LIMAX CINEBEO-NIGEK. G7 



Tlie sub-vai-. fusea of Bettoni is identical with sub-var. trilineolata except that 

 the anterior end of the Iceel-line and also the whole length of the red lateral bands 

 are interrupted by the brownish tint, and form tliree series of red spots. 



The sub-var. PUbPO-nOtata Less. & Poll, has a blackish body, the red keel line 

 continued up to the shield, and the red lateral band on each side resolved into spots. 



Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles. 



Italy— The var. dacampi s.sfc., according to Lessona, exists in Venetia, Lom- 

 liardy, East Piedmont, and Emilia, but does not pass the Appenines, and is tlierefore 

 absent from Tuscany. It does not range to so great an altitude as typical cinerro- 

 nicier, the most lofty locality being Prestine, Valle dell' Oglio, 800 metres above the 

 sea (about 2,710 feet) in Lombardy ; it has also been found at Varesotto and Valsas- 

 sina. In Venetia it has been recorded from Verona, Pe-schiera, and Gorgo ; and in 

 Piedmont from Cigognola, Stradolla, and Guasta. Tlie sub-var. trilineolata is found - 

 at Bellagio, and near Portone, Lombardy, and in Piedmont, Liguria, and Tuscany ; 

 tlie sub-var. rubro-notata at Bellagio in Lombardy, on the Hills of Turin, and at 

 Busalla in Piedmont, in Liguria, Snd in Tuscany. The sub-var. fiisoa Bettoni is 

 found at Regoledo in Lombardy ; while the sub-var. fusca Less. & Poll, is from 

 Liguria, and the Hills of Turin, and Busalla in Piedmont (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 



Var. Corsica Moq[.-Taiid., Hist. Moll. Prance, 1855, ii., p. 26, pi. 3, ff. 10-13. 



Liinax corsicus Moquin-Tandon, op. cit. 



Lijiiax doyiai Bourg., Spicil. Mai., 1862, p. 23, pi. 15. 



Liinax cinereo-niger var. iaccatiii Pini, Moll. Esino, 1876, p. 91, pi. a, ff. 6-7. 



Liinax ciTiereo-ni^er var. turatii Pmi, op cit., p. 95. pi. B, ff. 7. 8. 



Limax dacaittpi jtt pinii Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 31. 



Limax corsicus doHce e lineatus Less. & Poll., op. cit., p. 39. 



Limax corsicus doricE § simplex Less. & Poll., op. cit. 



Lima.x corsicus doriiE i pallescens Less. & Poll., op. cit. 



Limax corsicus dorice ^ brunneus Less. & Poll., op. cit. 



Keel and median line red ; sides of body and SHIELD more or less unicolorous. 

 The formula is (321) (123). 



The var. eorslca sensn stricto, being first described and therefore giving the name 

 to this variety, is an aberrant example of the red-keeled form ; the keel, though red- 

 dish, is not strongly coloured, and the sides of the body are ochreous-yellow tinged 

 or overspread with grey ; this bleaching of the body colours is also shown by 



The sub-var. turatli of Pini, in which although the keel is bright red, the sides 

 of the body are pale ashy-rufous, and the side areas of the sole are not darkened. 



The sub-var. doriSB Bourg., which more characteristically represents this variety, 

 has an almost uniformly black l)ody and blood-red keel, a line of which colour extends 

 ijuite to the shield ; the var. pinii Less. & Poll, is practically identical. 



The sub-var. lineata Less. & Poll, differs in the sides of the body being blackish. 



The sub-var. simplex Less. & Poll, is the same, but the red keel oidy extends 

 half-way to the shield; figured by Bourguignat, Spic. J\Ial., 1862, pi. 16, ft' 4, ■'5, 8. 



The sub-var. bPunnea Less. & Poll, has the red keel and mid-line, but the body 

 and shield are chestnut-brown ; also figureil by Bourguignat, I.e., f. 9. 



The sub-var. palleseens Less. & Poll, has the body and shield pale rufous- 

 brown, with red keel and mid-line, an<l is also figured by ISourguignat, l.c , f. 7. 



The sub-var. taeeanii Pini only differs from characteristic sul)-var. dori(K in the 

 sides of the body and shield being of an earthy-brown colour and the suffusion of the 

 mid-area of the sole with a yellowish-vosy tint. 



Not hitherto recorded for the British Isles. 



France — The sub-var. doriiii has been found in the environs of Nice and Menton, 

 Alpes Maritimes (Bourg., Annales Mai., 1870, p. ]3o). 



Italy — The sub-var. dorice has been recorded from beneath bushes on the east side 

 of the Vorbergs, near Bellagio, in Lombardy (Poulsen, Nachbl. , 1872, p. 23), Savona, 

 Finale, about Genoa especially near Pegli, in Liguria, also at Montferrati, the hills 

 about Turin, and the Val Scrivia, at Busalla, in Piedmont ; and as var. pinii from 

 A^alsassina, near Pasture, in Lombai-dy. The sub-vars. simplex and lineata. have 

 been found at Busalla and on the Hills of Turin in Piedmont, in Liguria, and in 

 Tuscany ; sub-vars. pallescens and sanguinea at Busalla and on the Hills of Turin 

 in Piedmont, and in Liguria; sub-var. brunnea in Liguria; and sub-vars. tarrn)iii 

 and turaiii at Esino, Lombardy (Lessona & Pollonera, op. cit.). 



Bourguignat records as Lima,': darampi var., a sub- variety \vith black sides, and 

 greyish mid-line with red tuberculation, from Orbeletto, in the province of Rome. 



Corsica— The var. roi-ska sensu stricto, Bastelioa, Sept. 18.'52 (Moquin-Tandon, 

 I.e.), Orezza, Signor Bedriaga (Lessona & Pollonera, I.e.)., Coite, Toga, and Bastia, 

 Signor Caziot (Pollonera, Bull. Mus. Conip. Anat., 1898, p. 2). 



Sardinia — The var. Corsica, north of the island, Signor Genfe (Less. & Poll., I.e.). 



