AN ALPHABETICJAL LIST OF THE GENERA AND 

 SPECIES OF SPONGES DESCPJBED BY H. J. 

 CARTER, Es(i., F.R.S., TOGETHER WITH A 

 NUMBER OF HIS MORE IMPORTANT REFER- 

 ENCES TO THOSE OF OTHER AUTHORS, 

 WITH AN JNTi^ODUCTORY NOTICE. 



By AiiTiiri! Dkndy, M. Sc, F.LS. 



Demoiistiiitor and Assistant Lecturer in lii()lof,'y in tlic University of 

 Melbourne. 



[Rvnd June U, 1888J . 

 I. — I NTIK )l>U('TORY NOTICE. 



Mr. Carter is, and lias for a long time, been justly recog- 

 nised as the oldest and most experienced of all those who 

 have made a s])ecial study of tlie sub-kingdom PorSfera, or 

 Sponges. 



He pi'oduced his first ])aper on the subject, entitled " Notes 

 on the Species, Structure, and Animality of the Freshwater 

 Sponges in the Tanks of Bombay," whilst stationed at 

 Bombay as a surgeon in the army. This paper was ])ublished 

 in the " Transactions of the Bombay Medical and Physical 

 Society" of 1S4<7 (No. 8), and was rc^printed in the " Annals 

 and Mag.azinu of Natural History (Series 2, vol. I) in the 

 following year. The last paper on the subject which appeared 

 from his pen, on a collection of sponges from the Mergui 

 Arcliipelago, was published only last year in the Journal 

 of tite Luiueaii Society of London, and in the same year 

 he published four other papei's in the " Annals and Magazine 

 of Natural History." 



In the forty-one years from 1847 to 1887 (inclusive), Mr. 

 Carter has ])ublished no less than 125 papers on sponges, 

 a far greatei- number than any other author. These papers 

 treat of nearly 800 distinct species of sj)onges, arranged 

 under ov(U' 200 distinct generic names. By far the greater 

 number of these 800 species ai'e descrilied by Mr. Carter for 

 the first time. 



Although both his first and last })apers were published 

 elsewhere, it was a very rare exception for Mr. Carter to 

 publish anywhere except in the " Annals and Magazine of 



