Arachnida. 677 



SS. "Faraday," were presented by Messrs. Siemens. This u 

 collection of any extent and in a proper state of preservation thai 



Museum had received from Brazil. 



Simon (Eugene). [ -1818] 



See West Indian Exploratiom Committee and Dobia. 



Simons (P. O.). [ - -1902] 



In 1900, the Museum received from Mr. Simons the first of B 

 of Andean Arachnida collected in Ecuador and Peru. This 

 contained many new and rare species. 



Sorensen (William). 



See Keysekling. 



Spencer (Henry Alexander). [1862- ] 



From 1890-1897, Mr. H.A.Spencer presented collections of Arachnida 

 from Cape Town, Port Elizabeth, King Williamstown, E n and 



Durban. These collections contained the first pro] erly preserved n 

 of any extent that the Museum had received from South Africa. 



Staunton (George P.). 



In 1899, Mr. G. P. Staunton sent the first of a series «.f collect i. 

 Sjriders from Bangalore and Madras. In 1902 he sent G4 additional 

 specimens. 



Thomas (Oldfield). 



From 1889-1897, Mr. Thomas collected and presented to the Museum 

 a large number of Spiders from England and various places on the 

 Continent; also from La Plata. It was through his instrumentalil 

 that the valuable collection of identified species from the Genoa M 

 was presented by the Marquis G. Doria. 



Thorell (Tord Tamerlan Theodor). [1830-1901] 

 See Gates and Dobia. 



Townsend (F. W.). 



In 1899-1900, Mr. F. W. Townsend presented several instalment- of 

 Arachnida collected by himself in the Punjab, Baluchistan, and Persia, 

 adding many new forms to the collection from a region which was poorly 

 represented in the Museum. 



Walckenaer (Charles Athanasi;, Baron). [1771-1852 

 See Abbot. 



West Indian Exploration Committee. 



The Arachnida collected in the Lesser Antilles by Eta E rring, 



Smith, and others, under the direction of the West Indian Expli 

 Committee, were presented to the British Museum at va 

 between 1889 and 1897. The first instalment was a small - 

 Dominica and St. Lucia received in 1889. In 1894, the Spiders of the 

 families Aviculariidx, Filistatida, Uloboridse, Dysd* 

 Caponiidse, Scytodidx, and Pholcidx, which had been .t by 



M.Eugene Simon, and described in the " Proc. Zoo! So 1 and 



1891; and the Scorpions and Pedipalpi, described by W. 1. I' 

 the "Journ. Linn. Soc." xxiv., were received and it:< I Tin- 



