been collected at a few stations in Florida and Georgia in the United 

 States. In our country it is rare, and only known with certainty 

 from the South. 



CLATHRUS AMERICANUS (Fig-. 71). Color, red. Recep- 

 tacle, elongated. Meshes subequal above, elongated below. Outer 

 surface slightly grooved, smooth. This is a species of Brazil and 

 the West Indies. It reached me first from Father Schupp, of Brazil, 

 who sent a photograph (Fig. 71) and a dried specimen. Then from 



Fig. 73. 



CLATHRUS PUSILLUS. 



Fig. 72. 



CLATHRUS TREUBII. 



L. J. K. Brace, from the Bahamas, sent in liquid. In general form it 

 appears to be very much like Clathrus pusillus, of Australia, but ac- 

 cording to the original figure, that has much more slender branches. 

 At Berlin I found a specimen (unnamed) from Paraguay. 



CLATHRUS TREUBEI (Fig. 72). Color, bright red. Re- 

 ceptacle of large meshes above, below columned. The branches of the 

 receptacle are tubular, smooth externally and corrugated on the inner 

 surface. They are reduced in diameter above, and when old they 



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