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LIMAX FLAVUS. 



Var. breckworthiana Lehmann, Mai. BL, 18G4, p. U5, pi. 4. 



LiiiniiWi l'rcc/,-ivo7't/iianus Lehmann, op. cit. 



J.iiiiiix ccarinalvs Hri;tlger, Jiihr'o. Dcutsch. Mai. Ges., 1881, p. 186, f. 7.1-c. 

 Umax flaims var. suffusa Roebuck, J. ofConcli., July 1885, p. .3.52. 

 Liinax' flainis v.ir. gyiscfL Roebuck, J. of Conch., July 1884, p. 222. 



Tlie whole iiody and siUF.r.n uniformly suffiiseil 1)y a ilai-k coloniinf,'. 



Tlie varieties hrrckii-oi-tjikinn, ceiiriiifitd, and sii(fiisii, are all said to lie <-l>araetcr- 

 ized by tlie dill'nsion of Hie secondary piniiienl^ation over almost tlic wliole surface 

 of the liodv, which therefore ]iresents an ahiiost unifonii coloniin;^'. 



The suli \ar. i/rlscn dillersin the mottled marUiiigs bein^' still visible on the body 

 and shield, altlionj,'h the yellow ground tint has been replaced by grey and the body 

 slime is colourless. 



Somerset N.— Snb-var. lyriscri, Bath, June 1S,S4 ! C. .1. Waterfall. 



Middlesex— Sub-var. aufl'usa, Ealing, May ISS.") ! S. (A Cockerell. Siib-\ ai. (/risca, 

 Acton,, Ian. ISS.".! T. D. A. t'ockerell. Hampstcad, •lime I.S.SS' II. Wallis Kew. 



Stafford - Sub-var. griwn, Mr. Nash'.s garden, Stall'oicl, Dec. bssi; : ]>. E. Adams. 



Renfrew— Sub-var. i/ri-wii, near (ireenocU, Sept. l.S8(i ! Andrew Scott. 



Russia— The sub-var. rcnriiintK, Kutais, Transcaucasia ; similar specimens from 

 Sebastopol in Crimea (Simroth, Nacktsch., 1S91, p. :WS). 



Australia — A'ar. Iin ykimrthudia, Breckworth, Victori;i (Leiiiiiaiiii, I.e.). 



Geographical Distribution. — The natural range nf Linui.r jlcn'us i.s 

 very cDinpact, anil inclode.s the whole of temperate Europe. It lias heeu 

 reported from the Briti.sh Isles, Germany, France, Corsica, Belgium, Hol- 

 land, iSjiain, Portugal, Balearic Isles, Italy, Sardinia, Sicily, Greece, Den- 

 mark, Russia, Asia Minor, Algeria, Cyprus, and other Mediterranean Isles. 



It lias also l.)cen noted as occurring in Madeira, Azores, St. Helena, 

 Seychelles, Eastern Nortli America, South America, Australia, New Zea- 

 land, Japan, and South Africa. 



Geographical Distribution 



or 

 Limax /lavw> L. 



^^^1 Recorded Distribution, 

 r 1 Probable Range, 



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Fic. 101. 

 KN<!LAXII AND ]VA[.KS. 

 Channel Isles — Tn Guernsey & Sark, but not commonly (f'ooke & (iwatkin, 

 (.(..I.e., 1S7H, i., p. 32li). Jersey, Lukis (Ansted'.s t:iiannel Isies, 18(i2). 



/v;.v/,v.s- 

 Cornwall W. — I'hillack, near Hiiyle, Oct. 1H84! MissS. Ilotd.in. Var. /litre 

 Scilly Isles, Aug. l.HOO! Itev. E. Dale Hoberts. 



Devon S.— A specimen in tlii! ISiitish Museum, from Dr. F.eacdi, labelled ' 



ulfi" (T. I). A. Cockerell, ISJIl). About Exeter, but not so abundant 



«!«(.- i',j(/rv( I 'arlitt, Na,t., isr>4, p. I."i0). Var. r/c;.sr((,Topsliani, y\ug. bS'.l-i, \j. E. A( 

 Devon N.— Enumentted in Besley's Handliook for Nortli Devon, I.S(i7, p. 1 



ri A. 



sccitx, 



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 as L. 

 dams. 

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