p. j. HELLBOM, lichen.*:a NEO-ZEELANDICA. 99 



Hab. ad eortices arborum Lisnl. meiidion. ad Waitati 

 (Blneskins Bay), Dunedin. — Corticicola KNiaHT, Nyl. 1. c. 



4. B. arccutinoldes (Nyl.). 



Syn. Lecidea arceutina Nyl. N. Zeal. (18G()) p. 25(>. 



Lecidea areeutinoides Nyl. 1. Nov. Zel. p. 97. 



Hab. ad eortices arborum lusnhe meridionalis ad Waitati 

 (Blueskins Bay). — Corticicola ad Dunedin (Lindsay). 



Thallus albidus, tenuis, rimuloso-difractus. Apothecia 

 intus ineoloria. Hymenium lodo coerulescit dein lutescit. 

 Hypotheeium incoloratum ; sporse altero apice angustiores, 

 paraphyses apice fuscescentes. 



5. B. alhido-phimhea (Hook & Tayl.) Knight 



Syn. Lecidea albidoplumbea Hook f. c^ Taylor in London 

 .Tourn. of Bot. 1844 p. ()38. 



Patellaria albidoplumbea Mull. Arg. L. B. n. 1419, Con- 

 spect. syst. Lich. Nov. Zel. p. i^Q. 



Bacidia subcripta Knight Contrib. (1880) p. 370 fig. 12. 



Lecidea mutata Nyl. L. Nov. Zel. p. 100. 



Hab. ad eortices Insul. septentr. ad Maungaroa prope 

 Wellington, Insul. merid. ad Waitati (Blueskins Bay) fortuito 

 lecta. — Supra corticeni arborum Knight, Nyl. 1. c. Speci- 

 men a Knight ad Blomberg missum omnino quadrat. 



6. B. spirosporcf, Knight Contrib. 1880 p. 371 Hg. lo. 

 Syn. Lecidea deflexa Nyl. ad Kn. 1867, L. Nov. Zel. 



p. 100 (1888). 



Hab. ad eortices arborum 



Insulte septentr. ad Wellington, in Peninsula Banksii 

 Ins. merid. — Lignicola et corticicola Kn. (Nyl. 1. c). 



Thallus albidus, tenuis, linea nigra determinatus, K. — 

 Apothecia fusconigra, basi pallescentia. Hypotheeium incolo- 

 ratum, lutescens 1. fulveseens (cupreo fulvescens Nyl.). Sporse 

 in aseis clavatis spiraliter contortffi, vermieulares; paraphyses 

 apice eoerulescenti-nigricantes, inerassatai. Hymenium K. — , 

 paraphyses apice smaragdula?; lodo coerulescens dein fusce- 

 scenti-obscuratum. 



Denominatio deflexa antiquior quidem est, sed serius 

 (1888) publicata. 



