316 G. C. J. VosMAER, 
Naples (1881) I have mentioned them; I will add here that the 
specimens bear the original labels in Schmipr’s handwriting. After 
examination I came to the result 1° that both are identical and 2° that 
they do not belong to Phakellia, but to Phacanthina, being identical 
with ScHamipT’s Acanthella obtusa. 
If it be true that Awinella, Phakellia, Acanthella, Phacanthina 
and Raspailia are as many separate, distinet genere, on account of 
the reasons given above, this involves that several “species” 
described as belonging to one of these genera are to be removed. 
Some of these we will now examine. 
Species of Azinella. Obviously is Azxinella ventilabrum (Bw) 
WriıscHnt (1868 p. 224) not an Awinella but a Phakellia. Nor was 
ScHMipr right in suggesting that Ciocalypta penicillus Bw&., and 
Dietyoeylindrus pumilus Bwx. were probably Azinellae. ÜARTER’S 
Axinella atropurpurea, A. setacea, A. cladoflagellata, A. coccinea are 
already removed by Denpy (1896). Probably with the same right 
are to be removed: Azinella chalinoides CRTR., A. flabellata CRTR., A. 
meloniformis ÜRTR., A. pilifera ÜRTR., A. mariana Row. & Dy., A. monti- 
cularis RpL. & Dy., A. profunda Ron. & Dy., A. tubulosa Rou. & Dy., 
4. hispida LorD., A. erista-galli Maas, A. fascieularis Han., A. stuposa 
Han., A. vasonuda Tors., A. erinita THIELE, A. manus Dy. and others. 
Most of these possess a spieulation which does not allow to include 
them in Azinella. 
Species of Phakellia (= Phacellia). Here again we find several 
“species”, which are to be removed from the genus. Thus e. @. 
Ph. tenax O. S., Ph. ineisa O. S., Ph. plicata O.S., Ph. ramosa CRTR,, 
Ph. arctica Vosm., Ph. bowerbanki Vosm., Ph. flabellata ORrTR., Ph. villosa 
ÜRTR., Ph. crassa CRrTR., Ph. rugosa Tors., Ph. jacksoniana Dy.. Ph. 
tumida Dy., Ph. microxephora Kırkr, and others. 
Species of Acanthella. As stated before A. obtusa is to be 
removed from the genus; probably also: A. multiformis Vosm., A, 
pulcherrima Ro. & Dy., A. flabelliformis Keuu., A. insignis 'THIELE, 
Species of Raspailia. Because of the spieulation we shall prob- 
ably have to remove R. stelligera O.S., R. syringella O.S., R. moebü 
0. 8, R. australiensis Row, R. clathrata Row, R. abyssorum Frist, 
R. flagelliformis Rou. & Dy., R. rigida Rou. & Dv., R. faleifera Tors,., 
Ft. fascieularis Tors., R. rigida Tors., R. humilis Tovs., R. inerustans 
SWARTSCHEWSKY, and others. In Raspailia thurstoni Dy. the axis is 
said to be “composed of a solid mass of rather dark ambercoloured 
spongin” (1887, p. 161). We saw that in Raspailia the axis is not 
