2 Spong. 
XVII. SPONGIiE. 
dissolving the spicules without injury to the histological structure ; and 
(29) and (42) in which Oppliger and Zeise respectively describe a number 
of new Fossil Sponges. 
I. TITLES.* 
1. Austen, E. Notes on a recent zoological expedition on the Lower 
Amazon. P. Zool. Soc. London, for 1896, pp. 768-779. 
Brandt, K. (7) Zool. Rec. 1896. Summary: J. R. Micr. Soc. 1897, 
p. 116. 
2. . Die Fauna der Ostsee, insbesondere die der Kieler Bucht. 
Verh. Deutsch. zool. Ges. vii, pp. 10-34. (Sponges, p. 18.) 
Breitfuss, L. (9) Zool. Rec. 1896. Summary : J. R. Micr. Soc. 
1897, p. 44. 
. (10) Zool. Rec. 1896. Summary : J. R. Micr. Soc. 1897, p. 44. 
3. . Ascandra hermesi , ein neuer homocceler Kalkscliwamm aus der 
Adria. Zeitschr. wiss. Zool. lxiii, pp. 39-42, 2 figg. Summary : Zool. 
Centralbl. iv, p. 913. 
4. . Kalkschwamme von Ternate. (Kiikenthal, Ergebnisse einer 
zoologischen Forschungsreise in den Molukken und Borneo.) Abh. 
Senckenb. Ges. xxiv, pp. 169-177. 
Dendy, A. (16) Zool. Rec. 1895. Summary: J. R. Micr. Soc. 1897, 
p. 132. 
5. . Catalogue of non-calcareous Sponges collected by J. Brace- 
bridge Wilson, Esq., M.A., in the neighbourhood of Port Phillip 
Heads. Part in. P. Soc. Victoria, ix, pp. 230-259. Summaries : 
J. R. Micr. Soc. 1897, p. 541 ; Zool. Centralbl. iv, p. 685. 
6. Doderlein, L. tJber die Lithonina, eine neue Gruppe von Kalk- 
schwiimmen. Zool. Jahrb. Syst. x, pp. 15-32, pis. 2-6. Summaries: 
J. R. Micr. Soc. 1897, p. 299; Zool. Centralbl. iv, pp. 515 & 516. 
7. Dun, W. Note on the occurrence of Sponge-remains in the lower 
Silurian of New South Wales. P. Linn. Soc. N. S. Wales, xxii, pp. 
436 & 437. 
8. *Elera, R. de. Catdlogo sistom^tico de toda la Fauna de Filipinas 
conocida hasta el presente, y & la vez el de la coleccidn zoologica del 
Museo de PP. Dominicos del Colegio-Universidad de St. 0. Tom&s de 
Manila. Vol. iii, Molluscos y Radiados. (Sponges, pp. 844-846.) 
9. Francis, R. [The Craspedomonadce , in Hungarian.] Budapest, 1897, 
viii and 112 pp., 78 figg. Transl. into German. Budapest, 1897, 
123 pp., 78 figg. (Sponges, pp. 192-194 in the German translation.) 
10. Fri6, A. & Vavra, V, Untersuchungen fiber die Fauna der Gewiisser 
Bohmens, iii. Arch. Landesf. Bohmen, x, 74 pp., 33 figg. 
11. Garbini, A. Due Spongille del Lago di Garda nuove per l’Europa. 
Zool. Anz. xx, pp. 477 & 478. 
Granger, A. (17) Zool. Rec. 1896. Summary: Zool. Centralbl. iv, 
pp. 402 & 403. 
* An asterisk prefixed to a quotation indicates that the Recorder has not seen the 
Journal or Work referred to. The titles without date refer to papers published in 
1897 ; to the titles of papers omitted in last year’s record, and now given, the date 
(1896) is attached. 
