The Echinoderm Fauna of South Africa. 283 



are nevertheless somewhat stouter than specimens of typical grani- 

 fera of a corresponding size. 



P.F. 1268. Cape St. Blaize, N.E. by E., 27 miles. 45 fins. Fne. s. 

 1 specimen; adult. 



P.F. 5008. Rockland Point, False Bay, N.W. ^ N., 2 miles. 23 fms. 

 R. 1 specimen ; adult. 



P.F. 147 1 1 . Saldanha Bay, Cape Colony ; low tide. 1 specimen ; adult. 



Holotype, South African Museum, no. A 6419, P.F. .1268. 



* ASTERINA CORONATA. 



Von Martens, 1866. Arch. f. Naturg. Jhrg. 32, Bd. 1, p. 73. 



This species, originally recorded from the East Indies, is given by 

 Sladen as occurring at Mozambique. But I have not been able to 

 find his authority for the statement. The species and three varietal 

 forms have been fully discussed by Fisher (1919, Bull. 100 U. S. Nat. 

 Mus., pp. 411-416). 



ASTERINA BURTONII. 

 Gray, 1840. Ann. Mag. Nat, Hist., vol. 6, p. 289. 



This widely distributed species, well-figured by Savigny (1809, Desc. 

 1'Egypte. Rayonnes, pi. 4, figs. 2'l-2'8) but without a name, has very 

 generally been called cepheus, the name given by Midler and Troschel 

 in 1842. I can find no reason however for rejecting Gray's name. 

 It is true no type specimen is extant but Gray's description is unusu- 

 ally good (for him) and I have no doubt as to the Asterina he had 

 in hand. Perrier gives burtonii as a synonym of cepheus without 

 question but calmly ignores its two year's priority! Verrill has 

 recently revived the older name and' I follow him therein. It may 

 be mentioned in passing that Perrier (and others) spelled the specific 

 name cepheus as cephea on transferring it from Asteriscus to Asterina, 

 overlooking the fact that it is (as Bell pointed out in 1884) a proper 

 noun (Cepheus, the father of Andromeda) and not an adjective. 



This species has been known from Mozambique for a long time, 

 and there is a very fine specimen from there in the South African 

 Museum's collection. It was taken by Mr. K. H. Barnard in No- 

 vember, 1912. 



ASTERINA COCCINEA. 



Patiria coccinea Gray, 1840. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, p. 290. 

 Asterina coccinea Perrier, 1876. Arch. Zool. Exp., vol. 5, p. 234. 



This is another of the unfigured and little known species of Asterina. 

 Perrier's description, based on material in the British Museum, where 



