. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 139 rubia elongata. On April 7, 1879, after ex- amining the very large herbarium and very large collection of Prof. Farlow, of Cam- bridge, Mass., and the works of Tulasne, Cordn, and Lowesky, Dr. Hagen wrote us that we were quite justified in giving it a new name ; but later researches have developed the fact, as Dr. Hagen recently wrote us, that the species was described and figured in the Journal of the Proceed- ings of the Linnean Society for 1857 (vol. i> P- 159)) by Berkeley, under the name of Cordyceps ravenelii, and
. The American entomologist. Entomology. THE AMERICAN ENTOMOLOGIST. 139 rubia elongata. On April 7, 1879, after ex- amining the very large herbarium and very large collection of Prof. Farlow, of Cam- bridge, Mass., and the works of Tulasne, Cordn, and Lowesky, Dr. Hagen wrote us that we were quite justified in giving it a new name ; but later researches have developed the fact, as Dr. Hagen recently wrote us, that the species was described and figured in the Journal of the Proceed- ings of the Linnean Society for 1857 (vol. i> P- 159)) by Berkeley, under the name of Cordyceps ravenelii, and as this was doubt- less the first description of it connected with a name, the fungus must hereafter be known as Torrubia ravenelii—all subse- quent names being synonyms. Mr. Berkeley gives, in the paper already alluded to, the following species of ento- mogenous species of Cordyceps which were at that time known : C. tnilitaris and cutomorrhiza are com- mon to Europe and the United States. C. myrf?iecop/iila is found in England and Italy. C. gracilis in Scotland and Algiers. C. sinensis in China, where it is used as a drug. C. gunni and taylori in Australia. C. sinclairii and robertsii in New Zea- land. C. racemosa and falcata at Myrong in the Khazia mountains of Bengal. C. anneniaca in South Carolina. C. sobolifera and sphecocephala in the West Indies. C. larvata in Cayenne. This list shows that the entomogenous SphcEricB predominate in warm or equable climates. He then describes four other species from South Carolina, and we quote his description of C. ravenelii in full, with the simple remark that Ancylonycha is the old Dejeanian genus for Lachnosterna. Cordyceps ravenelii. Berk, and Curtis ; fusca, stipite elongate fiexuoso sulcato compresso glab- riusculo, capitulo C3'lindrico attenuate longiore ; peritheciis superficialibus. Curt. No. 3080, Rav. No. 1272. On larvse of Ancylonycha Dejean, or Rhizotro- gus Latreille, buried one or two inches in the earth. Spring and sum
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