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in diameter ; sarcode not abundant, yellow examined 

 dry. Dredged off Torbay, 1867. 



This very distinct species was, when fresh, of a 

 golden yellow colour, it dries to a pale yellow. Three 

 small specimens are all that I have seen of this, each 

 about two inches in diameter and about an inch thick. 

 They grew attached to stones in about twenty fathoms 

 of water. I presented a specimen to Dr. Bowerbank, 

 who has paid me the compliment to name it after me." 



Such is Mr. Parfitt's description. I can find no 

 reference to this sponge, either in Dr. Bowerbank' s 

 publications or among his manuscripts which came 

 into my hands ; and the foregoing description is too 

 loose to enable this species to be recognised. 



A large number of sponges were dredged around the 

 Western coasts of Great Britain, in greater depths 

 than 100 fathoms, in 1869 by H.M.S. "Porcupine." 

 Descriptions of these sponges must be sought in Sir 

 Wyville Thomson's ' Depths of the Sea ' and in Mr. 

 Carter's papers in the ' Annals.' 



