South African Alcyonacea. 
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bottom, broken shells and stones. Date of collection, December 31, 1900. 
A red specimen. 
"Pieter Faure," No. 10998. Off Umhloti Eiver mouth. Depth, 39-40 
fathoms. Collected by large dredge. Nature of bottom, sand and shells. 
Date of collection, December 21, 1900. Five specimens, four brownish red 
and one yellowish white. 
" Pieter Faure," No. 10992. Same locality as last. One small brownish- 
red specimen. 
" Pieter Faure," No. 12483. Eed-topped hill, west of Umtwalumi, N. by 
W. 2 miles. Depth, 25 fathoms. Collected by dredge. Nature of bottom, 
broken shells. Date of collection, March 22, 1901. A reddish specimen. 
" Pieter Faure," No. 12059. O'Neil Peak, N.W. I W., 9^ miles. Depth, 
90 fathoms. Collected by dredge. Nature of bottom, broken shells. Date 
of collection, February 28, 1901. One young specimen, the stalk wound 
round the axis of a foreign body. 
Anthomastus granulosus, Kiik. 
The specimen is 1'5 cm. in length, the stalk 2 mm. in diameter, the head 2 
mm. in height and 4 mm. in diameter. The ground-colour of the colony is 
light red, and the calyces are orange yellow. I have no doubt that this 
specimen is a young form of the species described and figured by Kiikenthal 
from Japanese seas under the name AntliomasUis granulosjis. The size and 
the shape of the spicules are essentially similar. Kiikenthal emphasises two 
points regarding this species — firstly, that it is the only species of this genus 
in which longer, rod-like spicules are absent, and secondly, the only one in 
which double spheres are present. 
The Japanese specimens were collected at Tokio and Enoura Bays at 
depths of 20 and 200 metres respectively. 
The South African specimen was collected as follows : " Pieter Faure," 
No. 799. About 2^ miles S.E. of East London. Depth, 32 fathoms. 
Collected by dredge. Nature of bottom, sand, shells and rocks. Date, 
December 28, 1898. 
Anthomastus elegans, Kiikenthal. 
The specimen agrees in essential points with that described by 
Kiikenthal, differing only in minor details such as the colour, the height and 
the form of the stalk. The species was first collected during the voyage of 
the " Valdivia" in the southern part of the Agulhas Bank (lat. 35° 19' S., 
long. 20° 12' E.). 
My specimen was collected as follows : " Pieter Faure," No. 12073. 
O'Neil Peak, N.W. i W. 9^ miles. Depth, 90 fathoms. Collected by 
dredge. Nature of bottom, broken shells, etc. Date of collection, February 
28, 1901. 
