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Chitonomyces Floridanus nov. sp. 



Pale straw colored with a smoky, brownish tinge, the basal and subbasal 

 cells relatively large, the former rather elongate, the latter broader than 

 long, tlie distal cell erect, conical, appendiculate, its basal septum hori- 

 zontal. Perithecium relatively large, distally somewhat inflated, the 

 posterior margin to the apex nearly straight, the tip moderately well dis- 

 liijguished, the inner margin strongly convex between the tip and the 

 secondary appendage ; the lip-cells each forming a more or less distinct 

 papilla. Spores relatively large about 35 X 3 ^u. Perithecia 70 X 28 fi. 

 Receptacle, distal part, 62 ^, the two basal cells with foot 52 /<. Total 

 length to tip of perithecium 120-138 /a. 



On Cnemidotus 12-puiictatus Say, Eustis Florida, October. On legs 

 and elytra. 



Cliitonomyces aethiopicus nov. sp. 



Perithecium red-brown, darker on the inner side, with faint transverse 

 striations, somewhat curved ; the inner lip-cells producing at the left a 

 blackish brown projection directed obliquely outward across the tip and 

 resembling a canine tooth, the inner lip-cell on the left producing a much 

 smaller, blackish, inconspicuous, tooth-like projection ; one of the inner 

 wall cells abnormally developed, bulging inward against and almost over- 

 topping the subterminal appendiculate cell, the greater portion of the 

 margin of this outgrowth nearly horizontal and extending from the apex 

 of the perithecium to the insertion of the subterminal appendage which 

 is sunk in an abrupt depression between it and the base of the ter- 

 minal cell of the receptacle. Receptacle nearly hyaline, strongly curved 

 throughout, consisting of a long basal and subbasal cell which appear to 

 lie side by side for nearly their whole length, the lower marginal cell of 

 the distal portion almost obliterated by the body of the perithecium, the 

 subterminal cell large triangular, the terminal cell about as large, and 

 separated from it by a nearly horizontal septum ; wholly free, abruptly 

 geniculate, the distal portion much narrower, erect and black (the tip 

 broken), abruptly distinguished above an external bulge of the portion 

 below it. Perithecia 128 X 40 ^, the tooth-like projection 18 ju. Re- 

 ceptacle to tip 275 jU, the basal and subbasal cells including the foot 

 140 X 35 fx. Total length to tip of perithecium 255 (i. 



On Orectochilus specularis Aube, Paris Museum, No. 100, Gold Coast, 

 Africa. On elytra. 



