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Stigmatomyces Venezuelae now sp. 



Perithecium slender, curved throughout, the venter pale amber-brown, 

 hyaline externally, not distinguished from the neck on the inner side; 

 the outer wall-cells bulging more or less conspicuously; the neck taper- 

 ing slightly, the tip blunt, and unmodified ; the basal and stalk-cells 

 hyaline, distinguished from the venter by an abrupt external constriction. 

 Cells of the receptacle hyaline, subequal, the basal bulging distally, below 

 the subbasal, to which it is thus asymmetrically adjusted. Stalk-cell of 

 the appendage tinged with amber-brown, more than twice as long as 

 broad, abruptly distinguished from the lower part of the basal cell, which 

 is small and brown : the appendage proper small, hyaline, withering at 

 maturity, except the lower part of the basal cell ; consisting apparently 

 of about three cells producing about four nearly free antheridia. Peri- 

 thecia 95 X 30^. Receptacle 90 X 14^. Appendage 45^, exclusive of 

 stalk-cell, which is 22 ^ long. 



Growing at tip of abdomen of Limosina sp., Island of Margarita, 

 Venezuela ; Dr. A. F. Blakeslee. 



Rhachomyces Javanicus nov. sp. 



Perithecium straight, symmetrical, tapering slightly distally, translucent, 

 brown, the tip opaque blackish brown, the apex hyaline and blunt, the 

 whole surrounded aud more or less hidden up to the tip by the append- 

 ages. Receptacle rather long and slender, the main axis normally con- 

 sisting of more than twenty cells which are clearly distinguishable, more 

 or less suffused with blackish brown, less so toward the base, more or 

 less hyaline at and obliquely below the septa ; the appendiculate cells 

 giving rise to a dense series of similar black subequal appendages, their 

 inuer edges somewhat hyaline, with slightly upturned and enlarged bluntly 

 pointed hyaline tips, more numerous distally and forming a dense tuft 

 below and around the perithecium which they conceal, except for its 

 projecting tip. Perithecium 95-110 X 35-40 fi. Receptacle 275-350^ 

 by about 18 /x. Total length 350-460^. Appendages longer, about 

 90-100 ft. 



On legs of a small Harpaloid (?) beetle brought from Buitenzorg, Java, 

 by Dr. II. M. Richards. 



Rhachomyces Aphanopsis nov. sp. 

 Perithecium but slightly inflated, hyaline, straight, the tip blunt sym- 

 metrical. Receptacle variable, hyaline ; the main axis consisting of about 

 ten to fifteen hyaline cells, the two lowest larger and suffused with brown, 



