352 Mr. H. J. Carter on some West-Indian 



cular surface outside; colour ochre-yellow. Size6x4x2| 

 inclies. Australia. Bowerbank collection in British Museum. 

 Spinispirula stoutish, consisting of four bends 10-6000ths inch 

 long. 



Suherttesy ?sp. Undescribed. Mauritius. Character. Mas- 

 sive ; colour ochre-yellow. A fragment in my cabinet. Spini- 

 spirula thin, small, consisting of three bends 5-6000ths inch 

 long. 



SuheriteSj ? sp. Undescribed. Belize. Character. Massive, 

 lobate ; verrucose on the surface ; colour ochre-yellow. Liver- 

 pool Free Museum. Presented by Dr. Archer. Spinispirula 

 thin, but very perfect, consisting of four bends 10-6000ths 

 inch long. 



Suberites coronarius, milii. Undescribed. Honduras, Ja- 

 maica, Bahama Islands. Character. Massive, lobate, verrucose 

 on the surface ; colour ochre-yellow. Bowerbank collection, 

 British Museum. Spinispirula consisting of one bend, semi- 

 circular, with the spines on the outside and over the ends 

 only ; spines capitate and in single tile. Size about 4-6000ths 

 inch long (PI. XII. fig. 21, b, c). 



Suherites, ? sp. Undescribed. Trincomalee. Character. 

 Massive, sessile, growing up into conical lobes, more or less 

 rugose at the base, warty ; colour dark yellowish brown. 

 Size 3 X 2 X li inches. Bowerbank collection, British Mu- 

 seum. Spinispirula variable in size ; the largest consisting of 

 four bends, 8-6000ths inch long. 



Hymeniaciclon angulata, Bk. (Proc. Zool. Soc. 1872, p. 632, 

 pi. xlix.), Madeira. Sessile, coating; ochreous yellow. Size 

 of largest piece 12x7^x2 inches. Spinispirula "minute," 

 variable in form. No measurement given. 



Alcyonium purpureunijham. Australia. Colour a beauti- 

 ful carmine. Spinispirula, like all the rest, very variable in 

 form and size, the largest and most perfect consisting of one 

 and a half to two bends, 5-6000ths inch long (PI. XII. 

 fig.28,^*,c). 



Of this sponge I have only seen a small slice, about 3 inches 



long and 1 inch square, evidently cut out from a much larger 



specimen, and bearing the condensed surface, with the sub- 



\, cavernous or subcompact structure internally, common to the 



^- group. (British Museum, " Lamarck collection," nos. 4G and 



42 together.) 



