THE ANNALS 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
[FOURTH SERIES.] 
No. 90. JUNE 1875. 
XLVII.—On two Hexactinellid Sponges from the Philippine 
Islands in the Liverpool Free Museum. By ‘THOMAS 
Hiacrn, of Huyton. With Remarks by H. J. CARTER, 
F.R.S. &e: 
[Plates XXI. & XXII.] 
THE sponges a brief description of which is now given were 
lately purchased, together with some examples of Meyerina - 
claveformis and Lossella philippinensis, by Mr. 8. T. Martin, 
of Altringham, from the friends of an English resident at 
Cebu, and by his kindness and liberality have now been 
added to the collection in the Liverpool Free Museum. 
They are said to have been obtained by diving, and there- 
fore, if this was the case, were probably procured at a depth 
not exceeding 10 fathoms. One of them is a new species 
of the genus Hyalonema, which it is proposed to name after 
the island from the neighbourhood of which it was obtained. 
The other is a fine specimen of Labaria hemispherica, Gray, 
in very good condition, and, having the anchoring-spicules 
in situ and the base perfect, affords an opportunity of settling 
the doubts which have hung around the first example brought 
to this country (by Dr. Meyer). Both were sent to England 
in a dry state. 
Hyalonema cebuense, n. ap. mihi. f Pl Xe fie. 1. 
In general form the sponge resembles a sculptor’s mallet 
which has become indented on its sides by repeated blows 
Ann. & Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 4. Vol. xv. 27 
