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Family ALCYONIIDAE. 
Bellonella Studeri, St. Thomson. St. Francis Bay, near Port Elizabeth, 
23-25 fathoms. 
Bellonella rubra, Brundin. Locality not recorded. 
Metalcyonium clavatum, Pf effer. From Umhloti river mouth, 40 fathoms, 
and Tongaati river mouth, 36 fathoms. 
Metalcyonium natalense, St. Thomson. Umhloti river mouth (Natal), 
39-40 fathoms. 
Metalcyonium patagonicum, May. 
Syn., Metalcyonium variahile, var. durum, St. Thomson. 
Off Sandy Point, 51 fathoms ; off Cape Morgan, near East London, 
77 fathoms ; off Tugela Eiver mouth (Natal), 65-70 fathoms ; off Amatikulu 
Eiver mouth (Natal), 62 fathoms. 
Alcyoneum jjurpureimi, Hickson. Between Eoman Eock and Cape 
Eecife, Kalk Bay ; Gordon's Bay, etc., a common littoral form. 
Alcyonium Fauri, St. Thomson. Off Cape St. Blaize, near Mossel Bay, 
36 fathoms. 
Alcyonium jjachyclados, Klunzinger. Off Gronubie Eiver (near East 
London), 20 fathoms ; off' Algoa Bay, etc. 
Alcyonium rotiferum, St. Thomson. Off Keiskamma Point. 
Malacacanthus rufus, St. Thomson. Off Seal Island, False Bay, 11-33 
fathoms. 
Family NEPHTHYIDAE. 
Ca/pnella rugosa, Kiik. Off Gronubie Eiver, near East London, 20 fathoms. 
Ga^pnella Gilchristi, St. Thomson. Off Cape Morgan, 47 fathoms. 
Eunephthya thyrsoides, Yerrill. Off Cape Morgan, 45 fathoms. 
At first my work on the specimens described or recorded in the present 
paper was not promising in the way of revealing interesting forms, but later 
it brought out the occurrence in the collection of several specimens of some 
phylogenetic interest. 
The occurrence of ScleraMthelia musiva, Studer, off Cape Morgan is 
interesting as affording me the opportunity of confirming the work of my 
revered teacher, Prof. Th. Studer, of Berne. The authorities Hickson, Schenk 
and May were in error in regard to the position of Scleranthelia. Scleranthelia 
was first placed by Studer with the Clavulariidae, but this classification was 
later disputed by Hickson and others. In 1890 Studer emphasised his 
former statement that Scleranthelia belonged to the family Clavulariidae, 
and I now have pleasure in supporting the position of the Bernese " savant." 
The occurrence of Metalcyonium molle, Burchardt, in the collection is 
also interesting. This species was first collected off Amboina, and described 
as being entirely without spicules, but the specimen from South Africa shows 
