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Laboulbenia Oedionychi nov. sp. 



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Receptacle normal, hyaline, becoming faintly tinged with olivace- 

 ous, especially distally where it is indistinctly punctate; cells I and II 

 subequal, relatively large, the remaining cells small; cell III slightly 

 larger than cell IV; the outer margin of the latter curved evenly. out- 

 ward and downward from the insertion-cell; cell V triangular, small, 

 not in contact with cell IV. Insertion-cell black contrasting, rather 

 thick, not very broad. Outer appendage almost invariably simple, 

 slender, divergent, horizontal or recurved, long, slender and slightly 

 tapering, often geniculate at the base in the region of the subbasal cell ; 

 which, like the basal, is more or less tinged with blackish olive extern- 

 ally, and is often prominent distally on the inner side: basal cell of the 

 inner appendage somewhat smaller than that of the outer, producing 

 a short, usually simple, branch on either side, each bearing a single 

 antheridium near the base. Perithecium united to cells IV and V at 

 its base, transparent olivaceous, usually straight; the venter long, 

 narrow, slightly and evenly inflated; the tip slightly distinguished, 

 very slightly bent outward, broad, more deeply blackened below the 

 hyaline lip-edges; the rather coarse lips outwardly oblique. Peri- 

 thecia 80-85 X 20-24 p. Spores 48 X 4 p.. Receptacle 90-140 X 

 28 /jl. Appendage, longest, outer 175-230 p, the inner, 35-80 /z. 

 Total length to tip of perithecium 140-210 /x. 



On the elytra of Oedionychus nov. sp., No. 2415 and 2450, Manila, 

 Philippines (Banks). 



Abundant material of this species in perfect condition has been 

 examined. The species like L. Halticae to which it is allied, is not 

 unlike some of the many forms allied to L. polyphaga and L. flagellata 

 which occur on Carabidae. Specimens from the legs (No. 2450) of 

 the same host are somewhat smaller, the outer appendage more deeply 

 blackened externally, both the basal and subbasal cells bearing dis- 

 tally on the inner side an erect hyaline branch; the receptacle short, 

 cell I longer than cell II; the perithecium more deeply suffused. 



Laboulbenia Hermaeophagae nov. sp. 



Receptacle normal, faintly punctate, olivaceous, darker distally; 

 the basal cell paler or hyaline below, narrow, somewhat longer than 

 the subbasal; cells III and VI subequal, the latter strongly convex 

 externally; cell IV prominent below the insertion-cell; cell V rounded 



