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This variety, which is the typical unicolorous form of the species, with the con- 

 stituent subsidiary and scarcely separable forms cited above, is abundant and 

 generally distributed throughout tlie British Islands, and probably occurs through- 

 out the entire range of distribution of the species. 



Var. flavilatera Dum. & Mort., Moll. Savoie, 1857, p. 10. 



Limax agresiis var. succineus Westerlund, Faun. Europ., 1876, p. 11. 

 Agriolimax agrestis y aurata Less. & Poll., Monog. Limac. Ital., 1882, p. 19. 

 Limax agresiis var. xantlwsoma Fischer, J. de Conchyl., 1880, p. 294. 



Animal with body and shield yellowish. 



The var. flavilatepa s.str. is described as having the sides of body yellowish. 



The sub-var. sueeinea is described as subrufous above and white beneath. 



The sub-var. aupata has an uniformly yellow shield and body and black 

 ommatophores. 



The sub-var. xanthosoma is uniformly amber-yellow, tentacles bluish-brown. 



Lancashire S.— Tyldesley, Aug. 1886, Lionel E. Adams. 



France — Sub-var. xanthosoma, valley of Mont Dore, Puy -de-Dome (Fischer, op. c. ). 



Italy— Sub-var. aurata, Grosoovallo, Piedmont (Less. & Poll., op. cit.). 



Norway— Sub-var. sueeinea, Christiania (Esmark, Suppl. Norway List, 1880). 



United States— Sub-var. sueeinea, Portland, Oregon, H. F. Wickham (T. D. A. 

 Cockerell, Nautilus, 1891). 



Var. cineracea Moquin-Tandon, Hist. Moll. France, 1865, ii., p. 23. 



Lijnax agrestis 8 cineracea Moquin-Tandon, op. cit. 



Limax agrestis var. cinerascens Dum. & Mort., Moll. Sav., 1857, p. 10. 



Limax agrestis var. grisea T. D. A, Cockerell, Nautilus, Oct. 1891, p. 70. 



Animal more or less entirely ash coloured or grey. 



The var. einepaeea s.str. is described as greyish-white with ash-coloured shield. 



The sub-var. einerascens is described as grey. 



The sub-var. grisea is of a somewhat dark grey. 



Lancashire S. — Sub-var. grisea, Knowsley near Liverpool, 1893 (W. E. Collinge, 

 J. of Mai., Junel893). Near Prescot, Sept. 'l885, T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Dublin — Sub-var. grisea, Rathfarnham (ScharfF, Slugs of Ireland, 1891). 



France— Sub-var. rineraseens is recorded for Savoy ; the var. cineracea is also 

 found commonly almost throughout the department of the Ain ; it is commoner than 

 the type about Lyons in the department of the Rhone, and is also found in Haute 

 Loire and the department of the Seine. 



Portugal — Common in Estremadura, in Alemtejo and in Algarve (Morelet, Moll. 

 Port., 1845, p. 35). 



Greece — Sitia and Canea in the Isle of Crete (Simroth, op. cit.). 



Norway — About Tromso, Groto, and Grono (Esmark & Hoyer, Mai. Bl., 1856). 



Asia Minor — Magnesia, Brussa, and shores of the Dardanelles (Simroth, op. cit.). 



Var. violacea Gassies, Moll, de I'Agenais, 1849, p. 64. 



Limax agrestis f lilacina Moq.-Tand., Hist. Moll. France, 1835, ii., p. 22, pi. 2, f. 22. 

 Limax agrestis var. plumbea Standen, Irish Nat., Sept. 1898. 



Animal purplish, lilac or slate coloured. 



This is probably the Limax sylvatieus of Draparnaud, but some of the details of 

 his description are not in perfect accord with the characteristics of the species. 



Somerset S.— Bridgwater, Aug. 1884 ! W. Vinson. 



Sussex W.— Midhurst, 1884, T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Middlesex— Bedford Park, Chiswick, Dec. 1884 ! T. D. A. Cockerell. 



Stafford— Stafford ! L. E. Adams. Gardens, Cheadle, April 1886 ! F. B. Webb. 



Salop— St. Oswald's Well and Whittington Castle, June 1883 ! Baker Hudson. 



Gloucester E.— Stroud, Oct. 1883 ! E. J. Elliott. 



Gloucester W.— Stroud, Oct. 1883 ! E. J. Elliott. 



Monmouth— Shirenewton Hall, June 1886 ! E. J. Lowe. 



Glamorgan — Llandaff, on Dactylis glomerata, July 1885 ! F. W. Wotton. 



York N.E.— Egton Bridge, Aug. 1885 ! Baker Hudson. Coxwold and Byland, 

 Sept. 1892 (Nat., 1892, p. 347). 



York Mid W.— Cracoe, June 1891 ! W.D.R. 



Ireland- Rev. B. J. Clarke records the not unfrequent occurrence of this variety 

 in Ireland, but does not cite precise localities. 



Down — Graveyard, Downpatrick Cathedral, B, Welch. 



