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Kingdom— ANIMALIA. 
Sub-Kingdom — PROTOZOA. 
Class — S pongida. 
Order— MOiVACTINELLIDiE, 
Pamily — 
Genus — LASIOGLADIA, Hinde', 1883. 
(Oat. Foss. Sponges Brit. Mus., p. 19.) 
''Lasioci.adia ? IIiNBEi, sp . noD., PI. 41, figs. 1 and 2. 
Sp. Char. Porm, as 2 )reserved, fan-sliapod, originally globular or rotund 
probably, measuring one and three-quarters by one and a-quarter inches, formed of 
OQg, radiating, rod-like, siliceous spicules, closely compressed or matted together, 
^‘Bd apparently all placed in one outward direction. Spicules verv equal in size. 
Obs. The general appearance of this organism is that of a semi-circular 
Br fan-shaped body, split in half longitudinally on the weathered surface of an 
indurated noh-calcareous shale. To the naked eye the surface simply appears 
roughened, but when magnified, rod-liko sjhcules and their impressions are at once 
•’■Pparent. Their direction is very regular, having a definite radiate arrangement, but 
Ole does not appear to be any attempt at trausver.se or obliquely placed spicules. On 
0 bottom of the specimen, where ground down, tho spicules are visible in sections, 
sir''^^ ^1"® circular and solid. All the rods seem to be simjjle, and are undoubtedly 
^ _ This interesting form is j)rovisionally referred to Lasioeladia, Hinde, but the 
^picules are not loosely arranged in more than one direction, as in that genus. The 
g of Dr. Hinde that “ the larger portion of the specimen merely shows the 
^Bipty well-defined moulds of the spicules in the shale,” quite applies here. These 
Bot seem to be in any way allied to the long rope-like anchoring 
ill that they arc solid, and not wholly parallel with one 
Drawings of this sponge were submitted to Dr. J. G. Hinde, who replied — “ It is 
sn ^ that the specimen of which you enclose drawings is a Monactinellid 
cauF^^’ further than that 1 can form no opinion.” Notwithstanding my friend’s 
’’upljj I have ventured to qirovisionally refer this sponge to Lasioeladia, milting 
^ockg name. The rarity of sponges in our Australian Permo-Carboniferous 
s-nd * *^®*Baiids ‘that every possible attention should be called to their occurrence, 
better plan can be adopted than that of giving the fossil a name. I have not 
uibJ' isolate any of the spicules, and am, therefore, debarred from giving 
^asureiuents. 
.Homon. Hockhampton District* (C. W. DeVis-, Colin. De Vis) — 
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the fossils of the Collection received from Mr. De Vis do not bear separate loc<alities, but are all 
fhe 4 gj.j j ®khainpton District. In a letter dated 2.oth July, 1888, Mr. De Vis says— “The fossils are from 
the ^.^ural Reserve ; from the Filzroy at Laurel Bank, about ten miles from Rockhampton, westward 
'"ftcrop Lagoon'; thence to the Cuiporatioii Quarry, Athelstane Range, and to the northern 
oot of Bersekers) of the synclinal beneath the township and bed of river.” 
