50 THAXTER. 



constricted septum, the rest externally blackened, their septa some- 

 what oblique: the third cell obliquely separated from the fourth, 

 hyaline or with a basal blackish suffusion, much larger, bearing just 

 al)0\'e the l)ase of the primary appendage a large blackened obliquely 

 separated cell, the inner face of which is almost wholly in contact 

 with the fourth cell of the receptacle, and which bears distally two 

 rigid erect appressed branches, one of which is usually longer, often 

 reaching nearly to the tip of the perithecium ; while the other is much 

 shorter, and bears a terminal antheridium; the basal cells of both 

 nearly opaque, the rest deeply suffused externally, hyaline along the 

 inner margin, the septa oblique: the fourth cell similar to the third, 

 somewhat larger, distally pointed and ol)liquely separated from two 

 cells lying right and left immediately above it; one of which is deeply 

 suffused and gives rise distally on its inner side to the short almost 

 wholly inclosed stalk-cell of the perithecium, and externally to a small 

 subhyaline cell from which arise two appendages similar to that borne 

 by the third cell, each of which is characterized by a deeply suffused 

 basal cell bearing paired erect stiff branches; the second of the two 

 paired cells above cell four, bearing a simple short appendage with a 

 blackened base which usually terminates in an antheridium, and also 

 bears laterally a secondary appendage similar to that arising from 

 cell III, its basal cell deeply suffused and l)earing two erect branches. 

 Perithecium only partly surrounded by the l)ranches of the append- 

 ages, which may extend nearly to its tip; uniform pale straw-colored, 

 subsessile, erect, straight on one side, and somewhat convex on the 

 other, the tip more or less clearly distinguished, usually slightly bent, 

 broad, short, the apex truncate, often oblique and slightly sulcate. 

 Perithecium 100-116 X 25 fi. Receptacle (50-80 X 22 ju- Longer ap- 

 pendages 110 M- Total length to tip of perithecium 160-200 ju. 



On the trochanters of a small Carabid near Tachys, No. 2081, 

 Samarang, Java. 



I have taken as the type of this species a stouter, darker, more 

 compact form which inhabits the trochanter of this host and has also 

 been received from the Philippines. An immature specimen which 

 seems to be the same is also among the Ceylon material. In addition 

 to this type-form, one occurs on the elytra in both the Javan and 

 Philippine material, which is somewhat more elongate, the receptacle 

 and the subtending cells of the appendages nearly hyaline, and the 

 perithecium furnished with a short tooth like projection near the mid- 

 dle, which has not been noticed in any of the specimens inhabiting 

 the trochanter. Still another variety has been obtained from Borneo 



