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necessary here to note the localities at which the present specimens vere 
obtained. 
Localities.—Gulf of St. Lawrence, 20 miles N. by W. of St. Paul’s 
Island, 100 fathoms, rocky bottom, A. M. Rodger, 4th of April and 23rd 
of June, 1892; Englinton Fjord, Davis Strait, Captain Phillips, 1893. 
Lophon chelifer may be readily recognized by its generally dark 
brown colour and very characteristic spicules. à 
PHAKELLIA VENTILABRUM, Johnston. (Sp.) 
Halichondria ventilabrum, Johnston. 1842. British Sponges, p. 107, pl. vii. 
Phakellia ventilabrum, Bowerbank. 1864. Mon. Brit. Spong., vol. i., p. 186; 
vol tit; p.122 ‘and! vol) iil, p57, pl xxii TES MET 
Lambe. 1894. Sponges from the western coast of 
North America, Trans. Royal Soc. Canada, vol. 
xii., p. 124. 
Lambe. 1896. Sponges from the Atlantic coast of 
Canada, Trans. Royal Soc. Canada, second series, 
VOLANT ips M2 DIM MISES SNS TE): j 
Lambe. 1900. Notes on Hudson Bay Sponges, Ottawa 
Naturalist, vol. xiii., p. 277. 
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Represented by a single spe :imen collected by Mr. Rodger in Davis 
Strait in 1892. 
This widely distributed species has been obtained in Hudson Bay 
by Dr. Robert Bell and Mr. A. P. Low, and it is not uncommon in the 
Gulf of St. Lawrence. 
SUBERITES MONTALBIDUS, Carter. 
Suberites montalbidus, Carter. 1880. Ann. and Mag. Nat. Hist., fifth series, 
vol. vi., p. 256; and 1882, ibid, vol. ix., p. 353. 
Lambe. 1894. Sponges from the western coast of 
North America, Trans. Royal Soc. Canada, vol. xii., 
p. 127, plate iii., figs. 6, 6a-c. 
Lambe. 1900. Notes on Hudson Bay Sponges, Ottawa 
Naturalist, vol. xiii., p. 277. 
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A specimen of this sponge was dredged by Mr. Low in June, 1899, 
in Richmond Gulf, Hudson Bay, in from 20 to 30 fathoms, soft mud 
bottom. Although not represented in Professor Thompson’s collection 
‘this species is mentioned here so as to make the list of sponges known 
to occur in eastern Canadian waters as complete as possible. Suberites 
montalbidus has a wide northern distribution and it is not surprising 

