278 Algae. — Fungi, Bacteria und Pathologie. 



Anonymous. Diatoms atSpurn. (The Naturalist. London. 



Dec. 1904. p. 379—380.) 



Gatherings of diatoms were recently made from algae growing in 

 tidal pools on the Humber side of the peninsula, during a visit of the 

 Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. Among them was an abundance oi Actino- 

 cycliis Roperü, previousiy recorded as rare in Ascidian gatherings. Fifty- 

 three species were found of which three were new to the Hüll district. 



E. S. Gepp-Barton. 



CUSHMAN, J. A., Desmids from Newfoundland. (Bul- 

 letin of the Torrey Botanical Club. XXXI. p. 581—584. 

 pl. 26. November 1904.) 



Material from Rose au Rue yielded twenty species, of which 

 Euastrum Ällcnii and Micrasterias conferta Nova-terrae are new. 



Moore. 



CuSHMAN, J. A., Pathological Cell-division in Desmids. 

 (Rhodora. VI. Text-figure. December, 1904 p. 233.) 



Observations upon desmids which had been ingested by 

 small crustacea and as a consequence of this peculiar environ- 

 ment developed in a most unusual and contorted manner. 



Moore. 



Arthur, J. C, New species of Uredineae. III. (Bull. Torrey 



Bot. Club. XXXI. p. 1—8. 1904.) 



Sixteen new species of Uredineae are given in this paper. They 

 are made from one or two of the spore forms and the writer urges col- 

 lectors to try to get the remaining ones which are yet unknown. The 

 list is as follows: Uromyces Pavoniae HI on Pavonia racemosa L., U. 

 Hellerianus II and III on Cayaponia racemosa (Sw.) Cogn.^ Piiccinia 

 canadensis III on Viola orbiciilata Geyer^ P. Parriassiae III on Parnassia 

 fimbriata Banks, P. Sieversiae III on Sieversia turbinata, P. Baketiana 

 II and III on Heracleum lauatiim Michx., P. Diplachnis II and III on 

 Diplachne dubia Benth.^ P. Helianihella II and III on tlelian- 

 thella nevadensis Greene, Ravenelia Caesalpina II on Caesalpina 

 sp._, R. Portoricensis II on Cassia emargitiata L., Uredo superior II on 

 Fimbristylis spadicea Vahl., Aecidium Onosmodii I on Onosmodinm molle 

 Michx.. A. Mertensiae I on Mertensia paniciilata (Ait.) Don., A. malvicola 

 I on Alf lutea rosea L., A. occidentale I on Clematis Donglasii Hook., 

 A. recedens I on Solidago mollis Bart!. Perley Spaulding. 



Barbier^ Maurice, Agaricinees rares, critiques ou nou- 



velles de la Cöte d'Or. (Bull. Soc. mycol. de France. 



T. XX. 1904. p. 225—228.) 



Rectifications et additions ä la liste publice anterieurement (Bot, 

 Centralbl. XCVI. p. 547). Paul Vuillemin. 



Boutan, L., Le Xylotrechus quadnipes et ses r avages sur 



les Cafeiers du Tonkin. (C. R. Acad. Sc. Paris. 28 nov. 



1904. T. CXXXIX. p. 932—934.) 



Les larves de ce Coleoptere longicorne creusent leurs galeries en 

 plein bois. Elles sont hors d'atteinte. Les adultes, diurnes, ne sauraient 

 etre attires par les pieges lumineux. On pourra essayer de s'opposer ä 

 leur sortie en enveloppant les tiges malades avec des bandes d'etoffe 



