668 Zoology, 



1895. 



Accessions 2302. 



Mr. Oates's collection from Burma and the Andaman Islands 

 was presented by the collector (see p. 676). 58 Scorpions and 

 Solifuga? from Aden, containing species new to science and to 

 the Museum ; presented by Col. Yerbury. 20 Arachnida from 

 Mashonaland ; presented and collected by Mr. G. A. K. 

 Marshall. 27 Arachnida from Somaliland, including new species 

 described by Mr. Pocock in 1896, were presented by the 

 collector. Mr. E. Lort Phillips. 



1896. 



The accessions were 2764. 

 1500 Arachnida from the Lower Amazons, collected by 

 Messrs. Austen and Cambridge during the expedition of Messrs. 

 Siemens Bros.' cable ss. "Faraday" from Para to Manaos ; the 

 Scorpions and Pedipalpi were reported upon by Mr. Pocock 

 (" Ann, Mag. Nat. Hist.," April 1897) and the Spiders of the 

 group Mygalomorphas and Ctenidse by Mr. F. Cambridge 

 (P.Z.S., 1896 and "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist.," January, 1897). 

 463 Scorpions from various parts of India, including many 

 new species procured principally through the instrumentality of 

 Mr. R. C. Wroughton and Mr. H. M. Phipson, were presented 

 by the Bombay Natural History Society. The collection of 

 Attidse from St. Vincent was presented by the West Indian 

 Exploration Committee (see p. 677). The types and specimens 

 of Max Weber's Scorpions were presented by Dr. Max Weber. 



1897. 



Accessions 2525. 



431 Scorpions, Spiders, and Pedipalpi from Burma, including 

 the types of the species of Thelyplwnus described by Mr. E. W. 

 Oates; presented by Mr. E. W. Oates (seep. 192). 140 Scorpions 

 and Spiders from the Nyika plateau, presented by Sir Harry 

 Johnston and reported upon, with other material from British 

 Central Africa, by Mr. Pocock ("Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist." (7), ii., 

 1898). 275 Scorpions and Pedipalpi from India, including new 

 species of Stenochirus and Labjchirus, presented by the Bombay 

 Natural History Society. 146 Arachnida, mostly Scorpions and 

 Spiders, including specimens of many new species described by 

 Mr. Pocock in P.Z.S. for 1898; collected and presented by 

 Mr. C. Steuart Betton. 77 Scorpions, Spiders, and Solpugas 



