340 Mr. R. Kirkpatrick on 



The following is a list of the species : — 



Fain. Spirastrellidae. 



12. Latrunculia clavigera, sp. n. 



Suborder Haiichondrina. 

 Fam. Poeciloscleridae. 



13. Agelas gracilis, Whitelegge. 



14. Tedania levis, sp. n. 



Fam. Haploscleridae. 



15. Chondropsis ceratosus, sp. n. 



16. Pachychalina fibrosa, Ridley & 



Dendy. 



Order MONOCERATINA. 



17. Luffariella variabilis (Pol6- 



jaeff). 



18. geomelrica, sp. n. 



19. Psammopemma purpureum 



(Carter). 



20. Stelospongus cavemosus (Pallas), 



var. piriformis, Lendenfeld. 



21. Polyfibrospongia Sweeti, sp. n. 



Subclass CALCAREA. 



1. Astrosclera Willeyana, Lister. 



2. Plectroninia Hinclei, sp. n. 



3. Clathrina depressa (Dendy). 



Subclass DEMOSPONGIDA. 



Order CARNOSA. 



Suborder Oligosilicina. 



4. ChondriUa mixta, Schulze. 



Suborder Mickosclero- 



PHORA. 



6. Cvrticium candelabrum, O. 

 Schmidt. 



6. Placinolopha spinosa, sp. n. 



7. Placinastrella clathrata, sp. n. 



Order TETRACTTNELLIDA 



8. Erylus monticularis, sp. n. 



Order MONAXONIDA. 



Suborder Hadromerina. 



Section Clavtjlida. 



Fam. Clionidae. 



9. Cliona mucronata, Sollas. 



10. Schmidti (Ridley). 



11. Dyscliona Davidi, gen. et sp. n. 



Astrosclera Willeyana^ Lister. 

 19C0. Astrosclera Willeyana, Lister (16, p. 459, fig. A, 1-5). 



The single large specimen of this species from Funafuti 

 was sent to Mr. J. J. Lister, of Cambridge, who was at the 

 time engaged in working out the structure of four small 

 specimens of the same species from Lifu. Mr. Lister's 

 description of the external features of the Funafuti specimen 

 is as follows : — 



" The specimen from Funafuti (fig. A, 1-5) has grown 

 attached by a short stalk about 6 millim. wide at the base, 

 which expands into a broad nearly circular disc, convex 

 above, and resembling the pileus of a mushroom in shape. 

 The diameter of the disc is about 20 millim., and the distance 



