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also specimens of Cyphonisia ohesa and Heterothele 

 gahonensis, new to the collection ; purchased. 



One hundred and thirty-two Spiders and Scorpions from 

 Grahamstown, including specimens of the rare Spiders 

 Moggridgea ahrahami, Stasimopus caffrus, Pycnacantha 

 trihulus, Paraplectana thorntoni, with nests of the 

 gregarious Spider Stegodyphus dumicola ; presented by 

 Dr. Schonland. 



Thirty-six Spiders from Queenstown, Cape Colony, in- 

 cluding specimens of a new but undescribed species of 

 Palystes ; presented by Capt. C. Kendall Bushe. 



Nine Arachnida from Sierra Leone, including a specimen 

 of Cryptostemma afzelii, new to the collection ; presented 

 by E. E. Austen, Esq. 



Thirty-three specimens representing nine species of the 

 Scorpion Opisthophthalmus, new to the collection, including 

 co-typical examples of 0. leipoldti, granicauda and crassi- 

 manus ; received in exchange from the S. African Museum, 

 Cape Town. 



One hundred and eighty-six Spiders and Scorpions from 

 Abd-el-Kuri and Sokotra, including specimens of the fol- 

 lowing new species : — Heteroneho forhesii and grantii, 

 Hemiscorpius socotranus, Butheolus insulanus, Araneus hop- 

 lophallus and cardiocerus, Scelidomachus socotranus and 

 Capheris insularis ; collected by Mr. W. R. Ogilvie-Grant 

 and Dr. H. O. Forbes ; presented by the Royal Society. 



Ninety-eight Arachnida and Myriopoda from the Persian 

 Gulf, Baluchistan, Sind, and the Punjab, including amongst 

 other rare species, a specimen of a new Scorpion Chcerilus 

 anthracinus and of a new Galeodes, G. nigripalpis ; 

 presented by F. W. Townsend, Esq. 



Forty-three Spiders and Scorpions from Dehra Dun, in- 

 cluding a specimen of a new species of Spider, Selenocosmia 

 hi')nalayana, and examples of Heteropodja casaria and Plator 

 indicus, new to the collection ; presented by F. Gleadow, 

 Esq. 



Eighteen Spiders and Scorpions from the Tinnevelly dis- 

 trict, S. India, including a specimen of a new Scorpion, 

 PalamiKBUs harheri, and a new Spider, Hygropoda 

 coronata ; presented by C. A. Barber, Esq. 



One hundred and four Arachnida from Travancore, in- 

 cluding representatives of the following new species, Ghiro- 

 Tnachetes fergusoni, Thelyphonus muricola, Poecilotheria 

 rufilata, Sason armatoris, Sasonichus sullivani, Psechrus 

 alticeps, &c. ; presented by Harold Ferguson, Esq. 



Nine hundred and forty Spiders, Galeodes, &c., principally 

 from the Bombay Presidency, including representatives of 

 many new species, of which the following are most note- 

 worthy : — Rhagodes vittatus, Galeodes indicus, Gluviopsis 

 atratus, Chilohrachys Jimhriatus and C atratus, Thrigmo- 



