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" On the structure and affinities of the Tabulate Corals of 

 the Palaeozoic Period." By Dr. H. Alleyne-Nicholson. 8vo, 1879. 

 From Professor W, J. Stephens, M.A. 



"Science." Volume lit, Nos. 45 to 48. From the Editor. 



"The Victorian Naturalist." Vol. 1, No. 1, January 1884. 

 From the Field Naturalists Club of Victoria. 



" Memoir and Correspondence of Sir J. E. Smith, F.R.S., &c." 

 2 Vols., 8vo., 1832. From Thomas Whitelegge, Esq. 



PAPERS READ. 



A MONOGRAPH OF THE AUSTRALIAN SPONGES. 

 By Dr. R. von Lendenfeld. 



1. — Introduction. 



During the two years I have spent in the colonies for the 

 purpose of investigating the Ccelenterata of our shores, I have 

 collected and studied a great many sponges. I was entrusted 

 with the identification of the sponges belonging to the Museums 

 in Dunedin, Christchurch and Adelaide ; and I perform a pleasant 

 duty in thanking the Directors, von Haast, Haake and Parker, 

 for the great liberality with which they assisted me in obtaining 

 the specimens and information which I sought for. 



The material and experience at my disposal would probably have 

 remained obscure and useless had it not been for our Hon. Secretary, 

 Through the well-known generosity of the Hon. W. Macleay, I 

 shall be enabled to work out my subject exhaustively, and lay 

 before the scientific world an extensive Monograph on my subject. 

 Taking as a model O. Schmidt's "Spongien des Adriatischen 

 Meeres." 



