Studies in Entomogenous Fungi. T. Petch. 105 
The base of the sporodochium is pulvinate, pinkish-red, opaque 
or subtranslucent, tomentose, 0:2 to 0-6 mm. broad, and 0-06 
to 0:2 mm. high. The total height of the sporodochium is up 
to 06mm. The marginal teeth are long, triangular, divided 
down to the base, usually connivent, either of equal length 
all round, or shorter on the lower side. 
In herbarium specimens the stroma and base of the sporo- 
dochium become yellow. 
The conidia are arcuate, equally curved, hyaline, three- to 
five-septate. Measurements from different gatherings have 
given, 80-100 x 4; 80-90 x 4-4°5p; 82-92 x 3-5p (Mauri- 
tius); 76-94 x 4; 74-92 x 3-4. : 
I have examined the following collections of this form. On 
Fiorinia rubrolineata on Murraya exotica, Ceylon. On Ischnaspis 
sp. on Funtumia, Ceylon. On Lepidosaphes sp. on orange, 
Ceylon. On Mytilaspis pallida on Codiaeum variegatum, Ceylon 
(Parkin’s specimen). On Asfidiotus sp. on Hevea, Ceylon. On 
Fiorinia fioriniae on Camellia, Mauritius (Parkin’s specimen). 
On a diaspid on Tea, Java. On Asfidiotus on orange, Jorhat 
Farm, Assam (E. J. Butler). On scale on Indigofera, Bassein, 
Burma (E. J. Butler). On Asfidiotus ficus on Citrus, Port 
Darwin, N.T., Australia. 
Specimens of Microcera Fujikurot Miyabe and Sawada from 
Herb. Sapporo have been kindly lent me by Prof. Ito. One, 
on Asfidiotus ficus Comst. on Citrus nobilis, Sensoho, Formosa, 
October 30, 1906, has stromata either hidden by the scale, or 
forming a narrow border on one side, or covering the scale 
except in the centre. The sporodochia are horizontal, spreading 
stellately from the scale. The base is small, about 0-1 mm. high. 
The conidia are curved, equally attenuated, usually five-, some- 
times six-septate, with long aseptate tips, 72-94 x 3-4; they 
tend to collapse laterally, like those of the West African form 
noted below. The hyphae of the teeth are slightly stouter, and 
have thicker walls, than in specimens from other countries, but 
in other respects they do not differ from the Ceylon form on 
Aspidiotus. 
The type specimen of Microcera Fujikurot, on Aspidiotus ficus 
Comst. on Citrus nobilis, Taihoku, Formosa, February 29, 1908, 
is identical with the foregoing, but poorly developed. From 
Prof. K. Hara, I have received specimens on Abies firma, 
Shizuka, October, 1918. 
A specimen, ex Herb. Victoria, on Aspidiotus ficus on Citrus, 
Port Darwin, N.T., July 13, 1915, has a narrow, pink, fimbriate 
stroma round the scale, with the sporodochia lying horizontally 
on the leaf or emerging from the apex of the scale. The sporo- 
dochia are variable, some having an*opaque base, 0-1 mm. high, 
