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HisTOKK'Ai, Account oi'' Iiasii Fkiosh-watki; .Sponges. 



'I'he following is a list, in cluunulugical uidcr, ui' the papers in which 

 reference is made to the occurrence of fresh- water sponges in Ireland. 

 Works wliich mention such sponges only in connexion with the ]injblenis of 

 their geographical distribution are included in l^lie general bibliography given 

 at the end of this paper, to which the numbers iu brackets refer. 



List of Eefekences to Ikisii 1''i!Esh-watek Sponges. 



1822. Fleming, J.— The Philosophy of Zoology. Edinburgh. 



1826. Grant, E. E. — On the Structure and Nature of the Spcmc/ilia friabilis. 

 Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, xiv. 



1836. Te.mpleton, E. — A Catalogue of the Species of Anuulose Animals and 

 of Eayed Ones found in Ireland, as selected from the Papers of the 

 late John Templeton, Esq., of Cranmore, with Localities, Descrip- 

 tions, and Illustrations. Mag. Nat. History, ix. 



18-1-4. Thompson, W. — Eeport on the Eauna of Ireland. Div. Invertebrata. 

 British Association Report for 1843. 



1849. Allman, G. J.— On the Natural History, Structure, and Biological 

 Status of the Fresh-water Sponges. [Summary of Lecture.] Ann. 

 Eeport Dublin Nat. Hist. Soc. for 1848. 



1856. Thompson, W.— The Natural History of Ireland, vol. iv. I-ondon. 



1868. Wkight, E. p. — Notes on Irish Sponges. Part I. A List of the 

 Species. Proc. Eoy. Irish Acad., x. 



1874. Belfast Naturalists' Field Club : Guide to Belfast and the Adjacent 

 Counties. [Fresh-water Sponges, p. 130.] Belfast. 



1878. Guide to the County of Dublin. I'repared for the Meeting of the 

 British Association. Part II. [Macalisteh, A. — Sponges, pp. 1, 2.] 

 Dublin. 



1882. Bo^VERBANK, J. S. — A Monograph of the British Spougiadae. Bay 

 Soc, London, vol. iv, edited by Kev. A. M. Norman. 



1893. ScHAKFF, E. F. — Siionijilla Jiuviatilis iu the Barrow. Irish Natura- 

 list, ii. 



1893. Creighton, E. H. — Spoiigilla lacustris at Ballyshannon. Irish Natura- 

 list, ii. 



1895. Hanitsch, E. — American Fresh-water Sponges in Ireland. Nature, Ii, 

 p. 511. 



1895. Hanitsch, R. — The Fresh-water Sponges of Ireland, with renuirks on 

 the general distribution of the group. Irish Naturalist, iv. 



