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is probably from Mozambique but may be from Natal. (Coll. K. H. 

 Barnard). 



HOLOTHURIA SCABRA. 



Jaeger, 1833. De Holothuriis, p. 23. 



This large Indo-Pacific species was not hitherto recorded from 

 south of Querimba but in the present collection are five very badly 

 contracted specimens, which are apparently from Delagoa Bay. They 

 are recognizable by the large size, gray and white coloration and the 

 characteristic calcareous particles. There are two labels with these 

 specimens; one reads: "Inyack Island, Delagoa Bay, on sandy shore, 

 light gray with black speckles. Oct. 1912 K. H. Barnard. 2 large 

 specimens". I think there can be no doubt that this label belongs 

 with the two largest and best preserved of the quintet. The other 

 label reads: "Ilha da Inhaca, Delagoa Bay, low tide, burrowing in 

 the sand. Oct. 1912. K. H. Barnard. 3 "specimens. Ref. no. 305." 

 I doubt if this label belongs with the remaining trio of scabra as I 

 can hardly think this big species lives "burrowing in the sand". * 



* HOLOTHURIA PARVA. 

 Lampert, 1885. Die Seewalzen, p. 246; fig. 38. 



Although Lamport's description and figures show quite clearly 

 that this is a valid species, collected by Krauss on the coast of Natal, 

 Ludwig always considered it identical with lubrica Selenka and hence 

 has listed the latter species from Natal. Lampert's species is not in 

 the collection of the South African Museum nor have I ever seen a 

 specimen, but I believe he is right in insisting on its distinctness 

 from lubrica. 



HOLOTHURIA GRAMMATA ** sp. nov. 



Body very much contracted and distorted, about 50 mm. long by 

 20 mm. thick in the largest specimen. It is impossible to determine 

 the number, arrangement or nature of the ambulacral appendages, 

 but they seem to be few, scattered and like large pedicels arising 

 from distinct papillae. Body wall thick and soft. Number of ten- 

 tacles cannot be determined. Calcareous ring low, the anterior pro- 

 longations small and the posterior margin of each piece with a wide 



* This statement as to the habitat is quite true. [Ed.]. 



** y(>dt<:fttr.c(t the alphabet, in reference to the diversity of form of the calca- 

 reous particles, many of which are fanciful representations of letters. 



