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Mr. H. J. Carter on some West-Indic 



teeth are enlarged ; but the hindmost of the upper jaw is 

 distinctly the largest and grooved. 



Upper parts greyish olive, with a blackish median line 

 along the posterior part of the trunk and of the tail. A 

 similar but less distinct line runs along the outer edge of the 

 subcaudals and posterior ventrals. An oblique blackish line 

 from the eye towards the angle of the mouth. Lower parts 

 whitish ; anteriorly with some blackish specks, which congre- 

 gate and form a well-defined narrow black band along the 

 middle of the belly and tlie tail. 



One specimen from Eastern Betsileo is 31 inches long, the 

 tail measurino- 6 inches. 



XXIX. — Some Sponges from the West Indies and Acapulco 

 in the Liverpool Free Museum described^ with </eneral and 

 cJassiJicatory Bemarks. By H. J. CARTER, F.R.S. &c. 



[Plates XI. & XII.] 



In the following report of Sponges from the West Indies and 

 Acapulco, collected for the Liverpool Free Museum by the 

 Eev. H. H. Higgins, M.A. *, and Capt. W. H. Cawne 

 Warren respectively, I pro])ose to identity those wiiicli are 

 already known, and to name and descriljc those which hitherto 

 have not been published, availing myself at the same time 



* Mr. Reginald Cholmoiideley, of " Condovev Hall," Shrewsbury, 

 having chartered the yacht ' Argo ' for a cruise iu the West ludies during 

 the winter of 187()-77, kindly otl'ered to take a naturalist ^vith him on 

 behalf of the Liverpool Free Museum, upon which the Rev. 11. H. 

 Higgins, M.A., solicited by the committee of the museum, undertook this 

 ofHce. 



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