THE ANNALS 



AND 



MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 



[FOURTH SEEIES.] 



" per litora spargite museum. 



Naiades, et circiim vitreos considite fontes: 

 Pollice virgineo teneros hie carpite flores : 

 Floribus et pictum, divas, replete eanistrum. 

 At vos, o Nymphae Craterides, ite sub undas ; 

 Ite, recurvato variata corallia trunco 

 Vellite muscosis e rupibus, et mihi conchas 

 Ferte, Deae pelagi, et pingui conchylia succo." 



N.Parthenii Qiannettasii Eel. 1. 



No. 91. JULY 1875. 



I. — Notes Introductory to the Study and Classification of 

 the Spongida. By H. J. Carter, F.R.S. &c. 



Part I. Anatomy and Physiology. 



[Plate III.] 

 Prefatory Remarks. 



In prefacing these " Notes " with a few observations, the 

 first thing that occurs to me, as a spongologist, is +hat I have 

 lost my lexicographer by the death of the late Dr. J. E. 

 Gray, of the British Museum. With him perished my lexi- 

 con, my aider and abettor in the study — in short, my kind and 

 dear friend, whose heart overflowed with humanity, and whose 

 imperishable works testify to one of the most active and saga- 

 cious intellects that ever existed. Alas ! how little consolation 

 is there in this statement ! 



These " Notes " will be divided into Three Parts, the con- 

 tents of which will be respectively as follows : — 



1. The Anatomy and Physiology of the Spongida. 



2. A proposed Classification of the Spongida into Orders, 

 Suborders, and Families. 



Ann. &Mag. N. Hist. Ser. 4. Vol. xvi. 1 



