[Proc. Roy. Soc. Victoria, 27 (N.S.). Part I.. 1914.J 



Am. I — Victoi'idn Hulutharoidea, with descriptions of 

 New Species. 



By E. C. JOSHUA. 



(With I'latf I.), 

 k.ad l:.'th March. lUli 



III tliu following' j»:i|MT Htti'fH spttics art- dralt witli. four of 

 wliicli are liflii-vi-iJ to lo new to scitMite. No iitteiiipt lias been made 

 to L'ive :i eonipletu synonvniy of eaeli speeieK. l)Ul a leferenie has 

 been ^'iven to wlioro sueli may Iw ftnind. The author desiies to 

 oxprfss hiK thanks to PKifeKsor Speruei. the Diieetor of the 

 National .MiiNeum. .\IellM)urne, for permission to make an examina- 

 tion of tho speeiniens eontained in its eollettion. in which all those 

 <I<m1i with are intlmled; ho also wishes tc» thank Mr. J. A. Ker- 

 sliau. tlin Curator of tho alxjvo institution, for much kindness and 

 attention iireived from him. T.j Dr. T. S. Hall, of the Hiolopical 

 (U'jtartinent. of the I'niversity of .MellMiurne. his thanks are duo 

 foi most useful jruidaiue jriven on many occasions, partiiiilarly 

 it: tojMKvtion with tho literatur*- of the subject. Very valuable 

 assistaiui' in i-olleit inir has Ikch L'iven him by Mr. H. Hoebuck. 

 a (Htloii^r naturalist, ami by .Mr. James WilKon. in the nuikingr 

 'if arranged slides of the spicules found in some of the species. 

 ir«- part ioilarly desires to thank Professor Dendy. of Kinp's Col- 

 IfL''-. London, for vi-ry kindly comparing specimens <.f ('liiritlnta 

 (hiiuiliin ii^ix, Parker, with that of tlu' Author's Trorli<nhit(i aUnni. 



Taxonoiny. 



Tho system of classification adopteil in this jiajier is that of 

 I.inlwip (ICt. but (^stergren's revision of the Paractinopoda is 

 used in dealing with this order. 



The yenus ?>//•» j'o.'/.V'"'* is discai-ded : tlie writer is of opinion 

 that, the jreinis (|ua iriiius never had any real existence. Semper's 

 lanirua>:o in dealimr with it conveys little more than the sugjrestioii 

 for a ;:tnus. and in his catalogue and synonymy he entirely ignores 

 it. Clark (M) has taken it .seriously, and I followed him in de- 

 scribing Trorhodotii (ilhini. but more recently the examination of 

 numerous sj)tvimens of this spivies has definitely sh<»wn me that 



