1890.] NATURAL SCIENCES OE PHILADELPHIA. 245 



cetes, No. 38 and Plowright's Fungi Britaniiici 212, have the sporidia 

 8-12 X 3-4 //. Tlie New York and Missouri specimens also differ 

 from those just cited in their brighter red color and distinctly hairy 

 peritliecia and come nearer to N. erythrinella, Nyl. which again has 

 the peritliecia only partially emergent and sporidia 18-25 x 6-8 //. 

 much larger than in N. lecan.odes it is true but still far too small. 

 Possibly this variability in the size of the sporidia is only accidental 

 but from its occurrence in specimens from such widely separated locali- 

 ties there is reason to consider it normal and if so, characteristic 

 of a s])ecies not heretofore described. 



Hypocrea pallida. 



Specimens of this species found by Dr. John Macoun in Prince 

 Edwards Island, parasitic on Polypoms chioneus Fr. agree perfectly 

 with the Newfield specimen (J. M. II, p. 65) only there is an orange 

 colored mycelium which stains the Polyporus within, of a fine light 

 yellow, 



Hypocrea melaleuca. 



On decaying oak limbs, Newfield, N. J., Jan., 1889. Subicuhim, 

 membranaceous, thin, Avhite, covered except the margin with a single 

 layer of minute (112-130 ,a.) slate-colored perithecia filled with 

 globose 22-3 //.. sporidia? (or perhaps stylospores) as no asci were 

 seen. This seems to be a distinct species but requires further ob- 

 servation with more perfectly developed specimens. 



Caloneotria dearnessii. 



On decaying branches, London, Canada, Jan., 1890. J. Dearness, 

 No. 1346. Cespitose on the ostiola of some 3Iassaria on ash and 

 elm. Perithecia 3-12 in a cluster, ovate, narrowed above and be- 

 low, light orange-yellow, about J mm. diam. and a little more than 

 that in height, seated on a white, radiate-fibrous, silky mycelium 

 which at first partially envelops and clothes the perithecia but 

 finally disappears. Ostiola broad papilliform not distinctly prom- 

 inent, at length slightly collapsing. Asci 75-80 x 10-12 /■>■. with 

 paraphyses. Sporidia oblong-cylindrical, obtuse, yellowish-hyaline, 

 biseriate, 3-5-septate, more or less constricted at the septa, 25-35 x 

 6-7 ,a. ends obtuse, slightly curved. This diflfers from N. fulvlda E. 

 & E. in several particulars. 



Thyroneotria chrysogramma. 



On bark of XJbnus Americana, Manhattan, Kansas, March, 

 1889. Kellerman and Swingle, No. 1421. Also on elm limbs 



