118 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Twenty specimens illustrating Dr. Chilton's recent memoir 

 on the subterranean Crustacea of New Zealand ; presented by 

 Dr. Chilton. 



Arachnida. — To this class two thousand three hundred 

 and two additions have been made. The following are deserv- 

 ing of special mention : — 



Twenty Arachnida, including the type of Sol'pitga rtiar- 

 shal/i, and a new species of Harpactera from Mashonaland ; 

 presented by G. A. K. Marshall, Esq. 



Twenty-seven spiders, scorpions, and solifugse, including 

 ncAv species of Buthus, Rhax, Scorpio, and Heligmomerus 

 from Somaliland ; presented by E. Lorf Phillips, Esq. 



A collection of fifty-eight scorpions and solifug?e from 

 Aden, containing examples of Butheolus thalassinus, Hemi- 

 scorjrkis lepturiis and others new to the collection ; presented 

 by Colonel Yerbury. 



Thirty-aeven spiders, scorpions, and ticks from Ceylon, in- 

 cluding examples of Isometrus basilieus new to the collec- 

 tion ; presented by E. E. Green, Esq. 



Forty-seven spiders, including a new species of Ant-like 

 Salticus from Allahabad ; presented by A. E. Ryver, Esq. 



A collection of ninety-seven spiders, containing the types 

 of Cyclosa oatesi from the Andaman Islands ; presented by 

 E. W. Gates, Esq. 



A collection of fifteen hundred and fifty Burmese spiders, 

 referable to three hundred and ten species determined by Dr. 

 Thorell, and including the types of one hundred and fifty- 

 three new species and examples of many others previously 

 unrepresented in the Museum collection ; presented by E. W. 

 Gates, Esq. 



Twenty spiders and scorpions, including a new species of 

 the genus Stylocellufi from Sandakan ; presented by Douglas 

 Cator, Esq. 



Myriojyoda. — Two hundred and seventy-nine specimens of 

 this class were acquired during the year. The following are 

 the most important : — 



Thirty-three millipedes of the family PolydesTiiidce from 

 Liberia, including the co-types of ten species ; presented by 

 Professor G. F. Cook. 



Twenty-three centipedes and millipedes from Somaliland, 

 including neAv species of Spivostvej^tus and Odontopyge ; pre- 

 sented by E. Lort Phillips, Esq. 



Fifty-five centipedes and millipedes from Burma, in- 

 cluding the co-types of twenty-nine species ; presented by 

 R. I. Pocock, Esq. 



Nine centipedes and millipedes from Penang and Kulim, 

 including a new species, Zephronia Impyunctata ; presented 

 by Lieutenant S, S. Flower. 



Insecta. — 



