THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[SEVENTH SERIES.] 

 No. 12. DECEMBER 1898. 



LTV. — The Arachnida from the Regions of Lakes Nyasa and 

 Tanganyika contained in the Collection of the British 

 Museum. By R. I. POCOCK. 



[Plate XIII.] 



The few species of Arachnicla from Lake Tanganyika 

 recorded in this paper were collected by Mr. Alexander 

 Carson and Mr. W. H. Nutt. For the more extensive series 

 from Nyasaland the Museum is indebted principally to 

 Mr. A. Whyte, acting under the direction of Sir H. H. 

 Johnston. A few from this neighbourhood were also obtained 

 by Mr. R. Crawshay, by Dr. Percy Rendall, and by the 

 members of the Universities' Mission to Central Africa. The 

 specimens which Sir Harry Johnston used his influence to 

 procure were received in two instalments : the first com- 

 prised the species collected on Mount Zomba, at the southern 

 extremity of Lake Nyasa; the second, those from the Nyika 

 plateau and neighbouring localities at the northern end of 

 Lake Nyasa and between it and the southern end of Lake 

 Tanganyika. Unfortunately, there are no exact localities 

 for most of the examples received from the Universities' 

 Mission. 



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