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in diameter ; sarcode not abundant, yellow examined 

 dry. Dredged off Torbay, 1867. 



This very distinct species was, wlien fresh, of a 

 golden yellow colour, it dries to a pale yellow. Three 

 small specimens are all that I have seen of this, each 

 about two inches in diameter and about an inch thick. 

 They grew attached to stones in about twenty fathoms 

 of water. I presented a specimen to Dr. Bowerbank, 

 who has paid me the compliment to name it after me." 



Such is Mr. Parfitt's description. I can find no 

 reference to this sponge, either in Dr. Bowerbank' s 

 publications or among his manuscripts which came 

 into my hands ; and the foregoing description is too 

 loose to enable this species to be recognised. 



A large number of sponges were dredged around the 

 Western coasts of Great Britain, in greater depths 

 than 100 fathoms, in 1869 by H.M.S. " Porcupine." 

 Descriptions of these sponges must be sought in Sir 

 Wyville Thomson's ' Depths of the Sea ' and in Mr. 

 Carter's papers in the ' Annals.' 



