DESCRimOXS OF THE PLATES. 
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DESCrJT>TrOX OF PLATE I IF 
S^jhaleromyrrs Lathrohii Tliaxtor. 
a5cogenic 
opno 
pentliecium. J ho ascogcuic cell if^rlf lies on tlto 
1 •' 
tV 
O 
Termiual portion of a buiucwliat young<r r^rithccium seen laU-rally in antical sect 
Rh\:.ijmyre$ ^f' .,:^^Jtonis Tliaxtor. 
asci 
in the cavity of the porithecium. Only a snirill 
w^ing oblique position of the mass as it lies free 
rtu»n <»f tlie Kp(»re mass is shown, which iilla the 
, the sporca being freed through fh'* slougliing off 
of the asci aa they mature from the upper portion of tlie asowgmic cell (at x), and the abi>urption 
of the ascus wall. J 2. 
abo 
Lalo7iJhema Ilogmi Thaxtrr. 
Fig. 4. 
below. J 4. 
as to show the attach 
abdomen of a whito ant, bearing 
Lahoulbcnia inflafa Thaxtcr. 
Fig. 6. Portion of the hard chitinous integument from the leg of Bradycellus, showing p^ .en 
species, of one member of the pair. C 2 
t, and illustrating tlie abortion, characte 
Lali.idhenia Dioj-^.^is Thaxter 
Fig. 6. Mature individual of average dimensions. A 12. 
Lnhoulhenxa proUferam Thaxter. var. Uheriann. 
Fig. 7- T^fature individual of the Liberian variety, the proliferous appendage 
indurated base. A 12. 
A, 
Lahotilhenia Aspidof/lossce Tliaxter. 
Figs. 8, 9. Mature and young individuals. A 12. 
Lnhoulbenia dongnfn Thaxter. 
Fig. 10, Individual treated with potash, showing the general envelope ruptured by longitudinal 
and transverse slits exposing the cells within. A 4. 
Fig. 11. Portion of an individual similarly tr-ited. Cells IJ, III, and 71 seen in optical seetion 
protruding from the ruptured envelope. The dots on the suifieo of the latter correi>pond to the 
points of attachment of the fibril]?© which arise from the inner layers of the cell-walls on the 
surfaces next to the envelope. The protoplasmic connection of the diflferent cells is indicated. D 2. 
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