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CiiiTOXOMYCES PARADOXUS (rovritscli). Plato VHT, n^. 17-21. 
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Acad. d. Wi>sca. Bd. LXVII, p. S.'l ; Wien, isra. n«to 
Winter, Die I'ilzc Dcutschl. 11, p. 625, p. 920, fit;. 5; Surukin, Neg. Par. ..f .M:in, etc., p. 425, I'l.-.tc XXXII, (i^ 7«3 
Sci. Vul. XX VII, p. 32. 
Am. Acad. Art* 
Pale straw color becoming tinged with amber brown. Poritlicciuin asjmiuctrle iiljhc incgii- 
lar liiJ-cells lateral and internal, the sub-terminal wall-cells of one of the cxlcrnal scricfl 
produced to form a pointed teniiiually curved outward horu-likc projcctiou; a prominent ridirc 
extending transversely on the left side from about tlic centre of tlie perifliocMum acro.^s Ihc mh- 
terminal cell of the receptacle. l{ecc].tacle of the usual form, the basal cell large, the sub-basul 
cell flattened, the tcnninal and sub-t(jrn)inal cells projtclitig almost wholly free beside the pori- 
thecium. Spores strongly curved, fusiform, C5 x 7^. Tolal length to tip of pcrilhccia] horn 
about 225 /* ; to tip of rccei.facle, ]r,0-185 //. Greatest width, GO-75 n. 
On Laccopliilus maculosinf Germ., Xew England ; on LuccopJdlus sj)., Kansas (Barbci) ; on 
L. minutus S(urm., and L. hyalinvs Dej., Euroi)C (reyrilsch). 
This species, njiicli is the largest of the genus, occurs invariably on the outer margin of the 
left elytron, somewhat beyond the middle, where it grows in groups of from two to balf-a-d(.zon, 
and is very easily seen from its large size. It is not uncommon, and is not to be confused with 
any other species from the terminal, horn-like outgrowth of its perithecium. 
Chitoxomyces appexdiculatus Thaxter. Plate XXVI, figs. 25-2G. 
IlniMATOMTCES ArrENDictLATUs : Proc. Am. Acad. Arts aud Sci. Vol. XXVII, ]>. .31. 
Becoming faintly brownish. Perithecium tapering to a rather sharp apex, curved strongly 
outward, hunched externally and bearing a straight, sub-clavate, one-celled, brownish apjM udage 
arising externally some distance below the apex, projecting outward and upward at an angle of 
about 45°. Basal cell of the receptacle rather narrow, twice as long as the squarish sub-basal 
cell. Spores, 32 x 3 ^. Perithecia, 55 x 15/* to 75 x 22 /x. Basal and sub-l)asal cells, 80-45 yu 
in length. Pcrithecial appendage, 30-33 x 4 /i. Total length to tip of perithecium, 100-lGO/i. 
Greatest breadth, 30-36 /*. 
On Lnccophilus maculosus Germ., Connecticut. 
A rare species, confined to the anterior pair of legs of its host, and distinguished at once 
by its clavatc pcrithecial appendage, which corresponds to the similar horn-like projection from 
the perithecium of C. paradoxus, but is very different in form and in its relation to the other 
parts of the perithecium. 
Chitoxo.-\iyces distortus Thaxter. Plate XXVI, fiirs. 29-30. 
IltiM.VTOMYCE.s uisroRTUs . Proc. Am. Acad. Arts aud Pci. Vol. XX X, p. 477. 
Pale yellowish, more or less clavate in general form. Perithecium inflated, its external mar- 
gin strongly curved, becoming abruptly constricted below a long, slender, tubular, terminal 
