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including several species new to the collection ; presented by 

 H. A. Spencer, Esq. 



Sixty-nine specimens from British Guiana, including 

 examples of the rare genera Broteas and Chactas ; presente 

 by W. L. Sclater, Esq. 



Fify-one specimens from Caraccas, including several species 

 new to the collection ; presented by Dr. Ernst. 



Two specimens of the rare tree Trap-door Spider (Dendricon 

 rastratum), with nests, from Bahia ; presented by Captain 

 David Wilson Barker. 



Myriopoda. — To this class six hundred and eight additions 

 have been made ; the most important are : — 



Thirty-eight specimens from Madras, including examples of 

 Heterostoma spinosum and Paradesmus kelaarti, new to the 

 collection ; also representatives of five new species {Otostigma 

 nudum, 0. ruficeps, 0. morsitans, 0. splendens and Himan- 

 tosoma striatum) ; presented by Edgar Thurston, Esq. 



Sixty-five specimens from Ceylon, including examples of 

 Heterostoma paucispinosum, Leptodesmus thwaitesii, 

 L. inornatus, Strongylosomia simplex, Polydesm^us cognatus, 

 and Siphonophora picteti, new to the collection ; also speci- 

 mens of two undescribed species of Strongylosoma, one of 

 Polydesmus and one of Polyxenus ; presented by E. E. 

 Green, Esq. 



Ninety-eight specimens from Algeria, including specimens 

 of Lithohius lucasii, Cupipes gervaisianus, Geophilus 

 pusillus, Olomeris fusco-marmorata and G. flavomaculata, 

 new to the collection ; presented by Dr. John Anderson, f.r.s. 



Ninety-eight specimens from Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, 

 and Port Natal, including examples of Trematoptychus afer 

 and Cormocephalus punctatus, new to the collection, as well 

 as four new species and two new genera of Geophilidce and 

 Scolopendrido} and several new species of Diplopoda ; pre- 

 sented by H. A. Spencer, Esq. 



Thirty-four specimens from high altitudes in the Andes of 

 Ecuador, including examples of Otostigma scabricauda and 

 Stenonia rujipes, new to the collection, and of two new 

 species (Newportia dentata and N. monticola ; presented by 

 E. Whymper, Esq. 



Twenty specimens from Maungatua, near Dunedin, includ- 

 ing an example of Graspedosoma trisetosuon and three 

 examples of the rare genus Icosidesmus, new to the collec- 

 tion ; presented by J. Vaughan Jennings, Esq. 



Insects.^=-Th.e total number of specimens acquired during 

 0.81. H 2 the 



