534 FETCH : 



Aschersonia zeylanica Berk., in Herb. Kew. 



A purple -red lenticular stroma common on scale insects 

 in the Eastern Tropics. All specimens seen up to the 

 present (several hundreds) have been sterile. Its hyphse 

 differ from those of Aschersonia. '''Aschersonia sp. indet " 

 on Saccopetalum, Coll. Koorders, Java, in Herb. Berol., 

 belongs here. 



Aschersoniopsis globosa P. Henn. 



As already recorded by v. Hohnel (Ann. Myc, IX., 

 p. 171), this belongs to Munkia Speg. This is true of the 

 type (E. Ule 788), as well as Puttemans 792, and E. Ule 

 872, sub Hypocrdla verruculosa, in Herb. Berol. 



The whole of the species, both Hypocrella and Aschersonia, 

 fall into two groups, one containing those parasitic on Leca- 

 niidae, and the other those parasitic on Aleurodidse. These 

 groups are easily recognized in practice, though it is difficult to 

 express the differences in words. In Hypocrella, the difference 

 between the two has already been observed, and the genus 

 Fleischer ia has been split off. 



Fleischeria, according to the original diagnosis, differs from 

 Hypocrella in its harder stroma. This distinction, however, 

 breaks down in practice, for species undoubtedly co-generic 

 with Fleischeria javanica have a stroma which is no harder 

 than that of Hypocrella discoidea. All grades of hardnees 

 exist, from Hypocrella schizostachyi, which is much harder 

 than Fleischeria javanica, to Hypocrella cmivexa, which is fairly 

 soft. 



Tlic difference between the two groups lies in the Aschersonia 

 stage. Species of Aschersonia on Aleurodidse possess paia- 

 physes, while those on Lecaniidw do not. Aschersonia 

 oxysloma may possibly be an exception to this rule ; it has 

 the fades of an Aleurodid species, but paraphrases are wanting ; 

 its host insect has not yet been observed. 



It is proj)()sed to retain Fleischeria as a subgenus for those 

 species of Hypocrella whose Aschersonia stage does not 

 possess paiaphyses, and to adopt the name Leprieuria as a 

 subgenus f(n' the corresponding species of Aschersonia. This 

 is no doubt a vciy unsatisfactory proceeding, on paper, as 



