacea smA flavoirigra are from Busalla and the 

 Hills of Turm, and also from Liguria (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 



Var. atrata Bett., Bull. Malac. Ital., 1870, p. 165, pi. iii., ff. 4-4a. 



Liiuajc dacampi var. atrata Bettoni, op. cit. 



Limax dacampi rcnieri y atratus Less. A Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 32. 



Litnax corsicus bonellii a aterrimus Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 41. 



LiiHCLX corsicus bonellii v citrinus Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 41. 



Keel and mid-dorsal-line yellow ; body and shield more or less unicolorous. 

 Formula (321) (123). 



The var. atrata sensu stricto, has the keel and dorsal -zone sulphur-yellow, sides 

 of the boily greyish-fuscous, with blackish rugosities, and blackish shield. 



The sub-var. atePPima has the keel yellow, and body and shield very black. 



The sub-var. eltpina has the keel lemon-yellow, and only extending half the 

 length of the body, which is of an olive-brown. 



Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles. 



Italy — The var. atrata is recorded by Bettoni from road between Perledo and 

 Kegoledo in Lombardy ; the sub-var. cifrina from the Hills of Tuiin, Piedmont, and 

 Liguria ; the sub-var. aterrinui from the Hills of Turin, Piedmont, and Liguria, and 

 by Marchese Paulucci from Lucca in Tuscany (Less. & Poll., I.e.). 



Var. efasciata Dumont & Mortillet, Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 13. 



Litnax lineatus var. c/asciatus Dum. & Mort., op. cit. 



Liviax cinereus var. pavesii Pint, Moll. Esino, 1876, p. 23, pi. B, ff. 9, 10. 



lAmax tnaximtis var. calosoma Eis. & Sluxb. (Westerlund, Faun. Europ.. 1S76, p. 8). 



Limax cinereo-niger var. minimus PoUonera, Boll. Mus. Comp. Anat., 1898, p. 2. 



Animal with the fundamental body colour overspread with brownish or brown. 

 Formula (321 123). 



Tlie var. efasclata sensu stricto, is described as entirely brown without bands. 



The sub-var. pavesil, fuscous-chestnut, sole rosy-white with bluish-grey margins. 



The sub-var. minima is ashy-fuscous, with the side-areas of the sole cinereous. 



The sub-var. calosoma is of an obscure olivaceous tint; shield black. 



Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles. 



France — Var. cfn.matd. Haute Savoie (Dumont & Mortillet, op. cit.). 



Italy — Sub-\ar. ■jiarraii in Lombardy, between Tartavalle and Bellano, Aug. 1873 

 (Pini, op. cit.) ; in Piedmont at an altitude of 1,872 metres (about 6,135 feet), at 

 Devoro, in Val d'Antigorio, .and in Tuscany at Novoli, near Florence, Marchese 

 Paulncci (Lessona & Pollonera, Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 29). The var. efasciata 

 has been found at Alagna, Val Sesia (Lessona, Moll. Piemonte, p. 21). 



Corsica — Sub-var. minima, Vizzavona, Signor Caziot (Pollonera, op. cit.). 



FOAWAMENTAL KODY-COLOUR RED. 



Var. rufescens Moii.-Tand., Hist. Moll. France, 1855, ii., p. 29, pi. iv., f. 7. 



JAmax ii!a.rliiiu.\ ir -nt/escens Moq.-T.ind., op. cit, 



Liviax eryi/irus Bourg., Mai. (irande Chartreuse, 1864, p. 31, pi. 2, ff. 1-8. 

 Limax dacampi t ?)ionocroimis Less. & Poll., Monog, Liin.ic. Ital., 1882, p. 34. 

 Limax corsicus iiori<r X sans^tinens Less. & Poll., op, cit., p. 39. 



Animal red or recklisli. 



Tlie var. rufescens sensu stricto, is entirely of a reddish colour. 



The sub-var. sanguinea is pale reddish with the keel and neighbouring rugiie red. 



