552 Annals of the South African Mtiseum. 



" It was found in great numbers in calm weather off the 

 southern peninsula of Africa." Templeton assigns the species 

 to Tilesius, and i-egards Thompson's *S'. indicator as synony- 

 mous. All three accounts have been regarded by later authors 

 as insufficient for specific determination. Cycloids laticauda, 

 Templeton, loc. cit., p. 195, pi. 21, fig. 10 a, b, also abundant 

 off the Cape, is mentioned by Giesbrecht as another inde- 

 termi n ate Saj)}) hirina . 



■■'• Sapphirina gemma, Dana. 



1849. Sapphirina gemma, Dana, Pr. Amer. Ac. Sci., vol. ii., p. 44. 

 1853. S. g., Dana, U.S. Expl. Exp., vol. xiii., p. 1252, pi. 88, figs. 

 1 a-f, 2 a-g. 

 " Lagulhas Bank, south of Cape of Good Hope." " This 

 species may possibly be the Sapphirina indicator." 

 1892. S. g., Giesbrecht, F. u. Fl. Neapel, vol. xix., p. 618, figs, on 



pis. 3, 52-54. 

 1904. S. g., Cleve, Mar. Invest. S. Africa, vol. iii., p. 196. 

 Agulhas Current. 



" Sapphirina angusta, Dana. 



1849. Sapphirina angusta, Dana, Pr. Amer. Ac. Sci., vol. ii., p. 41. 

 1853. S. a., Dana, U.S. Expl. Exp., vol. xiii., p. 1240, pi. 87, fig. 



3 a, h. 



On the Lagulhas Bank, lat. 35° 50' S., long. 23° E. 

 1892. S. a., Giesbrecht, F. u. PI. Neapel, vol. xix., p. 619, figs, on 



pis. 52-54. 

 1904. S. a., Cleve, Mar. Invest. S. Africa, vol. iii., p. 196. 



Off the west coast in 277 m. 



* Sapphirina opalina, Dana. 



1849. Sapphirina opalina, Dana, Pr. Amer. Ac. Sci., vol. ii., p. 45. 

 1853. S. 0., Dana, U.S. Expl. Exp., vol. xiii., p. 1254, pi. 88, fig. 



4 a-i, k-l. 



1892. S. 0., Giesbrecht, P. u. Fl. Neapel, vol. xix., p. 620, figs, on 



pis. 52-54. 

 1904. S. 0., Cleve, Mar. Invest. S. Africa, vol. iii., p. 196. 

 Agulhas Current. 



" Sapphirina salp.e, Claus. 

 1859. Sapphirina salpce, Claus, Arch. Anat. Physiol. Wiss. Med., 

 pi. 5. 



