48 THAXTER. 



neither the tip nor the apex definitely distinguished. Antheridia 

 scanty, with relatively long straight slender necks. Spores about 

 28 X 3 M- Perithecia"^ 60-65 X 2.5-28 m- Total length to tip of 

 perithecium about 150 /x- Antheridia 16 X 4 ^u. 



On Saula sp., No. 2387, Mindanao, P. I. 



A species distinguished by its large, broad, deep yellowish brown 

 perithecium, which is almost as broad as the receptacle below it; its 

 posterior margin appearing to be wholly free, owing to the fact that 

 the median and posterior series extend upward on the lateral (left) 

 surface, and lie wholly within its margin, when it is viewed sidewise. 



Rickia Phalacri nov. sp. 



Long, straight, erect. Receptacle triseriate, tapering very gradually 

 to the base, with a faint axial brownish suffusion; the basal cell small 

 and more or less suffused with purplish brown; the two lower cells of 

 the marginal series small, somewhat uneciual; all the series consisting 

 of usually twelve cells each, those of the median series mostly sub- 

 rectangular; the cells between the basal pair and the base of the 

 perithecium arranged in oblique tiers of three cells each: the cells of 

 the marginal series, with the exception, usually, of the anterior one, 

 cutting off relatively large cells bearing antheridia or appendages; 

 the two small uppermost cells of the anterior, and of the median series, 

 in lateral contact with the very base of the perithecium; the posterior 

 series terminating in the rather conspicuous slightly divergent base 

 of the primary appendage. Antheridia and appendages somewhat 

 appressed, the former rather scanty, convex on the inner side, and 

 slightly curved outward. Perithecium laterally placed above the 

 posterior and median cell-series, more or less evenly suffused with rich 

 purplish brown; straight, erect, relatively long and narrow, nearly 

 symmetrical, subtended by a well defined stalk-cell; the tip well 

 distinguished, short broad, tapering to a rather broad hyaline, sub- 

 truncate, symmetrical apex. Spores about 28 X 2.5 ix. Perithecia 

 58-65 X 16-18 fjL. Appendages 9-11 X 3.5 fx. Total length to tip of 

 perithecium 135-175 X 18-20 fx. 



On the elytra of Phalacrus sp., No. 2495, Manila, P. I. 



A pretty species well distinguished by its usually straight, rather 

 elongate receptacle, on which the rich brown perithecium is inserted a 

 little at one side. 



