Si/nopsis of tJie Avf;fr(dia)i Calcarea Hetevocaela. 103 



It is important to notice that Mr. Carter's Leuconia 

 iiivea var. austra.Heiislfi appears to be totally distinct both 

 from the true Li'ucavdra nivea and from L. gladiator. It 

 is carious that Mr. Cai'ter should have chosen tliis name for 

 onej^of Ml'. Wilson's sponges and that later on Mr. Wilson 

 should have obtained from the same locality another s})ecies 

 which really is ver}" closely related to the remarkable 

 Leucandm nivea. 



Localitfj.— OntH'xde Port Philli}) Heads (coll. J. B. Wilson). 



43. Leucandra carteri, n. sp. 



Leucaltis Jioridana, var. australiensis, Carter. Annals 

 and Magazine of Natural History, August 1886. p. l-io. 



This species appears, from Mr. Carter's description, to be a 

 large, massive Leucandra, resembling L. microrapkis in 

 form but distinguished by the presence of minute oxea on 

 the surface. As the name australiensis is already occupied 

 in the genus I pi'opose to call the species Leucandra carteri. 



Locality. — Near Port Phillip Heads (Carter). 



44*. Leucandra schuhei, Polejaetf, sp. 



Eilhardia scJudzei, Polejaetf. Report on the Calcarea of 

 the Challenger Expedition, p. 70. 



Localities. — Otf Pt. Jackson and Twofold Bay (Polejaeff). 



4-5. Leucandra loricata, Polejaetf, sp. 



Leuconia loricata, Polejaeff. Report on the Calcarea of 

 the Challenger Expedition, p. 03. 



Leiicoriis loricata, von Lendenfeld. Proceedings of the 

 Linnean Society of New South Wales, Vol. IX, p. 1123. 



Locality. — Off P(n-b Jackson (Polejaetf). 



46. Leucandra palvinav, H^eckel, sp. 



I^eucortis irulviuar, Hieckel. Die Kalkschwamme, Vol. II, 

 p. 162. 



This species ranges, according to Hasckel, from the Red 

 Sea to the west coast of Australia. I have not yet met 

 with it. 



Locality.— West coast of Australia (Hfeckel. Also recorded 

 from the Red Sea and various paits of the Indian Ocean). 



