Arachnida. 573 



" Challenger " Expedition. 



379 specimens collected by this expedition were received from the 

 Ley. 0. 1 . Cambridge in 1903. They include examples of many rare 

 and new species. 



Cowan (The Rev. William Deans). 



A series of 214 Spiders from Madagascar, many of which were 



described by Mr. Butler as new, was purchased in 1882 from the 

 collector. 



Darling (James ffolliott). 



In 1897 and 1899, Mr. Darling presented a large number of Arachnida 

 containing many new or otherwise interesting species collected by hi 

 at Umtali, Mazoe, Salisbury and Enkeldoorn in Mashonaland. 



Distant (William Lucas). [1845- ] 



A series of Arachnida from the Transvaal, presented by Mr. Distant 

 in 1898, and described by Mr. Pocock in "Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist." for that 

 year, was the first collection of any extent received from that part i »f 

 South Africa. 



Doria (TJie Marquis Giacomo). [1840- 



In 1889, the Marquis Giacomo Doria, Director of the Civic Museum of 

 Natural History at Genoa, presented, through Mr. 0. Thomas, a vb 

 collection of Arachnida, containing about 360 specimens and 188 Bpecies 

 which had been collected in Europe, Tunis, Abyssinia, Aden, Burma, 

 Amboina, Celebes, etc., by Doria himself, or by collectors in his employ. 

 The species had been named by P. Pavesi, E. Simon, and T. Thorell, and 

 the co-types of many were contained in the collection. 



Everett (Alfred Hast). [ -1898] 



Collections of Arachnida from Borneo, Palawan, Celebes, etc., received 

 between 1894 and 1897, contained specimens from localities not previously 

 represented in the Museum, as well as examples of new species. 



Fabricius (Johann Christian). [1745-1808] 

 See Banks. 



Ferguson (Harold). 



During 1899, Mr. Ferguson sent several instalments of Arachnida of 

 various orders from Travancore in South India. 



Flower (Capt. Stanley S.). 



From 1895 to 1898, Captain Flower presented several instalments of 

 Arachnida, containing new and rare species, collected by himself in tin- 

 Malay Peninsula. Since 1898 he has also added considerably to the 

 series of Egyptian Arachnida in the collection. [See also under Bankok, 

 the Royal Museum.] 



Gervais (Francois Louis Paul). [1816-187 



See Keyserlixg and Goudot. 

 Gleadow (F.). 



In 1899, a series of Arachnida from the Himalayas, containing 

 examples of species new both to science and to the Museum, was | K 

 by Mr. F. Gleadow. 



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