306 Annals of the South African Museum. 



series; they are less stout and much sharper than the corresponding 

 spines in glacialis; many of the supermarginal plates, more parti- 

 cularly on the basal half of the ray bear no spines. The colour of 

 this specimen is deep, dull purplish-pink, in alcohol. 



P.F. 13743. Great Fish Point, Cape Colony, .N. by W., 7 miles. 

 49 fms. S., sh. 1 specimen; adult. 



* MARTHASTERIAS AFRICANA. 



Aster acanthi on africanus Muller and Troschel, 1842, Syst. Ast., p. 15. 



This species has never been figured or even fully described. The 

 type locality is the Cape of Good Hope. A specimen of Martliasterias 

 before me from Port Natal is regarded by Dr. W. K. Fisher as 

 probably africanus, and it is from this specimen, and not from pu- 

 blished descriptions, that the character emphasized in the key on 

 p. 304 is taken. 



* COSCINASTERIAS CALAMARIA. 



Asterias calamaria Gray, 1840. Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., vol. 6, p. 179. 

 De Loriol, 1885. Cat. Rais. Ech. Mauritius: Stellerides, pi. 7, figs, 1,2. 

 Coscinasterias calamaria Perrier, 1894. TRAV. et TALISMAN Stell., p. 106. 



This sea-star, characteristic of the Australian and New Zealand 

 coasts, has long been known from Mauritius and de Loriol says it is 

 common there. Bell (1905) reports a specimen from rock pools at 

 low tide, in Three Anchor Bay, Cape Colony, but evidently it is rare 

 in South African waters. There are none in the present collection. 



* CORONASTER VOLSELLATUS. 



Asterias (Stolasterias) volsellata Sladen, 1889. CHALLENGER Ast., p. 584; 



pi. 107, figs. 1-4. 



Coronaster volsellatus Fisher, 1917. Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, 



vol. 30, p. 25. 



The type-locality for this species is in the Philippine Islands but 

 Bell (1905) ascribes "some remarkable fragments", "dredged off 

 Great Fish Point Light House, N. by W. 3 / 4 W., 17 miles", in 100 fms., 

 to this species. 



* ASTERIAS CAPENSIS. 

 Perrier, 1875. Arch. Zool. Exp., vol. 4, p. 258. 



Little is known of this species, which was based on a specimen 

 from South Africa, in the British Museum. Bell (1905) lists a spe- 



