THAXTER. — MONOGRAM! OF THE 1. UKMLBl \ I \< | ]■). \ 
including about eight to ten cells which form its erect free termination 1m idc the base of tin- |>< i itliecium 
the three lower cells mostly suffused with red brown, those above hyaline or partly suffused, increased 
in size to about the eleventh cell, above which they become sueo ssivebj mailer to the tip <>f the free 
portion; the septa for the most part marked by rather prominent constrictions. Ap|>cndages numerous 
but not obscuring the main axis of the receptacle, slightly divergent, mostly tap< ring distalb and si htl 
bent below the straight hyaline tips; those arising about the base of the perithecium only slightl} longer 
and stouter, brown and mostly blunt tipped, about six in number and as a rule hardly extending to the 
middle of the perithecium. Spores about 4(M5 X 4 ;i. lVrith. ■ ia 110 200 X 40 00 hWptad 
220-340 ;l Total length to tip of perithecium 300-1000 p. Long t appendag about 100 
On Pkikmthus longicornis Steph., British Museum, No. 408, Island of St. Helena; on PhiUmlhm 
sp. indet, Hope Coll., No. 225, British Isles. Berlin Museum, No. 814 on /'. alhipr- (ira S 
No. 827 on P. exiguus Nord., Europe. Sharp Coll.; No. 1132, on P. gaxtralvt Sharp, Japan; \«». 1 1. 
on P. mutant Sharp, China; No. 1107 and 1109 on Amichrotus apiripnuii Sharp, Japan; No 1 110 on 
A michrotus sp., Japan; No. 1133 on a new genus near Amichrotus, Japan. 
Although this species has not yet been seen from America, it appears to be widely distributed in the 
western hemisphere, as is indicated by the above list of hosts. It is a well defined species, varyil | 
in size, the very large specimens (fig. 3) occurring on Amickrohu, a genus said hy Dr. Sharp to lie n I 
near, if not identical with Phlhmthm. Its numerous rather short stiff appendages do not differ gt ttly 
in length throughout the receptacle, and arc characteristically bent at the tips. An individual typical in 
form and size is represented in fig. 4 which was obtained from a British Pkikmthut. The spei - » n, 
nearly allied to R. Oedichiri and R. arbugcuhu, the latter differing in the- form of its perithechjm and th 
differentiation of its appendages. 
Rhachomyces Doucaovus Thaxter. Plate XLIV, fig. 8. 
Am 
June, l««)l. 
Form elongate. Cells of the main axis of the receptacle twenty to thirty-five, mow or less dirt; 
brownish, banded with dark blackish brown below, while the more slender proximal - are usually 
opaque; the axis of nearly equal diameter throughout and nearly Straight above ahont the eighth cell; 
each cell containing distally one, the axis cells two, roundish or oblong brown bodies (possibly valve-l.k, 
structure) which suggest the stigmata of an insect larva. The appendages soinewhal diver .... opauuj 
except a narrow upper hyaline margin, short, stiff and numerous; tho.se external more slender; rtightl; 
curved and sharply pointed; those between somewhat stouter and longer, With shghtly n-enrved tip* 
those about the base of the perithecium, which they do not conceal, but slighUy kmger and few m 
Perithecium short-stalked, slightly more or less symmetrically inflate,!, dull brown, nnnately pumta 
or granular, not uniformly suffused; the tip with darker shades, the Wunt a F bysluv s,«n.fli ■ ■ . ■ 
Perithecia 150-200 X 42-60 M, including the basal and stalk-cells. Larger appendages K) 1 10 ,, «» 
about 75 p. Total length 000-1100 p, the average diameter about .*l •>., "-■ CAiAm 
On all parts of Miraon Lat krohioUlc* Casteh, Cape of Good Hope, Afnca. Sharp n. 
No. 1140. Berlin Museum, Nos. 833 and 842. 
1140. I5crlin iviuseum, i\os. coo uno an*. , , , • 
A specimen of this large staphyiinid in Dr. Sharp's collection was ^T£*^£ , 
';„. U Ai**„ *Z rtw. other elongate forms in its rather small and not ven num. MIS > 
fine species. It differs from the other elong 
divergent 
s. It diners trom tne otner etoiigw* .*»«« - »- — , lllllls „.,Hv 
appendage*. The peculiar s»i,mam-like markin.-s on .he edfa of he «*p* . n I 
eonsp.euo, , h .heV-s, and ,1-,. ,lark lines -hid. se.-arat, the ,,„« a,«l «M ^ ^ ^ 
prZunced than is Lieated in the figure. The surface of the pen a-,, j , . . P- - -" - ■ 
as it matures, and more deeply suffused with brown. Th,. eharaeters of the V 
although there is some variation in size. 
