262 CABLE HAULS OF MARINE INVERTEBRATES.—HONEYMAN, 
The former are of various forms—straight, bent, stout, slender. 
We name this Reniera Minie. <A _ third is a small oval-shaped 
sponge, distinguishable from the two preceding, but not des- 
cribable, so as to be recognised by others. The spicules of 
this are trac, styles and anc’, bianchorate or bihamate, large, 
middle and small. It is a Myailla. We give it a specific 
name—(Greert. Dr. Greer is the doctor of the “ Minia.” 
The sponges of Cable II do not require hunting up with the 
magnifying glass) We have four pieces of this cable, each 2} 
feet in length, densely coated with them, so as to astonish with 
the growth, and a large “ tubful” besides. 
The sponges of Cable II, in the Bay of Fundy, are Reniera 
duxaburyensis, Reniera fundyensis, Reniera collinculi, Myxilla 
Minic. 
The two first are the prominent ones. . fundyensis is firmly 
rooted to the coating of the cable. Lk. duaburyensis covers the 
coating and encloses the other. The latter then branches above 
it, the two forming a dense thicket. Here and there R. collin- 
culi forms a series of hillocks, with oscula on the tops. Myzxilla 
Minie is found attached to the Hydroid, Campanalaria. The 
oscula of this are not much unlike the pores. This is a charac- 
teristic of our Myxilla in general. The oscula of R. fundyensis 
are distinct, small, and numerous, the figures being pitted with 
them. Of duaxburyensis the oscula are large and wide apart. The 
spiculation of Reniera fundyensis is eomplex. It has this 
character in common with Reniera Minic of Cable I. I would 
also observe that the sponges of both cables have diatomacea of 
considerable variety and beauty. These of Cable II have also 
radiolaria. We defer further remarks on these to our paper on 
Spongiade. 
Hydroida have a luxuriant growth on both cables. We do 
not attempt the description of these. They have done good 
service in securing many specimens which would otherwise have 
been wanting. 
There are Alcyonida on both cables. These are of a kind 
that attach themselves to other objects, and hence we have them 
Notre.—We hope to give plates with Camera lucida figures of the spicules, &c., of R. fundyensis, 
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