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  COLLKCTIONS 
  FROM 
  MELANESIA, 
  

  

  NEPHTHYA, 
  Audouin 
  ap. 
  Savigny. 
  

   Ainmothea, 
  Lamarck. 
  

  

  1. 
  Nephthya 
  (Ammothea) 
  jukesi, 
  var. 
  

   Lemnalia 
  jukesii, 
  Gray, 
  Ann. 
  i^- 
  May. 
  N. 
  II. 
  (4) 
  ii. 
  p. 
  442, 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  The 
  two 
  specimens 
  in 
  this 
  collection 
  differ 
  from 
  the 
  type 
  specimen 
  

   of 
  the 
  species 
  in 
  having 
  the 
  spicules 
  about 
  one 
  sixth 
  as 
  large 
  again 
  in 
  

   all 
  dimensions, 
  and 
  in 
  the 
  infundibular, 
  and 
  not 
  merely 
  irregularly 
  

   ramose 
  arrangement 
  of 
  the 
  crown 
  of 
  lobes. 
  It 
  is 
  apparently 
  not 
  

   generically 
  distinct 
  from 
  Ammothea 
  (this 
  generic 
  name 
  is 
  forestalled 
  

   by 
  Leach 
  in 
  Pycnogonida), 
  but 
  nearly 
  related 
  to 
  A. 
  imhricata 
  (M.- 
  

   Edwards 
  and 
  Haime) 
  and 
  A. 
  ramosa 
  (iid.). 
  The 
  spicules 
  have 
  never 
  

   been 
  figured, 
  and 
  Dr. 
  Gray's 
  description 
  seems, 
  perhaps 
  iininten- 
  

   tionally, 
  to 
  suggest 
  that 
  none 
  are 
  likely 
  to 
  be 
  found 
  in 
  the 
  superficial 
  

   parts 
  of 
  the 
  animal. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Port 
  Molle, 
  Queensland, 
  between 
  tide-marks. 
  

  

  2. 
  Spongodes 
  florida. 
  

  

  Alcyonium 
  floridum, 
  Esper, 
  Pflanzenthiere, 
  iii. 
  p. 
  49, 
  pi. 
  xvi. 
  

   Spoggodes 
  florida, 
  Gray, 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1862, 
  p. 
  27, 
  pi. 
  ix. 
  figs. 
  1-4. 
  

  

  Two 
  young 
  specimens. 
  Shark 
  Bay, 
  S.W. 
  Australia, 
  is 
  appa- 
  

   rently 
  the 
  only 
  other 
  Australian 
  locality 
  recorded. 
  It 
  also 
  extends 
  

   to 
  the 
  Philippine 
  Islands 
  (Gray), 
  

  

  Hub. 
  Port 
  Jackson, 
  0-5 
  fms. 
  

  

  3, 
  Spongodes 
  hemprichi. 
  

   ? 
  Klunzinyer, 
  Kor. 
  roth. 
  Meer. 
  p. 
  36, 
  pi. 
  iii. 
  fig. 
  1. 
  

  

  A 
  young 
  dry 
  specimen, 
  which 
  does 
  not 
  show 
  its 
  characters 
  with 
  

   sufficient 
  distinctness 
  to 
  justify 
  a 
  positive 
  decision 
  as 
  to 
  its 
  identitj'. 
  

   It 
  has, 
  however, 
  the 
  general 
  external 
  aspect 
  of 
  the 
  above 
  species 
  ; 
  

   the 
  stem 
  and 
  main 
  axis 
  are 
  white, 
  the 
  zooids 
  clustered 
  on 
  the 
  

   surface-lobules 
  crimson 
  ; 
  the 
  spicules 
  are 
  fusiform, 
  and 
  thickly 
  

   covered 
  with 
  coarse, 
  prominent 
  tubercles. 
  

  

  Hah. 
  Thursday 
  Island, 
  Torres 
  Straits, 
  4-5 
  fms. 
  

  

  4. 
  Spongodes 
  spinosa, 
  var. 
  

   Spoggodes 
  spinosa, 
  Gray, 
  P. 
  Z. 
  S. 
  1862, 
  p. 
  27, 
  pi. 
  iv. 
  figs. 
  5-7. 
  

  

  A 
  small 
  portion 
  of 
  a 
  colony, 
  in 
  spirit, 
  possibly 
  specifically 
  dis- 
  

   tinct 
  from 
  Gray's 
  species. 
  The 
  stem 
  and 
  branches 
  have 
  a 
  dull 
  

   purple-grey 
  colour, 
  which 
  belongs 
  almost 
  solely 
  to 
  the 
  soft 
  i)arts, 
  

   affecting 
  the 
  spicules 
  but 
  slightly. 
  Tlie 
  spicules 
  reach 
  a 
  length 
  of 
  

  

  