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86 TWENTY-FIFTH REPORT ON THE STATE MUSEUM. 
SPH£ZROPSIS QUERCINA 2, Sp. 
Perithecia convex, smooth, erumpent, blackish-brown or black, 
whitish within, surrounded by the whitish remains of the ruptured 
epidermis; spores elliptical, hyaline, .00035' long. 
Dead branches of oak trees. Greenbush. May. 
SPH #ROPSIS LINEARIS 7. Sp. 
Perithecia small, subglobose, thickly scattered or seriately placed, 
erumpent, black; spores elliptical or oblong, colored, .0008' to 
.OOL' long. 
Dead branches of oak trees. Greenbush. May. 
The rupture of the epidermis is often continuous over several 
perithecia, thus forming longitudinal lines or chinks in the bark. 
At first the perithecia are covered and minute whitish dots mark 
their position. 
DrpLopIA VALSOIDES %. sp. 
Perithecia clustered, nestling in the inner bark, tapering into 
long ostiola, which are united by an olivaceous stroma and erum- 
pent through transverse fissures in the epidermis, black; spores 
oblong-elliptical, strongly constricted, colored, .00075’ long. 
Dead bark of white birch trees, Betula populifolia. Center. 
April. 
Tn habit this is exactly like species of Valsa, but there are no 
asci present. 
DipLopiA PETIOLARIS 2. Sp. 
Perithecia small, scattered, convex or depressed, black; spores 
elliptical, slightly constricted, usually with a nucleus in each cell, 
colored, .0008’ long. 
Petioles of fallen leaves. Greenbush. October. 
Dirtopra LIGNICOLA 2. sp. 
Perithecia scattered or crowded, prominent, subglobose, black ; 
spores oblong, constricted, .0014' long, .0004 broad. 
Decerticated wood of balsam trees, Abies balsamea. Adiron- 
dack Mts. July. 
HenversoniA Roprnrtz West. 
Dead branches of locust trees. New Baltimore. Howe. 
HenpersoniA PLATANI 7. sp. 
Perithecia covered.by the epidermis and adhering to it by the 
upper part, depressed, brownish-black or black, the small black 
