410 Annuls of Hie Soutli African Museum. 



CUCUMARIA DISCOLOR. 



Theel, 1886. CHALLENGER Holoth., p. Ok pi. IV, lig. 8. 



The type locality of this species is Simon's May, 10 20 fins, and 

 although Theel had hut one specimen his account is, as usual for 

 him, accurate and satisfactory, while his ligures are equally good. 

 The specimens hefore me range from 24 to 5.") mm. in length; all 

 are more or less strongly contracted hut are relatively slender, the 

 diameter heing about one-fifth of the length. The closed and con- 

 tracted oral end is as markedly stellate as in Pentacta and the body 

 in cross section is distinctly pentagonal rather than circular. The 

 color is light brown or fawn-color. Theel says the anus is without 

 teeth hut so far as I can judge these specimens have very small 

 anal teeth, which might however be easily overlooked, and perhaps 

 are not present in all individuals. 



P.F. 16330. False Bay, 14 fins. Brk. sh. 1 specimen; young. 



P.F. 10305. False Bay, Fishhook Bay, 5 fins. Fne. s. 3 speci- 

 mens; adult. 



False Bay; 3 specimens; 2 young. 



Locality? 1 specimen. 



CUCUMARIA SPYRIDOPHORA * sp. nov. 



Body somewhat pentagonal in cross section, about 45 mm. long- 

 by 12 mm. in diameter; in the present specimens, which are much 

 contracted the body is noticeably thicker at the anterior than at the 

 posterior end. Color light brown, more or less iinely mottled with 

 darker; on one specimen the dark color predominates. Pedicels rather 

 large, not at all crowded, confined to the ambulacra; in the mid- 

 ventral and two dorsal ambulacra there are only two well separated 

 series of pedicels, but in the latero-ventral, the pedicels are more 

 numerous and there are more or less evident indications of a third 

 series; the dorsal pedicels seem to be a little smaller than the ventral. 

 Tentacles 10, the two midventral very much smaller than the other 

 eight. Anal teeth well developed but in these contracted specimens, 

 they are rather difficult to demonstrate. Calcareous ring moderately 

 stout, with no posterior prolongations; the radial pieces are more 

 deeply notched than the interradial and have slightly shorter but 

 wider anterior projections; the interradial pieces are about 3 mm. high. 



Calcareous particles of skin in two very distinct layers: the inner 



* o.ri'^K a round, plaited basket -|- qoyfw to bear, in reference to the 

 characteristic calcareous particles. 



