diff --git a/base/netfile.c b/base/netfile.c
index cf299a9..9413148 100644
--- a/base/netfile.c
+++ b/base/netfile.c
@@ -673,6 +673,7 @@ char *strdtok(char *pstring, char *delim1, char *delim2)
     /* accordingly (needs to be done).						*/
 
     if (*s == '\\') {
+        s++;
         while (*s != '\0') {
 	    if ((*s == ' ') || (*s == '\\')) {
 		s++;
diff --git a/base/query.c b/base/query.c
index f59b7f0..8517d80 100644
--- a/base/query.c
+++ b/base/query.c
@@ -801,9 +801,12 @@ void DescribeInstance(char *name, int file)
   {
     if (ob->node > nodemax) nodemax = ob->node;
     else if ((ob->node == -1) && (ob->model.port != PROXY)) {
-      if (disconnectednodes == 0) Fprintf(stderr, "\n");
-      disconnectednodes++;
-      Fprintf(stderr, "Cell %s disconnected node: %s\n", tp->name, ob->name);
+      if (!(tp->flags & CELL_PLACEHOLDER))
+      {
+	if (disconnectednodes == 0) Fprintf(stderr, "\n");
+        disconnectednodes++;
+        Fprintf(stderr, "Cell %s disconnected node: %s\n", tp->name, ob->name);
+      }
     }
   }
   instlist = (unsigned char *) CALLOC((nodemax + 1), sizeof(unsigned char));
diff --git a/base/verilog.c b/base/verilog.c
index fe4c979..ccecf45 100644
--- a/base/verilog.c
+++ b/base/verilog.c
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ int GetBusTok(struct bus *wb)
 
 int GetBus(char *astr, struct bus *wb)
 {
-    char *colonptr, *brackstart, *brackend, *sigend, sdelim;
+    char *colonptr, *brackstart, *brackend, *sigend, sdelim, *aastr;
     int result, start, end;
 
     if (wb == NULL) return 0;
@@ -325,15 +325,22 @@ int GetBus(char *astr, struct bus *wb)
 	return 0;
     }
 
-    brackstart = strchr(astr, '[');
+    // Delimiters may appear in backslash-escaped names. . . ignore these.
+    aastr = astr;
+    if (*aastr == '\\') {
+	aastr++;
+	while (*aastr != ' ' && *aastr != '\\' && *aastr != '\0') aastr++;
+    }
+
+    brackstart = strchr(aastr, '[');
     if (brackstart != NULL) {
-	brackend = strchr(astr, ']');
+	brackend = strchr(aastr, ']');
 	if (brackend == NULL) {
 	    Printf("Badly formed array notation \"%s\"\n", astr);
 	    return 1;
 	}
 	*brackend = '\0';
-	colonptr = strchr(astr, ':');
+	colonptr = strchr(aastr, ':');
 	if (colonptr) *colonptr = '\0';
 	result = sscanf(brackstart + 1, "%d", &start);
 	if (colonptr) *colonptr = ':';