676 Zoology. 



Leach (William Elford). [1790-1886] 



Dr. Leach's collection, which contained the types and other specimens 

 of the species of Psendoscorpiones and Ixodes, described in the " Trans. 

 Linn. Soc," xi. and " Zool. Misc.," iii., 1817, as well as several pinned 

 examples of British Spiders and Opiliones and Acari, of no special value, 

 was presented to the Trustees in 1826. 



Lort Phillips (E.). 



In 1895, Mr. Lort Phillips presented a collection of Arachnida from 

 Somaliland, which, apart from the new forms it contained, is of interest 

 as being the first series of Arachnida received from that country. 



Marshall (Guy A. K.). 



In 1894 and succeeding years, Mr. Marshall collected for the British 

 Museum a valuable series of Arachnida, including many previously 

 undescribed species, in Natal and Mashonaland. The collections have 

 been named, and for the most part reported upon. 



Oates (Eugene William). [1845- 



In 1889, Mr. Oates presented a collection of over 100 Scorpiones and 

 Pedipalpi from Burma, amongst which were the types and other specimens 

 of the species described by him in the" Journal of the Bombay Nat. Hist. 

 Soc," iii., 1888. The rest of Mr. Oates's material of Scorpiones and 

 Pedipalpi, including the types of his species of Thelyphonidse, described in 

 the " Journ. Asiatic Soc," Bengal, lviii., 1889, was handed over to the 

 Trustees in 1897. Mr. Oates's collection of Burmese Spiders was pre- 

 sented to the British Museum with the request that it should be sent to 

 Dr. Thorell for determination. The descriptive catalogue of the collec- 

 tion was published by the Trustees in 1895. The collection, which 

 contained about 1100 specimens, referable to 310 species, and a large 

 number of types, was incorporated in the general collection in 1895. 

 In this year the Museum also received from Mr. Oates his collection of 

 Spiders from the Andaman Islands, which was reported upon by Thorell 

 in " Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist." (6), ix., 1892. 



Peekham (George W.). 



See West Indian Exploration Committee. 



Ridley (Henry N.). 



Since 1890, Mr. Bidley has from time to time sent valuable and 

 extensive collections of Arachnida from Singapore. 



Sandwich Islands Committee. 



In 190-i the collection of Arachnida made in the Sandwich Islands by 

 Mr. R. 0. L. Perkins was presented by the Joint Committee of the Royal 

 Society and the British Association. It consists of 559 specimens, 

 reported upon by Mons. E. Simon in the " Fauna Hawaiiensis." 



Schonland (Dr.). 



In 1899, Dr. Schonland presented to the Museum the first of a very 

 valuable series of Arachnida from Grahamstown in Cape Colony. 



Siemens (Messrs.). 



In 1897, the Arachnida collected on the Amazons by Messrs. E. E. 

 Austen and F. O. P. Cambridge during the laying of the cable by the 



