20 Mr. H. J. Carter on theIII.-Furth er Observations on the so-called " Farringdon Sponges" (Calcispongia, Zittel), followed by a Description of an Existing Species of a like kind. By H. J. CARTER, F.R.S. &c. [Plate I.]THROUGH the great kindness of Dr. G. J. Hinde, F.G.S., Ihave not only received a copy of his " Notes on Fossil Cal-cispongie " (*, No. 14), but have been permitted to examine * Publications to which reference is made in the following communi-cation :-1.-1864. Monograph on the British Spongiadae. By J. S. Bowerbank. Vol. ii., with 37 plates, vol. iii. 1874, and vol. iv. 1883. 2.-1872. Die Kalkschwiimme. Von Ernst IIaickel. 3 vols., including Atlas. 3.-1874. " Development of the Marine Sponges froim the earliest recog-nizable appearance of the Ovum to the perfected �ndividual." By H. J. Carter. Ann. & Mag. Nat. IIist. vol. xiv.p. 321, with 3 plates. 4.-1876. M�moire sur l'Embryologie de quelques �ponges de la Manche (Th�se). Par Ch. Barrois. With 1l plates. 5.-1877. " On a Holorhaphidote Sponge from the Cambridge 'Copro-lite' Bed." Byv W. J. Sellas. Quart. Journ. Geol. Soc. for May, vol. xxxiii. p. 242. With 1 plate. 0.-1878. "Mr. James Thomson's Fossil Sponges from the Carboniferous Svstemu of the South-west of Scotland." By Il. J. Carter. Amn. & Main. Na. liat. vlt . i. p. 1:4. Witl 2 plates. 7.-1878. lPetrefctenkunde )entsclilands (Schwuaiime). Mit einem At-las von 28 Tafein in-folio mit c. 1000 Abbildungen. Von F. A. Quenstedt. 8.-1878. " Studien liber fossile Spongien: Monactinellidie, Tetracti-nellidae, und Calcispongi." Von K. A. Zittel. With 1 plate. Translated by W.. S. Dallas, F.L.S. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Ilist. vols. iii. and iv. pp. 304 and 364, and 61 and 120 respectively. 9.-1878. "On the Structure and Affinities of the Genus Catagma." By W. J. Sollas. Ibid. vol. ii. p. 353. With 1 plate. 10.-1879. " On IJ[stfel'la, a Fossil Sponge of the Carboniferous Era, and on lI�miasterela, a new Genus of Iecent Spon'es." By II. J. Carter. Ibid. vol. iii. p. 141. With I plate. 11.-1879. "Note on the so-called 'Farringdon (Coral-Tag) Sponges' (Calcispongioe, Zittel)." Bv II. J. Carter. Ibid. ol. iv. p. 4:1. 12.-1880. " On Fossil Spicules from the Carboniferous Strata of ' Bon lulben,' near Sligo." By II. J. Carter. Ibid. vol. vi. p. 209. With half a plate. 13.-1882. "Pharetronen Studien." Von Dr. Gustav Steinmann. Neues Jahrbuch f. Mineralogie, Geologie, und Palaeontologie, 11. Band, p. 139. Mit 4 Tafeln (Separat-Abdruck thankfully received, on the 26th August, 1882.) 14.-1882. "Notes on F ssil Calcispongioe, with Descriptions of new Species." By Dr. G. J. Ilinde. Ann. & Mag. Nat. Hist. vol. x. p. 185. With 3 plates.