312 PETCH : 



On decaying coconut fruits, Kurunegala, July, 1917 ; 

 No. 5254 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Macrophoma Mantegazziana (Penz.) Berl. & Vogl, 



On leaves of Citrus Aurantium var vulgaris Risso, Hakgala, 

 April, 1917 ; No. 5111 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Pyrenochaeta nipponica Hara. 



On leaves of Oryza sativa L., Kelaniya, September, 1919 ; 

 No. 6144 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Vermicularia Dematium (Pers.) Fr. 



On seedling Hevea stems, Bollagalla, November, 1905 ; 

 No. 2225. On dead stems of Crotalaria SoUiana Andr., 

 Ratnapura, October, 1908 ; No. 2665. On dead stems of 

 Ricinus communis L., Peradeniya, November, 1913 ; No. 3905. 

 On Coffea arabica L., attacked by Hemileia, Peradeniya, 

 January, 1912 ; No. 3290 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Vermicularia Capsici Syd. 



On fruits of Capsicum (cult.), Anuradhapura, April, 1917 ; 

 No. 5315. On fruits of Lycopersicum esculentum Mill., 

 Peradeniya, January, 1918 ; No. 5464 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Cytosporella discoidea n. sp. 



Stroma circular, about 0"8 mm. diameter, erumpent, black, 

 flattened, surface irregular, about 0*2 mm. thick. Pycnidia 

 totally immersed or slightly projecting, crowded, opening 

 separately. Basidia up to 30 [>. long, branched ; spores 

 hyaline, narrow-oval or subcylindric, ends rounded, 3-4 x 1 [x. 



On dead twigs of Hevea brasiliensis Muell.-Arg., Gangaruwa, 

 February, 1917 ; No. 5075 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Cytospora palmicola B. & C. 



On fruits of Cocos nucifera L., Kurunegala, July, 1917 ; 

 No. 5250 in Herb. Peradeniya. 



Ascochyta Lobelise n. sp. 



Spots irregularly oval or circular, brownish-white, dry, 

 often confluent, sometimes splitting, with a broad purple 

 margin. Pycnidia epiphyllous, scattered, circular, up to 

 120 [L diameter, or oval, 120 X 180 \x ; wall membranous. 

 Spores narrow-oval or sub-fusoid, one septate, constricted at 

 the septum, hyaline, 11-15 X 4 fx, occasionally 20 X 6 [).. 



