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17. SCORPIONES, UROPYGI, ARANEAE, OPILIONESAND SCOLOPENDROMORPH CHILOPODAFROM RENNELL ISLANDBYE. BROWNING & K. H. HYATTDEPARTMENT OF ZOOLOGY, BRITISH MUSEUM (NAT. HIST.), LONDONThe following Report is based on the material collected by the Danish (1951) andBritish Museum (Natural History) (1953) Expeditions to Rennell Island in the BritishSolomon Islands. The Danish collections were made by Dr. T. WOLFF and the BritishMuseum collecticns by Mr. J. D. BRADLEY.The Scorpiones (1 genus and 2 species), the Uropygi (I species) and the Scolopendromorpha(3 genera and 6 species) were determined by E. BROW:\I:\G and the Araneae(21 genera and 34 species) and Opi/iones (I species) were determined by K. H. HYATT.The arachnid fauna of Rennell Island has not previously been imestigated,although considerable work has been done on the arachnid and myriapod fauna ofother islands in the Austro-Malayan Region. References to some of these are given atthe end of this work. For the full synonymy and bibliography of the Araneae referenceshould be made to ROEWER (1942-1954) and to BoN:--

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