spongij:. 
2 Spong. 
8. Fiedler, Karl. Ueber Ei- und Samenbildung bei Spongilla fluvia- 
tilis. Z. wiss. Zool. xlvii, i, pp. 85-128, pis. xi & xii. 
The author opposes Gotte & Lendenfeld as to the formation of the egg 
follicle and ovum. A general discussion of spermatogenesis is appended. 
9. Fristedt, K. Bidrag till Kannedomen om de ivid Sveriges vestra 
kust lefvande Spongice. Sv. Ak. Handl. n.f. 21 Bd., Heft i, 6, pp. 
1-56, pis. i-iv. 
Description of 2 new genera, 7 new species, and 1 new variety. 
10. Hinde, G. J. On some New Species of Vruguaya , Carter, with 
Remarks on the Genus. Ann. N. H. (6) ii, July, 1888, pp. 1-12, 
pi. iv. 
Describes the following new species: — Uruguay a repens , U. macandrewi 
(closely allied to U. coralloides , Bowerbk.), U pygmcea. The author dis- 
cusses the advisability of removing the forms included in the genus 
Uruguay a to Meyenia , Carter, on the ground of gemmules being present 
in the above-named new species. 
11. — — . Notes on Sponges from the Quebec Group at M6tis and from 
the Utica Shale. Can. Rec. iii, 2, pp. 59-68. 
A more detailed account of the species described by Dawson {vide 
No. 4). 
12. Geinitz, E. Receptaculitidce und andere Spongien der mecklenburg- 
ischen Silurgescheibe. Z. geol. Ges. xl, 1, pp. 17-23, 5 woodcuts. 
Genus Ischadites is to be joined with Receptaculites. 
13. Katzer, F. Spongienschichten in mittelbohmischen Devon 
(Hercyn). SB. Ak. Wien, 97 Bd., 1 Abth. pp. 300-310, 1 pi, 
Acanthospongia bohemica, Katzer, n. sp. 
14. Lendenfeld, R. v. F. E. Schultze’s * Challenger ’ Report iiber die 
Hexactinelliden. Biol. Ceutralbl. viii Bd., No. 2, pp. 46-53. 
Contains a brief criticism on the English translation of the original. 
15. MacMunn, C. A. On the Chromatology of some British Sponges, 
j. Physiol, ix, pp. 1-25, pi. i. 
Chlorophyll is present in Sponges, and is built up synthetically by them. 
The function of the chlorophyll is probably to remove waste CO,, and 
then, by the influence of light rays, build up from CO, and H a O 
substances such as starch, glycogen, sugar, or fat. 
16. Mills, H. A new Fresh-water Sponge ( Heteromeyenia radiospiculata, 
n. sp.). Ann. N. H. (6) i, No. 4, pp. 313 & 314. 
17. Noll, F. C. Beitriige zur Naturgeschichte der Kieselschwamme. 
I. Desmacidon bosei, Noll, mit Hinweisen auf Craniella carnosa , 
Riippell, und Spongilla frugilis , Leidy. Abb. Senck. Ges. xv, 2, 
v pp. 5-58, pis. i-iii. 
Diagnosis of D. bosei , n. sp., with notes on development. Account of 
spicule formation. Anonyx spongivivus ) n. sp., a parasitic Amphipod, 
infests the Sponge. 
