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var. amocnior Nyl. 1. c. »thallo virescente, apotlieciis carneo- 

 luteo-pallidis, iiudis aiit tenuiter eaesiopruinosis . — Cortici- 

 cola; simul c-nni f. prim. iiiterdum crescit. 



Species eximia, a Nylandro 1. c. optime descripta, ut fa- 

 cile digiioscatur, quid auteni commune cum L. intermixta Nyl. 

 (Biatorina atropnrpurea) habeat. non intelligo. 



2. B siiblirohs (Nyl.) Mull. Arg-. 



Syn. Lecidea subliveiis Ny'l. L. Nov. Zel. p. 84. 



Patellaria snblivens MiiLL. Arg. Conspect. L. Nov. Zel. p. (i4. 



Hab. ad cortices 



Insul. septentr. ad Coromandel et ad Wellington; 



Insnl. merid. Little River in Peninsnla Banksii, Waitati 

 (Blneskins Bay) in cortice Leptospermi scoparii, fortuito lecta. 

 — Corticieola (Kn.) Nyl. 1. c. 



Paraphyses apice incrassata% coerulescentes, rarius ineolo- 

 ratcC. Hymenium lodo vinose rubens. >Pertinet ad stirpem L. 

 intermixtee» Nyl. 1. c. 



3. B. atropurpnrca (Sch^er.). 



Syn. Lecidea sphseroides (i atropnrpurea Sch^r. Spicil. 

 (183r5) p. 165. 



Biatorina atropnrpurea Mass. Rich. p. 135; Körb. Par. p. 142. 



Biatorina arceutica Körb. Syst. p. 192. 



Lecidea intermixta Nyl. Prodr. p. 105, Scand. p. 194. 



Hab. ad cortices arboruni Insnl. merid. A\^aitati (Blne- 

 skins Bay). 



Suc proxime pertinent Lecidea melaleuca Tuck. (»vix 

 nisi var. L. intermixtse Nyl.) et L. spodophana Nyl. (»est e 

 stirpe L. intermixtse» Nyl.), in Nyl. L. Nov. Zel. p. 84 & 85 

 commemorata? et a Kntgiit ad cortices arbornm lectee. In 

 collectione Berggeenii desnnt. 



4. B. nirlanotroxta (Nyl.) Hellb. 



Syn. Lecidea raelanotropa Nyl. N. Zeal. p. 255, L. Nov. 

 Zel. p. 86. 



Patellaria melaiiotropa MiiLL. Arg. Conspect. Syst. Nov. 

 Zel. p. ()3. 



Hab. ad cortices fruticum in Peninsnla Banksii Insulse 

 meridionalis, Bacidife spirosporä*. immixta. — Corticicola 

 Knight (Nyl. 1. c). 



