778 Zoology. 



Funafuti ; Boring Expedition. 



The Sponges (31 specimens) obtained by the Expedition were dredged 

 in and around Funafuti Atoll in depths ranging from 30 to 145 fathoms. 

 The specimens were obtained with great difficulty owing to the uneven 

 rocky nature of the bottom. The collection includes Astrosclera willeyana 

 Lister, the representative of a new order of Calcareous Sponges, and 

 Plertroninia hindei Kpk., a new Lithonine Sponge. The collection was 

 described by R. Kirkpatrick in the Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., Oct. 1900. 



Presented by the Royal Society, London. 



Japanese Hexactinellida. 



In 1898, the Trustees purchased from Mr. Alan Owston his splendid 

 collection of Japanese Hexactinellid Sponges, obtained from depths of 150- 

 300 fathoms in the Inland Sea. 



The collection, Avhich contains several specimens unique in size, 

 includes some types described by Prof. I. Ijima in the Zool. Anzeiger and 

 Journal of the College of Science, Tokyo. 



These magnificent specimens which are exhibited in the Coral Gallery, 

 were obtained by means of long lines furnished with hooks. This 

 method, which has long been employed by the Japanese deep-sea shark 

 fishers, avoids the crushing of specimens which is apt to occur when 

 dredges are used. 



Johnston (George). [1797-1855] 



In 1847, Dr. George Johnston presented to the Trustees his col- 

 lection of British Sponges, consisting of 148 specimens, described and 

 figured in his classical work, "The History of British Sponges and 

 Lithophytes," published in 1842. 



Lamarck (Jean Baptiste Pierre Antoine de Monet de). 

 [1744-1829] 

 The " Lamarck Collection " comprises a set of 54 fragments mounted 

 on tablets and labelled with Lamarck's names. The fragments came 

 from the Jardin des Plantes, Paris, and very probably are portions of the 

 Lamarckian type-specimens. 



Lendenfeld (Robert von). [1858- ] 



In 1887, the Museum acquired, by purchase, the large collection of 

 Sponges obtained by Dr. Lendenfeld off the coasts of Australia and 

 New Zealand, the majority of the specimens coming from the east coast 

 of Australia. The collection includes the types of species of Horny 

 Sponges described in the " Monograph of Horny Sponges," and of species 

 of Cbalinid Sponges, described in the "Zoologische Jahrbiicher," vol. ii., 

 1887. 



Jn 1896, the Museum acquired a set of specimens (including co-types) 

 of Adriatic Sponges, described by Dr. Lendenfeld in his " Monograph of 

 Adriatic Sponges " (published in parts in the " Zeitsch. Wiss. Zool." 

 1891-92; "Denkschr. Akad. Wien," 1894 ; " Nova Acta," 1898), and a 

 set of preparations of Sponges from Zanzibar (described in Abhand. 

 Senckenberg-Gesellsch., 1897). 



"Porcupine/' Expedition of H.M.S. 



In 1882, the Sponges (178 specimens) obtained during the five cruises 

 of the " Porcupine " reached the Museum. The first three cruises were 

 in the North Atlantic, off the west coasts of Ireland and Scotland, and in 



