Myriopoda. 



1881. 



52 Centipedes, mostly belonging to the genus Scdopendra 

 were collected by Prof. I. B. Balfour in the island oi 

 and presented to the British Museum by the Bril ish A 



1886. 



Specimens of 9 species of Myriopods, apparently typical of 

 species named by P. W. Hutton, were purchased from 

 missioner to New Zealand at the Indo-Colonial Exhibition. 



1887. 



The accessions amounted to 44. 



The most important was a donation from Mr. L. Wray of fivt 

 Centipedes and two suctorial Millipedes, belonging to a new 

 genus, subsequently described by Mr. Pocock as P 

 verrucosus. 



1888. 



Accessions 216. 



6 species of Myriopoda collected in Dominica In Mr. G. A 

 Ramage, and reported upon by Mr. Pocock in the Ann. Mag. 

 Nat. Hist, for that year, were presented by the West Indian 

 Exploration Committee. A series of 49 Myriopo 

 Madagascar was purchased from the Rev. K. Baron. 



1889. 



Accessions 1492. 



48 specimens of Myriopoda referable to 17 sj ■ th 



identified by Dr. Karsch, from Tunis and other localities, 

 sented, through Mr. Oldfield Thomas, by the Marquis G. Doria. 

 A collection of 250 British Centipedes containing ma 

 new to the collection, and previously unrecorded as British, 

 sented and collected by Messrs. O. Thomas and I!. I. Pocock ; 

 also about 200 Myriopoda from Austria and Ligui ning 



species new both to science and to the Museum, pn sented and 

 collected by Mr. O.Thomas; 51 namrd Myriopoda aria, 



containing species new to the collection, and eo-tj j me of 



Latzel's species, were presented by Dr. <i. Caneva, through Mr. 

 0. Thomas. 



450 Chilopoda, referable to 24 species, mostly now 

 collection from Burma, presented and collected by Mr. B, W. 

 Oates (see p. 697). 



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