1887 Suberites trincomaliensis Crtr. 



1896 Hymedesmia bistellata (O. S.) Tops. 



1896 Spirastrella cylindrica Kieschnick. 



1897 Suberites spirastrelloides Dy. 

 1897 Spirastrella areolata Dy. 

 1897 Spirastrella aurivillii Lindgr. 

 1897 Spirastrella bistellata (O. S.) Ldfd. 

 1S97 Spirastrella carnosa Tops. 



1897 Spirastrella robusta Dy. 



1897 Spirastrella seiuiliniaris Lindgr. 



1897 (e) Vioa florida Ldfd. 



1897 Vioa papillosa (Rdl. & Dy.) Ldfd. 



1897 Vioa solida (Rdl. & Dy.) Ldfd. 



1898 Spirastrella insignis Thiele. 



1898 Spirastrella panis Thiele. 



1899 Spirastrella inconstans (Dy.) Thiele. 



1900 Spirastrella minax Tops. 



1905 Spirastrella tentorioides Dy. 



1906 (p) Spirastrella bonneti Tops. 

 1906 ((3) Clioua wilsoni (Crtr.) Tops. 



1906 (/3) Hardwickia purpurea (Lmk.) Tops. 

 1909 Spirastrella digitata Hentschel. 



I. Alcyonium purpureum — Spirastrella pttrpurea — Hardwickia purpnrea. 



[ T S I I Fourcroy & Vauquelin p. 354 — 356]. 

 1S15 Lamarck p. 332. 

 1816 Lamarck p. 402. 

 1816 Lamouroux pp. 321, 358. 

 1824 Lamouroux p. 34. 

 1836 Lamarck p. 608 — 609. 

 1875 Carter p. 197. 

 1879 (7) Carter p. 149. 

 1882 Carter p. 352; PI. XII, fig. 28 «— c. 



1884 Ridley p. 470 — 471. 



1885 Carter p. 1 14. 

 1889 (<x) Dendy p. 5. 



1906 (/3) Topsent p. 570 — 574. 



Lamarck was the first to describe Alcyonium purpureum (18 15): "Habite les mers de 

 la Nouvelle Hollande. Péron et Lesueur. Espèce tres singuliere, dont la substance, tant interne 

 qu'externe, est d'un pourpre foncé, un peu violet ou lie-de-vin, et paroït propre a la teinture '). 

 Elle forme de large plaques, épaisses de 10 a 12 millimètres, fermes, poreuses et comme spon- 

 gieuses intérieurement, avant leur surface assez lisse. On pretend qu'on ne trouve ce polypier 

 qu'a une grande profondeur". 



Carter made some observations on this sponge after a specimen in the British Museum, 

 belonging to the "Lamarck Collection". It is probably this specimen which is (fortunately still 



1) This latter observation Lamarck obviously made after a research of Fourcroy & Vauquelin. Lamouroux tells us(i8i6 p. 321) 

 that after the death of the French chemist Fourcroy a paper was found on this subject, being an analysis of a "production marine" 

 dredged in the neighborhood of "Cap 1'Ewin" (Australia). Lamouroux saw the object at Féron's, who brought it to France; after his 

 death it came in the "Museum d'Histoire naturelle". Lamouroux adds that Lamarck Ta nommée Alcyonium purpureum". The article 

 of Fourcroy & Vauquelin is published later (1S11) in the Annales du Museum. 



