THAXTER. MONOGRAPH OF THE L A BOl LIU -IN I kCEJE. 3f),{ 
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subtended by a blackish suffusion of no great size. Receptacle normal, rather short and stout, (he basal 
and subbasal cells slightly prominent anteriorly, of nearly equal length, the walls vct) thick and iriatr. 
Appendages normal, the outer consisting of a black-brown basal cell, twin as l<n as hroad, bearing dis- 
tally the two divergent branches, which are mostly once branched (antero-postcriorlv), all the lower celb 
suffused with brown, becoming hyaline toward the tips: the inner apjH'iid onsisting of a ba^al cell, 
slightly shorter than that of the outer, paler brown, hearing the normal branch on « ither side ; tl < I. ranch- 
lets more or less elongate, or bearing loose tufts of antheridia. IVrithechiin 240 X 75 /', including tin 
terminal projections, which measure 25 X 22 /x. Receptacle 225 250 pu Total length 450 X 115 y 
Appendage 200-300 pu 
On Brachinus armiger Dej., Cape of Good Hope; Berlin Museum, No. 9S2. 
This species is closely allied to L. Rougrf/i, luring similar in color and having the same ap|>cndaL T < 
but differs in the subterminal outgrowth at the tips of the perithecium which renders the pore lateral <>n 
the inner side. 
Laboulbenia dubia Thaxter. Pljite I A 7 , fig. 1. 
Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sci., Vol. XXXVIII. p. 35. June. \<MV2. 
Perithecium dark brown, rather long, mostly straight externally, the tip small, usually abruptly 
distinguished; the lips outwardly oblique, the blackish inner lip-cell more prominently rounded and sub- 
tended by a slight, usually distinct rounded elevation especially on the inner side, which «:iv. s the tip i 
characteristic outline; the body dark translucent brown, wholly free. The n 1 1 ptacfe very thick-walled, 
pale dirty brownish yellow, deeper distally. The basal cells of the appendages subequal, the outer bt :,r- 
ingtwo branches radially, which are simple, or the inner once branched above its subba il cell; tin 
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appendages, about six, relatively stout, erect, rather closely septal.-, about six- to eight-celled, curved 
slightly outward, tapering to the blunt extremities, which but slightly exceed the apex of the perithecium. 
Spores 55 X 5 /*. Perithecia 165-185 X 55-65 /<. Receptacle 220-325 X 75 } i. Longer appenda 
220 ft. 
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On the abdomen of PhUonthus politus Linn., Alverstoke, England; British Museum. No. 363. 
With the exception of a few immature individuals on Philonthu* punehu Grav. bom Europe (British 
Museum 
I have examined, has been found which at all resembles the present one. It b peAape too MUL 7"'"< 
but differs in its copious appendages and in the often pronounced subtcrinii.nl enlarge!., of the pen- 
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present form. 
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Lauoulhkvia Latox.k Thaxter. Hate UVI, ngs. ■> .. 
Proc. Am. Aea.l. Arts and Sci., Vol. XXXVIII, p. 45. June, 1902. 
Perithecium usually deep brown, nearly opaque, the tip large rather eoar hfftd, | free from the 
receptacle. The- receptacle normal often greatly elongated through tl , development of eel II. m rt - 
eel. Lome free from the receptacle by the elongation of cells IV and V The outer *P*P"™£< 
of a large, broad, subhvaline basal cell, which gives rise to two, often three, or rarely more, I n, ' - • ■ 
erest-like radial series, their basal cells small squarish subhvaline; producing, a ^ ^ l^' 
tapering 
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age, and gives rise to long slender brown branchlets; the othe 
antheridial branchlets; the small straight antheridia borne in 
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