South A frican Alcyonacea. 
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13 fathoms. Collected by dredge. Nature of bottom, saud and shells. 
Date of collection, February 8, 1901. 
"Pieter Faure," No. 13375. Cape Morgan, N.W. \ W. 6^ miles. 
Depth, 45 fathoms. Collected by large dredge. Nature of bottom, broken 
shells. Date of collection, August 13, 1901. 
"Pieter Faure," No. 10862. Umhloti Eiver mouth, N. by W. I W. 8^ 
miles. Depth, 40 fathoms. Collected by large dredge. Nature of bottom, 
sand and shells (hard ground). Date of collection, December 1, 1900. 
Bellonella Studeei, St. Thomson. 
In 1910 I described this species from South African seas. The present 
specimens have the following dimensions : Specimen a, length 44 mm. ; 
polyp-bearing part, 28 mm. in length by 7 mm. in diameter ; stalk, 16 mm. 
in length by 9*5 mm. in diameter: Specimen b, length 40 mm., polyp-bear- 
ing part, 24 mm. in length by 17 mm. in diameter ; stalk, 16 mm. in length 
by 13 mm. in diameter. 
Localites. — " Pieter Faure," No. 12479. Eed-topped hill west of 
Umtwalumi Eiver, N. by W. 2 miles. Depth, 25 fathoms. Collected by 
dredge. Nature of bottom, broken shells. Date of collection, March 22, 
1901. 
" Pieter Faure," No. 13836. Glendower Beacon, N. \ W. 16^ miles. 
Depth, 66 fathoms. Collected by dredge. Nature of bottom, broken shells 
and stones. Date of collection, September 10, 1901. 
Malacacanthus kufus, St. Thomson. 
(Plate V, fig. 5.) 
This is an interesting form but not new to me. The present specimen 
throws a light on the form " Pieter Faure," 15888, which I described in my 
first paper on Cape Alcyonacea — a form without spicules. It is permeated 
without and within by foreign bodies, such as grains of sand, shells of Fora- 
minifera, sponge spicules, etc. The specimen evidently lives in sand, and the 
absence of spicules may be compensated for by the incorporation of numerous 
foreign bodies. It is possible that mucus-secreting cells are present which 
may entangle the foreign particles after the manner of those which form 
the tube around the body of the Sea anemone, Ceriantlius. On finding 
my first specimen of this species I had some doubt about this form 
really being devoid of spicules, but the present specimen was examined 
externally and internally, and the supposed absence of spicules has been 
confirmed. The specimen has a harder consistency than the one which I 
previously described. 
Locality^ etc.—'' Pieter Faure," No. 13960. Great Fish Point Light- 
