THAXTKR. — MONOGRAM OF Till: L \HOriJ$KNJA( 1 K. 117 
a shorter much broader paler outgrowth, turned inward nearly at right angles: of tin* two nut< r lips our 
forms merely a rounded prominence, while the other grows out into a larj prominent brown l>.iint-ti|»|N»<| 
tooth-like projection, which becomes bent slightly outward and sideways. IWplarl. rather long |ixl 
distin 
nil 
The basal cells of the appendages more or less ^distinguishable nn<l giving ris< to indistinct pi m<n<t 
bearing numerous branches, the basal cells of which arc slmrt. inflated distally, and bear ; nninil «ti<l 
external series of closely septate branchlets; the latter once or twio branched, the sepia dark, tl • Ih»I< 
forming a dense tuft about half as long as the perithecium. Spores 60 X 6 ,". Peritla ■ iuni -<KI ■ 7( 
Total length to tip of perithecium 550 /r, to insertion-cell 400 /«. Longesl lip-pn>minen< i :;.'. 
On the elytra of Macrogyrus sp., Brit. Mus. No. l s, '», and on Macrogyrus oblujuai. AuU-, Sharp 
Collection No. 1088, Timor, E. Indies. 
The type of this species has unfortunately been so injured thai it is not possible to make a draw % 
of the specimen. The tip of its perithecium, however, which i it- inn distinctivi ft-afurc is repn •< ntcd 
in Fig. 16. The host was given in the original description as Dtneufrs sp. with a query, but it <<e 
Maerogyrx 
i • oll< ■ (ion "H 
this genus is not in good condition, nor are the peculiar pcrithceial outgrowths as well devclojxd. A 
figure of one of these specimens will be given in a subsequent contribution, unless more typical material 
can be obtained. 
Am 
Di.vei us Thaxter. Rate J.XVll. figs. 17 18 
L Arts and Sri., Vol. XXXV, p. 171 hcc., IS 1 '" 
Perithecium free except at the base, dark brown, the inner margin straight, the outer cur ! io 
the base to the tip, which is not well differentiated, the lip-celb inconspicuously modified U) form an inner 
tooth-like brown prominence curved inward, and a median small brown minded elevation, which is 
covered by an outer hyaline externally brown broad irregular elevation. Receptacle donga* «-r n 
short, dark brown, inconspicuously punctate. Appendages arising from a number of basal cdh »f 
which, lying somewhat at the right, is more or h conspicuously prominent and mofl dr>ph sufb 
the basal cells of the branches somewhat inflated distally, and bearing h reral branch!. . whirl, n y in 
turn be branched; the lower portion of the branches made up of short cells with contrasting Wack pt« 
the distal portions, when unbroken, slender hyaline elongate, without dark septa, much longer thai 
basal portion. 
75 X 6 ft. 
(Madagascar) 3-50 \x. Appe 
On Dintute* mbs-pinosvs King., Paris, Nos. 33 and 34, Mad ,. ar and isle tie Iran Hop 
Collection, No. 236, no locality. On Dinrulr, 8pp., Hope I Election, Ni 3, 231,2 . and Z. Bengal, 
Pondicherry (India), Ceylon, Mauritius. On Dinmtcs, Brit. Mus. No. 483, NUgiri N.ll> .India. Berlin 
Museum No. 808b on D. subspinous, Klg., Pondicherry and No. 806, We da Iran. N, 809 on V. 
Indicus, India. On margin of elytra and tip of abdomen. 
This apparently common sped- is one of the least well defined member- of this section. Tne up 
of the perithecium varies but slightly in the conformation and « bratkw of the projections at it ape> 
A few specimens show slender hyaline filaments arising distally from the appends , btH m mo* « 
the latter are not in good condition. As will lie seen from the above measurements, the specie appca 
to be subject to great variation in size. It is most nearly related to I, h rod la and (0 I. * 
which may prove to be a mere variety. 
Laboulbenia denticulata Thaxter. Plate I W 11, figs 7 9 and 13-13. 
Proc. Am. Acad. Arts and Sci., Vol. XXXV, p. 170. I*.., IK.U 
Perithecium free, olivaceous w 
Ik-1 
forminir a short brown conical terminal prominetv . which is straight 
