250 THAXTER. 



secondary distinguished from the rather short, shghtly tapering two- 

 to three-celled terminal portion by a thick black septum. Antheridia 

 one to several, associated with stiff erect brown secondary appendages: 

 long and slender, with well developed slender stalks, the neck rela- 

 tively long, slender, straight, or somewhat curved. Receptacle, 

 exclusive of large foot 30-40 X 10.5-14 /x. Primary appendage 30 n, 

 secondary, larger 50 X 5 ^i, distinguished aljo\e the basal cell l)y a 

 black septum. Antheridia 50 X 6.5 /x. 



Female individual becoming more or less suffused with dark brown. 

 Receptacle straight, or but slightly curved, consisting of usually six 

 cells, the basal paler, short and subtriangular; the rest more or less 

 compressed and oblique, the subterminal normally giving rise to the 

 usually single perithecium; the rest, except the subbasal, producing 

 secondary appendages; the broadened basal cells of which bear from 

 two to usually four erect, stout, rigid deep reddish brown branches 

 distinguished by broad black constricted basal septa: the basal cell 

 of the shorter and more slender primary appendage pale and slightly 

 inflated, often turned inward, very abruptly distinguished from the 

 rest of the appendage. Perithecium relatively large, bent abruptly 

 upward at its insertion, the stalk-portion long and stout, straight or 

 distally somewhat curved, pale, rather clearl}' distinguished from the 

 darker purplish brown ascigerous portion; the tip tapering, pale, 

 abruptly distinguished by subtending elevations on both sides, the 

 inner margin more convex; the apex abruptly distinguished, distally 

 compressed; its abruptly broader base forming a conspicuous promi- 

 nence on the inner margin, and a lesser one somewhat higher on the 

 outer; the termination much compressed; the lips small, the inner 

 bulging and slightly prominent; but when turned at right angles the 

 apex appears spathulate or ligulate, flat and distally l)roadly rounded. 

 Perithecia 275-355 X 25-30 /jl. Receptacle, without foot, 65-75 X 

 25 fx. Appendages 150 X 8 /x or longer. Total length to tip of peri- 

 thecium 390-425 fx. 



On the inferior abdomen of Aulacophora sp. Xo. 294S, Auki, Solo- 

 mon Is. (Mann Coll.) 



This large species is well distinguished by its dark color, the form 

 of its perithecium, its brown rigid appendages arising in trans^'ersely 

 arranged groups and also by the characters of the male. The append- 

 ages are for the most part broken distally and may be longer than 

 indicated, but do not appear considerably to exceed one third the 

 length of the perithecium. It is most nearly related to some of the 

 variations of Z). Aidacophorac of which it may prove to be a variety. 



