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or five cells, the terminal one short and apiculate ; the subbasal (perhaps 

 others also?) giving rise to branches which produce a variable number of 

 secondary receptacles arranged with the younger behind the older as in 

 H. Paranensis. The secondary receptacles much as in H. Paranensis, 

 the first formed broadest. Perithecium long and slender, tapering, 

 especially above the middle; the stalk-cells flattened, so that the peri- 

 thecium is almost sessile on the receptacle ; the ascigerous portion often 

 abruptly somewhat narrower than the base, the fourth lateral external 

 wall-cell bearing a long curved attenuated wholly free spine-like cell, 

 which extends just beyond a subterminal short distally incurved sharp 

 spinous process, which subtends, and is nearly twice as long as, the free 

 curved tip of the perithecium : the fourth anterior wall-cell also producing 

 a long curved spinous process, slightly shorter than the lateral one, or 

 more divergent. Secondary receptacles 65 X 45-50//. Base and stalk- 

 cells of perithecium 30-35 X 15-18 //, the ascigerous part to tip of 

 longest spine 150—1 65 ^u : width near base 20-25 //, below lower spine 

 10-12^; external spine 50//, terminal spine 12//. 



On antennae of Nyetobora latipennis, Texas ; Scudder Collection, 

 No. 1383. 



Herpomyces Phyllodromiae nov. sp. 



Male individual consisting of four superposed cells: producing distally 

 one or several antheridia directly. Total length about 30 //. 



Female individual. Colorless, the primary receptacle minute, consist- 

 ing of four subequal cells : the subbasal sending down a branch which 

 furcates to produce a pair of small secondary receptacles, consisting of 

 only two or three vertically elongated cells and each bearing a solitary 

 perithecium. Perithecia more or less symmetrically placed, the asciger- 

 ous portion slightly inflated, tapering above to the somewhat slender 

 distal portion, which bends abruptly outward from the substratum, diverg- 

 ing but slightly ; the tip subtended by a blunt pointed spine-like projec- 

 tion, directed nearly at right angles to the axis of the free tip. Primary 

 receptacle about 25// long. Secondary receptacle 20 X 10//. Peri- 

 thecium, to tip of process, about 80-100 X 15-20//. 



On antennae of Phyllodromia sp., Abyssinia ; Scudder Collection, 

 No. 1381. 



Herpomyces Platyzosteriae nov. sp. 



Male individual consisting of four superposed cells bearing distally one 

 or several antheridia. Total length to tip of antheridia about 40//. 



