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Istlimia nervosa, 



* JSlelosira nummuloides. 



* JPleurosigma mimcium. 

 fodosphenia EJirenlergii, 

 gracilis. 



^odosira Ticemoides, 

 Ithahdonema minutum. 

 Sgnedra affinis. 



# invest iens. 



* saJina. 



■ Schizonema Grevillii. 

 Triceratium arcticum* 

 , var. /3. 



* 



The above-named species are all from Esquimalt Harbour and 

 Fuca Strait, With five exceptions, they are all British species. 



An Account of the Sclerotium spipitatum (Berk, et Curr.) of 

 Southern India. Bj Johk Shortt, M.D., T.L.S., M.E.C.P.L., 

 General Superintendent of Vaccination, Madras. 



[Eead Xov. 1, 1866.] 



Sctentijlc name, — Sclerotium strpUatum (Berk, et Curr.). 



Indian name.r~l. Puttu Manga, from puttn^ a white-ant hill, 

 and manga, a mango (fruit) ; literally, white-aut-hill mango. 



Sgnon, — 2. Puttu Kai, from piittu, white-ant hill, and Idiy 

 fruit,— or, wlute-ant-hill fruit. 



3. Mail Manga, from mail, dry, like sticks, leaves, &c., and 

 'manga^ a mango, — or, dry mango. 



I am indebted to the kindness of Daniel Hanbury, Esq., F.L.S., 

 for drawing my attention to the Puttu Manga. I have had some 



the white-ant hills in the Madras district, 

 ^'hile carrying out some experiments (the results of which were 

 to be noticed in an Essay on the destructive effects of the White 

 Ant), and in no instance have I met with the Puttu Manga; nor 

 IS the substance, or its name, familiar to the natives of the 

 Carnatic. The fact of its not being found in this part of India 

 inay be accounted for by the great dryness of the climate in this 

 locality, and the absence of the moisture and heat so necessary 

 lor fungoid growths. On the western coast, where it 

 tor at least six months in the year, the conditions favourable for 



