1880Proceedings of the Zoological Society of LondonOpen access

1. Note on the Distribution of the Crayfish (Astacus) in Spain.

E. W. H. Holdsworth

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The Secretary exhibited a Spider of the genus Teyenaria, which had been forwarded to him from Cape Town with the following letter :-Cape Town, April 9, 1880.Dear Sir,-I send per this post a registered package, containing a "Tarantula" Spider.I caught it within three miles of Cape 'own, on the back of a horse.All here were very unwilling to touch it, owing to its deadly bite ; but I, using chloroform, secured it.The mare has since died; and the effects produced by the bite are similar to St.

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The Secretary exhibited a Spider of the genus Teyenaria, which had been forwarded to him from Cape Town with the following letter :-Cape Town, April 9, 1880.Dear Sir,-I send per this post a registered package, containing a "Tarantula" Spider.I caught it within three miles of Cape 'own, on the back of a horse.All here were very unwilling to touch it, owing to its deadly bite ; but I, using chloroform, secured it.The mare has since died; and the effects produced by the bite are similar to St.

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The Secretary exhibited a Spider of the genus Teyenaria, which had been forwarded to him from Cape Town with the following letter :-Cape Town, April 9, 1880.Dear Sir,-I send per this post a registered package, containing a "Tarantula" Spider.I caught it within three miles of Cape 'own, on the back of a horse.All here were very unwilling to touch it, owing to its deadly bite ; but I, using chloroform, secured it.The mare has since died; and the effects produced by the bite are similar to St.

Key concepts: Crayfish, Citation, Astacus, Distribution (mathematics), Computer science, Mathematics, Library science, Fishery

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