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On Miseelus Javaniis King., Hope Collection, No. 308, Java ; on 

 Miscelus sp., Paris Museum, Nos. 114 and 115, New Guinea; on 

 Catoscopus ? sp. Brit. Mus. No. 663, Assam, India. On the elytra and 

 inferior surface. 



Laboulbenia Thyreopteri nov. sp. 



Perithecium nearly free, proportionately large, dull amber-brown, 

 straiulit, narrower at the base, the inner margin slightly convex, the outer 

 concave through the presence of a prominent subterminal hump, which 

 is suffused with blackish brown, the suffusion often involving a fainter 

 discoloration of the subbasal wall-cell below it ; the tip small, prominent, 

 and abruptly differentiated, blackish with broad hyaline lips. Receptacle 

 slender, the basal cell black, opaque, mostly curved below, very slender ; 

 the subbasal cell broader, suffused with blackish, mostly verrucose or 

 coarsely punctate, the remaining cells normal and concolorous with the 

 perithecium. Insertion-cell thick and narrow. The outer appendage 

 simple, its basal cell long, undifferentiated ; the basal cell of the inner 

 appendage shorter bearing a branch distally on either side, all the 

 branches similar crowded, concolorous with the perithecium, erect, straight 

 or bent slightly toward the perithecium, the inmost in contact with it. 

 Spores 55 X 4|U. Perithecia 140-175 X 14-25 ^u. Total length to tip 

 of perithecium 340-400 yu, ; to insertion-cell 250-270 /x. Appendages 

 120-140/.. 



On Tlujreopterus flavosignatus Dej., Brit. Mus. No. 561, Port Natal, 

 Africa. On Thyreopterus sp., Paris Museum, No. 125, Africa. On 

 elytra. 



LaboTilbenia tibialis nov. sp. 



Perithecium deeply suffused with blackish brown, somewhat inflated, 

 the small tip rather abruptly distinguished. Receptacle stout, deeply 

 suffused with blackish brown except cell I and the lower part of cell II, 

 which are hyaline or nearly so, abruptly contrasting, and cell V which 

 is yellowish ; cells IV and V broad, the insertion-cell broad and in con- 

 tact with the base of the i^erithecium. Appendages as in L. rostellata 

 except that the iimer is larger and longer than the outer without over- 

 lapping it at the base and the lower branch of the outer is simple. 

 Perithecia 150-175 x 60-70//. Total length to tip of perithecium 

 300-325 fx ; to insertion-cell 200-2-25 ^. Appendages exclusive of the 

 branches, inner 100-120//, outer 85 /i. 



On Brachinus sp., Eustis, Florida, October. On the legs. 



