108 ACCOUNTS, ETC., OF THE BRITISH MUSEUM. 



Arachnida. — To this class three hundred and fifty-one 

 additions have been made ; the following are worthy of 

 note : — 



Eighty-nine Spiders, from Madeira, including the types of 

 two new species {Attus maderianus) and Ariadne Tnader- 

 iana) ; presented by W. E.. O. Grant, Esq. 



Twenty Scorpions, from Cape Town, including a specimen 

 of Uroplectes variegatus, new to the collection ; presented 

 by H. A. Spencer, Esq. 



Fourteen Spiders and Scorpions, including an example of 

 Lepreus Jischeri new to the collection, from Mombasa ; 

 presented by D. J. Wilson, Esq. 



Thirty-four Spiders, from Great Loo Choo ; purchased. 



Four Scorpions, belonging to the genera Teuthraustes and 

 Chactas, from the Andes of Ecuador ; purchased. 



Myriopoda. — One thousand five hundred and sixty 

 specimens were added to this class ; of these the most 

 important are : — 



Eighty Millipedes, from Austria and Italy, among which 

 are some new species of Polydes7)ius and AtractosoTna ; pre- 

 sented by Oldfield Thomas, Esq. 



Fifteen Centipedes, from Egypt ; presented by Dr. John 

 Anderson, F.R.S. 



Fourteen Millipedes and Centipedes, from Mombasa ; pre- 

 sented by D. J. Wilson, Esq. 



Forty-six Millipedes, referable to twelve species, mostly 

 new to the collection, from Port Elizabeth and Cape Town ; 

 presented by H. A. Spencer, Esq. 



Five Millipedes, from Imerina, Madagascar, including speci- 

 mens of Sphcer other ium ; purchased. 



One hundred and ninety-eight Millipedes referable to 

 seventeen species, including ten examples of a new species of 

 Camhala, from various parts of Burma ; presented by E. W. 

 Gates, Esq. 



Twenty-three Centipedes and Millipedes, from Great Loo 

 Choo, including a species of Mecistocephalus new to the 

 collection, and three new species of Fontaria ; purchased. 



Eleven Millipedes, from Mount Dulit, Borneo ; presented 

 by Charles Hose, Esq. 



Ten Centipedes and Millipedes, from Mount Kumner, 

 Hobart, including two examples of a new genus of Chilopoda, 

 connecting the three families ScolopendridcB, Geophilidce, 

 and Lithobiidce ; presented by G. M. Thomson, Esq. 



Thirty-four Centipedes and Millipedes, including Sphcero- 

 therium novce-zelandice, a species new to the collection, and 

 some new species of Icosidesmus, from New Zealand ; pre- 

 sented by Charles Chilton, Esq. 



Sixteen Centipedes and Millipedes, from Jamaica, including 



four 



