8. MYRIOPODA. 

 By R. I. POCO< K. 



A. List of the Officers more or less connected with the 

 Collection of Myriopoda. 



B. Curatorial Work, Registration and Catalogues. 



The numerical registration of accessions to the collection of 

 Myriopoda was instituted at some date after l£i'<'>. when Dr. 

 Leach's collection was presented. The first entry in the "1,1 

 undated register of Aptera is the name of one of the B] 

 described by Thomas Say, who sent his types to Dr. Leach. [1 

 is impossible to say over how many years this register extended ; 

 but, apart from the species belonging to Leach's collection, only 

 ten Myriopoda were entered in it. In 1838 dated registration 

 of the Arthropoda began, the Crustacea, Arachnids, Myrio 

 and Insecta all being included in one volume. Since 1889 the 

 Myriopoda, with the Arachnida, have been entered in a 

 register. 



The collection of Myriopoda became of historical import 



