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both instances somewhat smaller, the branches of the appendages 

 mostly shorter, hardly reaching to the tip of the perithecium and 

 usually swollen, rather than tapering at the tip. The species is very 

 closely allied to L. Homophoctae from which it is distinguished by 

 the simple branches of its outer appendage, by its small size and other 

 minor differences. It may prove however, to be merely a variety of 

 L. Homophoctae. 



Laboulbenia funebris nov. sp. 



Dull olivaceous, becoming deeply tinged with brown. Perithecium 

 homewhat less than one half free, becoming almost opaque, except for a 

 hyaline area on the inner side just below the deeply blackened ex- 

 tremity; the lip-cells hyaline about the pore, turned somewhat out- 

 ward; the outer more prominent, rounded, tipped by minute papillae: 

 the outer margin directly continuous with that of the receptacle, 

 hardly convex, bent inward abruptly at the tip; the inner straight or 

 slightly convex. Receptacle symmetrically broader from below up- 

 ward; the basal cell hyaline below, subtriangular; the subbasal cell 

 somewhat longer, separated from cells III + IV and VI, which is 

 relatively large, by somewhat oblique septa; cell III + IV rather 

 large, cell V very minute, translucent, all the upper portion of the 

 receptacle deeply suffused, the cell-boundaries becoming hardly 

 distinguishable, and concolorous with the perithecium. Insertion- 

 cell broad and thick, wholly and deeply suffused; the appendage 

 consisting of a single outer, simple, yellowish olive, rather stout 

 tapering, but slightly divergent outer branch of six or eight cells, 

 relatively stout; the basal cell of the inner appendage bearing 

 two shorter, smaller, simple branches, of usually not more than 

 three or four cells, the subbasal bearing distally a single antheridium. 

 Perithecium 75-80 X 25 /x. Spores 45 X 5 ju. Appendage, longest 

 140-150 /z. Total length to tip of perithecium 125-160 /z, greatest 

 width 35 /x. 



On the elytra of species of tHaltica. Mus. Comp. Zool. No. 1790, 

 (no locality); No. 1841, Guatemala, (Kellerman). 



In general appearance this ordinary looking form is not unlike the 

 smaller specimen of L. rigida figured in my first Monograph the 

 appendages being very similar. It also resembles some forms of 

 L. vulgaris and of L. polyphaga but cells III and IV are always re- 

 placed by a single cell. 



