Mollusks. 4453 



A List of the Mollusca hitherto found in the Province of Moray and 

 in the Moray Firth. By the Rev. George Gordon. 



(Concluded from page 4435). 



Gasteropoda Pulmonifera. 



Common large Black Slug or Snail, Avion empivicorum, (A. ater, 

 Mac.) Abundant. 



Garden Arion, Avion hortensis. Has been met with in several 

 localities, and a species probably generally dispersed throughout the 

 district. Manse garden at Birnie ; near Mill of Birnie ; wood at 

 Main. Mr. Martin has found it at Foresterseat. An Arion not un- 

 frequent in the moist grassy upland cultivated parts of Moray, a spe- 

 cimen of which was sent to Mr. Hancock and seen by Mr. Alder, is 

 considered by these gentlemen to be the variety of A. hortensis 

 noticed in the ' Catalogue of Northumberland and Durham Mollusca.' 



Field Slug, Limax agrestis. Very abundant. 



Spotted Gray Slug, Limax cinereus. Occasionally met with in 

 gardens and in deep shady ravines. 



Tree Slug, Limax arborum, (L. maryinatus, Mac.) At Birnie, 

 1853, among leaves fallen from lime trees. 



Cellar or Yellow Slug, Limax Jlavus, (L. varieyatus, Mac.) 

 Although a specimen of this slug has not been compared with the 

 description in Messrs. Forbes and Hanley's work, yet it is believed 

 that it is occasionally to be found in cellars and in other damp half- 

 sunk apartments, both in the country and in the county towns of the 

 Province of Moray. 



Little Brown Slug, Limax bvunneus. This species is probably 

 more generally dispersed than naturalists have hitherto been aware of. 

 It is not uncommon in the district comprehended in this list. At 

 some places, as at the escarpment of red conglomerate, near Mill of 

 Birnie it is to be found, of a damp warm evening, in abundance. Mr. 

 Macdonald remarks that this little slug is the most lively and fearless 

 of its tribe. When disturbed, instead of contracting itself into a lump, 

 like most of its congeners, it makes bold and repeated efforts to 

 escape from the annoyance. 



Green Glassy Snail, Vitvina pellucida. Common. 



Cellar Zone-shell, Zonites cellarius, {Helix nitida, Flem.) Under 

 stones at the fish-beds at Dipple, Mr. Mavlin ; Bridge of Divie 

 near Relugas, and at the old castle of Dunphail, Mr. J. Shand. 

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