G6 LIM.VX CINEREO-NIGER. 



Tlie sub-var. palleseens of Lessona is probably only a young form of sub-var. 

 iiiaoilata, in wliii'li tlie shield has sliglit giey cloudings and a few irregular black 

 spots at its hinder margin, and altliougli described as possessing three rows of black 

 spots on each side, the figure shows that the irregular spots are longitudinally split 

 and simulate additional rows, as in var. villa. 



The sub-var. sepiata differs chiefly from the var. villa- s.s., in the black spots 

 not beiug longitudinallj^ split. 



The sub-var. fopmosissima dift'ers from var. rntrnta in the bluish-black fringe, 

 the more sparingly maculate shield, and the described presence of two or three rows 

 of black spots on each side (the illustrative figure, however, shows only a single row 

 at each side, though possibly intended to show two). 



Not hitlierto recorded for the British Isles. 



Italy — The var. cilia: is found near Esino, in Loinbardy ; and the subvar.s. iiuicn- 

 lata .and pallcsrcihi have been found together at an altitude of 490 metres (about 

 1,600 feet), at Varallo, in Val Sesia, Piedmont. The siil) var. srriata has been found 

 at Bus.alla in Piedmont ; at Genoa in Liguria ; and by the Marchese Paulucci at 

 Lucca in Tuscany. The sub-var. critriita was found at an altitude of CoO metres 

 (about 2,130 feet) above Garessio, in the Maritime .-\lps, Piedmont; the sub-var. 

 furmo.si.'isiiiui was found by Signer Perosino, near Moudovi, at Vieoforte, altitude 

 550 metres (about 1,SOO feet), and at S. Guiseppe dei Revelli (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 



Var. callichroa Bourg., Spic. Mai., 1861, p. 21. 



Limax callicJtrous Bourg., op. cit. 



Liinax cinereo-niger var. gitaltierii Pini, Moll. Esino, 1876, p. 92, pi. A, fT. 8-9. 

 I^intax dacampi i^itaitifrii Less. & Poll., Mon. Litnac. Ital , 1882. p. 31. 

 Limax corsicus isseiii ^ arthuri Less. & Poll., op. cil., p. 40, pi. 1, f. 5. 

 Limax corsicus isseiii v zonatus Less. & Poll., op. cit. 



KnEL and median-line reil ; with three dark bands on each side. Formula 321 123. 



The var. ealllehroa s.st. , has the sides of the body yellow, the two upper dark 

 bands black anil continuous, and the outer or lower banil reduced to spots ; shielil 

 ^•inous-yellow marbled with black. It i.s really a primitive form, the marbled shield 

 being retained throughout life. 



The var. gualtiepli is fuscous with a violet tinge, becoming blackish dorsally, but 

 showing a longitudin.al red line between the main and outer bands, and traces of a 

 second red line l)etween the main and inner bands ; shield earthy-brown. 



The sub-var. zonata differs from the var. f]naltiii-ii in having the red keel and 

 mid-line, and also the two red lines ,at each side of the body e.xtending up to the 

 shield, the intervening spaces being black and the sliiekl brown. 



The sub-var. apthupi differs from the preceding only in the tlisintegration of the 

 red and black colouring, partially due to the red and black pigments both being 

 restricted to the summits of the rugosities. 



Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles, 



Italy— The sub-var. r/Nal/irrii occurs in Esino, Lombardy ; the sub-vars. arthuri 

 and zonata at Busalla, in Piedmont, and Genoa in Liguria (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 



France— A'ar. ra'Hi-linia, the Alpes Mavitimos (Bourg., op. cit.). 



Var. dacampi Meuegazzi, Mai. Verou., LS^U, p. 6:^, p. 1, If. 1-4. 



Limax gcografi/iicns Renier, Prodf. Vermi Adrialico, 1804. 



Limax dacampi Menegazzi, op. cit. 



Limax cxrulans var. dacampi Strobel, Essai, etc., lS.l7, p. 11. 



Limax ntaximtts \ar. ru/'cstcns Stabile, Moll. Terr. Piem., 1861. 



Limax dacam/iiyzx. triliiuolala Belt., Bull. Mai. hal., 1870, p. 163, pi. 3, ff. 3, 3a. 



Liinax dacampi vnr. /'rfsra llett.. I.e., pi. iv., (T. 1, 1a. 



LJmax corsicus doria- l) fnscus Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital,, 1882, p, 39. 



Limax corsicus doria- ^ rubro-uotatus Less, & Poll,, I.e. 



KuKL and median line red ; with two darker zones at each side of the bod v. 

 The formula being (.32)1 1(23). 



Though the name genffniphinix of Kenier is probably the oldest name for this 

 form, it has not been adoiited as his descriiition is so very inadequate. 



The var. daeampi sensu stricto, has the keel and median-line red, with two bl.ack 

 zones at each side, showing the reddisli sides of the body as a reddish longitudinal 

 zone on each side ; .shield brownish-red. 



The sub-var. fusea of Less. \- Pcdl. dill'ers from var. ihimiiija in the p.aler red of 

 the keel-line and lateral bands, and in the fuscous tuit of the sides ami shield. 



The sub-v.ar. tPlllneolata has fuscous-l)rown sides and shield, and ilarker dor.sal 

 ru''a'; the red ground showing at the keel and as two lateral bands at the caudal 

 end, but becoming ob.seuLed by the body-colour a,s thev approach the shield. 



