158 MB. BERKELEY ON SOME ENTOMOGENOUS SPH^JBIJE. 



Eight species therefore belong to temperate climates, descending 

 however occasionally to warmer regions, and seven to tropical or 

 subtropical. Of the first eight, four belong to those temperate 

 parts of the Southern Hemisphere which often exhibit subtropical 

 species of Fungi. The Entomogenous Spharice, then, on the 

 whole predominate in warm or equable climates. 



One doubtful entomogenous species, C. bicephala from Brazil, 

 has been omitted in the foregoing list. 



1. Coedyceps aemeniaca, Berk. 3f Curt. ; armeniaca, stipite flexuoso bre- 

 viusculo, capitulo e peritheciis asperulo pallidiore. Curt. no. 3774. 

 {Plate I. Jiff. 1.) 



Apparently on the excrement of birds, but probably on larvae contained in it. 



Society Hill, South Carolina. 

 Apricot-coloured. Stem ^ inch high, flexuous, sometimes twisted, paler than 



the head, which is subhemispherical and rough with the ostiola. Asci 



elongated, with a swollen apex ; sporidia immature. 



This species has some points in common with C. wiyrmecophila, 

 but it is a shorter and far more robust plant, with a differently 

 shaped head. 



2. Coedyceps acictjxaeis, Pavenel ; fusca, stipite gracili elongato, capitulo 

 cylindrico apice sterili acuminato longiorej peritheciis superficialibus 

 liberis. Mav. no. 1276. (Plate I. fig. 2.) 



On caterpillars buried in the soil in damp shady woods. South Carolina. 

 Summer. H. W. Pavenel, Esq. 



Stem 3 inches or more high, not half a line thick, brown below and 

 tomentose, smooth above and tawny, grooved when dry. Head f inch 

 long, cylindrical, brown, studded with the free perithecia, above barren and 

 acuminate. Asci very long, flexuous ; sporidia linear, breaking up into 

 truncate joints -g^^ or more rarely lb l 66 inch long. 



This species is closely allied to C. Bavenelii, but the habit is 

 very different. I can find no essential difference in the fruit. 



3. Coedyceps stylophoea, Perk, fy Proome ; fulva, stipite gracili, capitulo 

 in stylum producto subsequali ; peritheciis immersis. Mav. no. 1325. 

 (Plate I. fig. 3.) 



On larvae buried in rotten logs. South Carolina. Autumn. PZ. W. Pavenel, 



Esq. 

 Stem 5-| inch high, ^ line thick, smooth, about as long as the cylindrical 



head, which is produced into an acuminate sterile process as long or longer 



than itself ; perithecia immersed. 



I have not seen the ripe asci of this species, which appears to be 

 quite distinct from either of the foregoing or subsequent species. 

 All three occur on different larvee, and in different situations. 



