THE ANNALS 
MAGAZINE OF NATURAL HISTORY. 
[FIFTH SERIES. ] 
No. 46. OCTOBER 1881. 
XXV.—Contributions to our Knowledge of the Spongida,— 
Order I. Carnosa. By H. J. Carter, F.R.S. Ke. 
In the first part of this contribution I propose to enumerate 
with short commentary all the species of the order Carnosa 
that have been made known, tabulating them afterwards as 
they might be arranged with reference to my Classification 
(No. 23*); and in the second part I propose giving a descrip- 
* Publications to which reference is made in the following communi- 
cation :— 
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sur la Spongille ou Eponge d’eau douce,” Ann. d. Sc. Nat. Zool. 
sér. 2, tome x. 
2.,—1842. Jounsron, G. A History of British Sponges and Litho- 
phytes. 
3.—1847. N arpo, D. “Osservazioni anatomiche sopra l’animale ma- 
rino detto volgarmente Rognone di mare,” Atti dell’ Instituto 
Veneto, vol. vi. 
4.—1862, Scumipt, O. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. 
5.—1864, Scumipr, O. Die Spongien &c. Hrstes Supplement. 
6.—1866. BowERBANK, J.S. A Monograph of the British Spongiade, 
vols. 1. and ii. 
7.—1866. Scumipt, O. Die Spongien des adriatischen Meeres. ZAweites 
Supplement. 
8.—1867. SeLenKa, H. “Ueber einige neue Schwamme aus der Siidsee,” 
Zeitschrift f. wiss. Zoologie, Bd. xvii. 
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