128 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Sixty-three marine shells from the Arabian Sea, Persian 

 Gulf, Andaman Island, etc., including the types of a few 

 species ; presented by J. C. Melvill, Esq. 



The types of twenty-six species of marine Mollusca from 

 Torres Straits ; presented by Prof. A. C. Haddon. 



Fourteen marine shells from Aden, including the types of 

 ten new species ; presented by Commander E. R. Shopland, 



E.I.M. 



Three hundred and five shells from China, Tonkin, Karachi, 

 Persian Gulf, and other localities, including the types of 

 twenty-nine species ; purchased. 



Ninety-eight marine shells from South Australia, including 

 many species new to the collection ; presented by Dr. J. C. 

 Verco. 



Eighty-four land and freshwater shells from South China, 

 including a new species of Vivipara ; presented by Capt. 

 Wingate. 



Eighty specimens of British Testacellidce ; presented by 

 W. M. Webb, Esq. 



Five hundred and seventy-one marine shells from Muscat, 

 including a few species new to the collection ; presented by 

 Dr. Jayakar. 



One hundred and seventy land and freshwater shells from 

 Antigua and Anguilla ; presented by Dr. J. W. Gregory. 



Two hundred and fifty land and freshwater shells from 

 Sokotra and Abd-el-Kuri, including several new and 

 interesting species ; collected by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 

 and Dr. H. 0= Forbes ; presented by the Royal Society. 



Arachnida. — The number of accessions to this class 

 amounted to three thousand one hundred and eleven. 



The following may be particularly mentioned ; — Two large 

 spiders from Kinani, British East Africa, including a specimen 

 of Loxomphalia rubida, new to the collection ; presented by 

 Richard Crawshay, Esq. 



One hundred and sixteen Arachnida from the Mazoe, 

 Rhodesia, including new but as yet undescribed species of 

 Ischnothele, Solpuga, and MicroTn-mata ; presented by 

 J. tiblliot-Darling, Esq. 



One hundred and two Arachnida, principally from Salis- 

 bury, Rhodesia, including an example of new but undescribed 

 species of Blossia and of Thwaitesia ; presented by G. A. K. 

 Marshall, Esq. 



Six Arachnida from the Kwebe Hills, Lake Ngami, in- 

 cluding examples of new species of Pterinochilus and 

 Solpuga; presented by Capt. E. J. Lugard, D.s.o. 



One hundred and fifty-one Spiders from the Benito River, 

 W. Africa, including examples of the following new species : 

 — Arancethra hutleri, Gcerostris albescens, Leptoctenus 

 agilior, Phrynarachne marmorata, Scodra fumosa, and 



