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Fifty-one Arachnida from Guatemala, including four speci- 

 mens of a new species of Gleohis (C. stollii) ; presented by Dr. 

 Otto Stoll. 



Five Arachnida from Zaruma, in Ecuador, with a specimen 

 of a new species of Sipider (Lasio dor a sp.), and four specimens 

 of a new Scorpion {Tityus sp.) ; purchased. 



Two specimens of Tarantula reniformis from Antigua ; 

 presented by C A. Barber, Esq. 



Myriopoda. — Eight hundred and forty-six additions have 

 been made to this class. The following are the most note- 

 worthy : — 



Nineteen specimens of Scolopendridoe and lulidoe from 

 various parts of the Cape Colony ; presented by Major K. C. 

 Wroughton. 



Twenty-five Myriopoda from the Hadramant, including 

 specimens of a new species of Spirostreptas (S. bentii) ; pre- 

 sented by Dr. John Anderson, f.r.s. 



One hundred and ninety-eight Mj'^riopoda from South 

 India, among which are new but undescribed species of the 

 genera Lithobius, Arthrosphcera, Gryptodes')nus, Sterti- 

 nfYiiulus and Siphonorhinus ; presented by J. R. Henderson, 

 Esq., M.B. 



Thirteen Myriopoda from Singapore, including specimens 

 of new but undescribed species of Zephronia and Siphono- 

 rhinus ; presented by H. N. Ridley, Esq. 



Twenty-six Myriopoda from Kuala Lama and Palawan, 

 among them a specimen of Anodontostoraa octo-sulcatum, 

 new to the collection, and examples of new but undescribed 

 species of Platyrrhachus and Spirostreptus ; purchased. 



Twenty-two Myriopoda from New South Wales ; presented 

 by John MacPherson, Esq. 



Two hundred and seventy-five Chilopoda and Diplopoda 

 chiefly from Guatemala, including new species of Newportea, 

 Geophilus, Lithobius, Leptodesmus, Polydesmus and Oxyurus ; 

 presented by Dr. Otto Stoll. 



Insecta. — The total number of specimens acquired during 

 the year amounted to thirty-nine thousand and ninety-six ; 

 they are distributed among the various orders as follows : — 

 Ooleoptera ------- 8,737 



Hymenoptera ------ 9,58 



Lepidoptera ------- 22,423 



Diptera -------- 4,470 



Neuroptera ------- 352 



Orthoptera - - 1,291 



Rhynchota ------- 655 



Trichoptera ------- 3 



Thysanura ------- 207 



Total - - - 39,096 

 0.97. In 



