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the Arachnida of these islands, published by Mr. Pocock in the 

 "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist." for 1898. 40 Spiders and ScoqDions 

 mostly new to the collection and containing specimens sub- 

 sequently made the types of new species from Kilimanjaro ; 

 presented by Mr. F. J. Jackson. 



1888. 



Accessions, 1215. 



148 Arachnida from 8. Brazil were purchased from 

 Mr. Michaelis. Specimens referable to 40 named species of 

 Spiders from Germany were purchased from Dr. Eger. 76 micro- 

 scopical slides of British Oribatidse, containing the remainder of 

 the types and other specimens of this family upon which the 

 Monograph of the British Orihatidse was based, were presented 

 by Mr. A. D. Michael. Over 600 Spiders from Ootacamund 

 and the Nilgiri Hills were presented by Mr. G. F. Hampson. 

 Many of the species contained in this valuable series were 

 subsequently described by Mr. Pocock in 1900. 



1889. 



Accessions, 1428. 



A valuable named collection was received this year from 

 the Marquis G. Doria of the Genoa Museum (p. 673). A 

 set of 329 British Spiders belonging to 53 species, collected by 

 Messrs. O. Thomas and R. I. Pocock, was presented by the 

 donors after being identified by Mr. C. AVarburton. A collection 

 of about 500 Arachnida, mostly from Rio Grande do Sul and 

 identified by E. Keyserling, was purchased from the collector, 

 Dr. H. von Jhering. 



1890. 



Accessions, 10,766. 



The large number of accessions for this year was due to the 

 purchase of the Keyserling collection (see p. 675). The rest of 

 the additions were of no great moment, apart from a series of 

 143 Arachnida collected and presented by Mr. H. A. Spencer, 

 containing a large number of species new to the collection, which 

 had previously received but little well-preserved and workable 

 material from South Africa. 



1891. 



Accessions, 560. 



A further instalment of South African Spiders, consisting of 

 71 specimens, was presented by Mr. H. A. Spencer. 



