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LOPHIOSPHAERA ZEICOLA E. & E. 
On old corn stalks (Zea Mays), Rooks Co., Kansas, May, 1897. 
(Bartholomew, no. 2407.) 
Perithecia gregarious, ovate-globose, buried, except the apex 
and erumpent black shining narrow compressed ostiolum, about 
¥% mm. diam; asci oblong-ovate, short-stipitate, obsoletely para- 
physate, 8-spored, 35-45X10-124. Sporidia biseriate, ovate, 
uniseptate, not constricted, smoky-hyaline, 8-10X 4. 
The asci and sporidia resemble those of Sphaerella. 
PLEOSPORA JUGLANDIS E. & E. 
On dead limbs of /uglans nigra, Rooks Co., Kansas, April, 
1897. (Bartholomew, no. 2405.) : 
Perithecia gregarious, small, 400-500 diam., whitish inside, 
sunk in the bark but raising the epidermis into numerous small 
pustules which are barely pierced by the minute punctiform ostio- 
lum ; asci cylindrical, 75-85 X10y, short-stipitate, 8-spored, par- 
aphysate.; sporidia uniseriate, oblong-elliptical, 3- (exceptionally 
5-) septate, the two inner cells divided by a longitudinal septum, 
scarcely constricted, but the 5-septate spores sometimes constricted 
in the middle, yellow-brown, 15-22 8-10. 
Has the habit of Clypeosphaeria Hendersonia Ell. 
METASPHAERIA SERIATA E. & E. 
On dead herbaceous stems (Umbelliferae)? Deansbury, Colo., 
Apr. 1897. (Bethel 233.) 
Perithecia semierumpent, globose, minute (80-100), arranged 
in narrow elongated strips, several centimeters long and about 
¥% cm. wide, the surface of the stem occupied by these being 
slightly blackened; ostiola papilliform, indistinct ; asci clavate- 
cylindrical, sessile, 45-50X8-10y, paraphysate, 8-spored. Spo- 
ridia crowded-biseriate, fusoid, hyaline, faintly I-3-septate, 25-27 
X 3h 
METASPHAERIA RUBICOLA E & E. 
On dead canes of Rubus deliciosus, Golden, Colo., March, 1897. 
(Bethel 179 & 208). 
Perithecia scattered or seriate, sometimes in groups of 3-4, con- 
nected at base bya thin stromatic crust, globose, 400-500 diam. 
slate-color inside, buried in the bark and penetrating to the wood, 
with the apex and papilliform ostiolum erumpent; asci cylin- 
drical, subsessile, paraphysate, 100-115 X 10-12; sporidia uni- 
seriate, oblong or oblong-elliptical, 3-septate, not constricted, 
ends rounded and obtuse, hyaline, 15-20 8-Ion. 
