206 E X P L A N A T I O N, Sec. 



Fig. 4. the fpines which cover the furface ; highly 



magnified. 

 Fig. 5. Spongia prolifera, ■ pag. 189. n.ii. 

 Fig. 6. Spongia palmata,_^g\ 189. n. 10. 

 Fig. 7. Spongia iubulofa, jpag. 188. n. 9. 

 Fig, 8.1 Spongia corona'ta, \fag. 190. #.1.3. 

 Fig. 9. the fame magnified; 



Tab. 59. 

 Fig. 1. 2. 3. Sponges from Otaheite. 

 Fig. 4. Sponge called the Sea-Fig, from the Mediterranean. 



Tab. 60. 



The under fide of Afterias Echinites. Star-fifTi 

 with twenty rays, and two rows of fuckers in 

 each ray, furnifhed with many rows of large 

 and fmall moveable fpines, like an Echinus. It 

 was brought from Batavia by Captain W. Web- 

 ber, and is in the pofTeffion of Dr. FothergilL 



Tab. 61. 

 The back of the fame. 



Tab. 62. 



The end of one of the rays of the fame, magnified 5 

 to mew the fpines in their fockets. 



THE END. 



