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were described as new by Mr. Butlerin the " Annals and M 

 zine of Nat. Hist." for 1875, and a full reporl upon the collection 

 was published in vol. clxviii. of the " Phil. Trans. II. Soc." The 

 Arachnida from Kerguelen, collected on this Bame expedition and 

 described by the Rev. O. P. Cambridge in the volume refi 

 to, were received and registered in 1879. 



1881. 



Number of accessions unrecorded. 



The most important additions were: a series of "- v named 

 Spiders from Australia, containing the types or CO types of some 

 of the species described by Dr. L. Koch in "Die Arachniden 

 Australiens," purchased from the Godeffroy Museum. Twenty 

 two Arachnida from Sokotra, collected by Prof. 1. B. Balfour 

 and presented by the British Association. Amongsi these 

 Arachnida were specimens subsequently made the types of now 

 species by Mr. Pocock. 



1882. 



Accessions amounted to '.'>$\), of which the following were 

 the most important. A series of 214 Spiders collected id 

 Madagascar by the Rev. Deans Cowan and purchased from that 

 gentleman. Some of the new species contained in this collection 

 were described by Mr. A. G. Butler in the " Annals and Maga 

 zine of Nat. Hist.'' and the "Proc. Zool. Soc." for thai year. 

 40 Spiders, Scorpions, and Soiifugse from Bushire and Karachi) 

 received in exchange from the Karachi Museum. A further 

 set of the co-types or types of 54 Australian Spiders described 

 by Ludwig Koch in "Die Arachniden Australiens and 

 purchased from the Godeffroy Museum (see p. 67 I I. 



1885. 



The accessions, including Myriopoda, amounted to 95. Tin 

 most important addition to the Arachnida was a collection of 

 39 Acari, Scorpions, Spiders and Solifugaa from the Gambia, 

 presented by Sir Alfred (then Capt.) Rfaloney. 



1887. 

 Accessions, 244. 



Specimens referable to 22 species of Spiders, collected by 

 Mr. C. M. Woodford in the Solomon [slands, were purchased 



from the collector and made the basis for a special report upon 



