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IN your issue of November 29, Mr. R. I. Pocock, reviewing Mr. and Mrs. Workman's book on “Malaysian Spiders,” states: “But the pine-apple is a native of South America, and has only of late years been introduced into Singapore; &c.” Now, twenty years ago it was as common at Singapore as any other fruit, more so than many indigenous ones. How long before it may have been introduced I am unable to say, but that also should surely be stated “Before such a conclusion, however, can be looked upon as an established fact.” I quite grant that in all probability the plant and spider were introduced simultaneously.
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MUIRHEAD, B. Indo-Malayan Spiders. Nature 51, 153 (1894). https://doi.org/10.1038/051153c0
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