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profusion of wild strawberries which, though of a beautiful colour, are 
watery and insipid. Near Fagu I first obtained two species of li- 
max which I believe are undescribed, and which are not uncommon 
along the southern side of the Sutlej at elevations between GOOD and 
9000 feet. The largest may be thus described : — 
Limax altivagus, n. s. Corpore limaciformi, pallio lente-granuloso, 
dorso rugose reticulato, more frondis brassicse, colore virescente-fusco 
sive lutescente-fulvo, interdum nigrescente, et rarissime pallide auran- 
tiaco pallio, minus colorato corpore. Tentaculis quatuor nigris, capite 
nigro, infra pallescente. Ano ad dextrum latus pallii, prope marginem 
posito, ad mediam partem vix attingente. Longitudinis (corpore 
extenso) 9 unc. Habitat montibus cis-Sutlejensibus prope Fagu Nar- 
kanda, Saraon &c. 6000 ad 9u00. 
This limax is rather variable in colour, and large specimens, when in 
motion and extended, exceed 9 inches, though their ordinary dimen¬ 
sion is about 6. It feeds on fungi. 
The second species of limax is much smaller and rather more 
elegantly-shaped, and occupies the same tract of country, and is per¬ 
haps rather more numerous, though the first is far from uncommon. 
Limax modestus n. s. Corpore limaciformi, postea acuminato, colore 
cinereo, fuscis punctis notato ; dorso duobus lineis maculosis cateni- 
formibus ornato, a sese et a margine equidistantibus et a pallio 
usque ad extremitatem extensis, spatio his lineis incluso paullo fus- 
cente et elegante fuscis lineis striato et marmorato. Tentaculis qua¬ 
tuor rubro-fuscis. Longitudinis \\ unc. Habitat cum precedente. 
Vitrina monticola , B. also accompanies the above. The animal is 
about 2 inches long, colour pale reddish brown, paler beneath. Ten¬ 
tacles dark. Spire covered by mantle. A thin dorsal keel down the 
body in front of the shell; shell carried in the centre of the body. 
Tail compressed, obliquely wrinkled, and truncated. Anus situated 
at the extremity with a small overhanging tentacular pore. 
This vitrina is very generally distributed, though individuals 
are nowhere numerous, and it appears to be the favourite food of 
the toad. 
9th, Theog . # 7J92 ft. A short march to the next bungalow on the 
new road, distance about six miles. I was much annoyed at this 
bungalow, as well as at some others, by the multitude of house flies 
which at this season are perfect pests. A pair of swallows had com- 
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