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LIST OF THE INDIAN SPONGILLIN^. 



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The list of the Freshwater SpoDges recorded from India noNV 

 stands as follows : 



Genus Spongilla. 



S, lacustris var. hengalensisy AnnaTidale, " Lower Bengal 

 (bi'ackish water). 



8. alba^ Carter. Bombay, 



„ cerehellataj^ Bowerhank. Anrangabad in central India 

 (Nizam's dominions); Lower Bengal (brackish water). 



S. jproUferensiy Annandale. Calcutta. 



S. carterif Bowerbank Bombay; Kumaon ^4,500 feet) ; 



Chota Nagpnr ; Calcutta ; cen- 

 tral India. 



S> homhayennSy Cartel". Bombay. 



„ cinerea^ Carter. „ 



„ decipien^, Weber. Calcutta. 



„ crassissimay Annandale 



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var., biyemrmdatay Annandale. Calcutta, 



Genus Ephtdatia. 



J0. mulleri var. meyem (Carter.) Bombay. 



„ Tohusta (Potts) Kumaon (4,500 feet) 



„ indica, Annandale. Calcutta. 



,5 jplumosa (Carter) Bombay. 



Genus Trochospongilla. 



T* latoucManay Annandale. Calcutta. 

 „ phiUotttana, „ ^^ 



VI have lately (Ortober, 1906) t onnd 8, eerehellata ^rowins l^xntlouBlj 

 in canals of braikiah wat**r ne^r Calru'ta, while Mr C. Paiva obrained speci- 

 ]iaens in the present month in brackish pools -^t Port C'lnning. I strongly 

 SBspect that both this form and 8 dha will bo found to be no more than 

 ranetiea or phases of S. lacwstm.— N, A., 21-xi-06. 



