102 ON A NEW CORDICEPS. 



slender and barren, perithecial portion ovoid and much 

 thickened. Perithecia numerous, rather large, protruding, 

 causing a coarsely granulated surface, dark red-brown, rest 

 of fungus brown ochre. Asci cylindrical, sj)oridia 8, fili- 

 form breaking up into numerous segments. 



On a Coleopterous larva in a decayed trunk of Fagus 

 cunninghami at Mount Bischoff, by Mr. H. Stuart-Dov.^, 

 after whom it is named. 



