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collected by P. MacOwan at Somerset East, on Acacia horrida, 
the collection number being 1059. There is a part of this col- 
lection in Herb. Kew, ‘‘Kalchbrenner No. 1059, on Acacia 
horrida, Cape,” determined by Cooke as Sphaerostilbe flammea 
conidiophora, while another part, also in Herb. Kew, is labelled 
in an unknown handwriting, ‘‘Sphaerostilbe flammea Tul., Cap. 
b. sp., leg. MacOwan, No. 1059, comm. 33. Type of Kalch- 
brenner.’”’ Herb. Kew has also a specimen, ex Herb. MacOwan, 
marked ‘‘1064, Nectria haematococca B. and Br., ad corticem 
Acaciae horridae’’ which was also referred to Sphaerostilbe 
flammea by Cooke; it is the same as the other specimens and 
does not contain perithecia. No perithecia have been observed 
in this gathering, but it appears to be Microcera coccophila 
rather than Microcera aurantucola. 
In Herb. Kew, there are specimens, sub Mucrocera coccophila, 
from New Zealand—Rev. W. Colenso, B. 82, on bark of Alec- 
tryon excelsum; Colenso, B. 91g; and Colenso, B. 727. These are 
large forms, with synnemata up to 2-25 mm. high, 0-6 mm. 
diameter. The conidia are 75-85 x 6p, straight with acute 
tips, or straight with slightly falcate tips, or slightly uniformly 
curved, up to nine-septate, with well-developed septa. No peri- 
thecia have been observed, but from the shape of the conidia, 
the specimens would appear to have been referred correctly to 
Microcera coccophila. 
Herb. B.M. has the Australian specimen from Bailey, ex 
Herb. Broome, referred to by McAlpine under Microcera cocco- 
phila. It is marked, Brisbane, F. M. Bailey, No. 383, and con- 
tains well-developed synnemata on a scale insect on leaves and 
stem of Citrus. The conidia are 75-100 x 6m, up to nine- 
septate, with well-developed septa; some have falcate tips, but 
the majority are fusoid and straight. It would appear to be 
correctly named. 
Sphaerostilbe auranticola (B. and Br.) Petch. 
This species was described by Berkeley and Broome, as 
Nectria aurantucola, in Fungi of Ceylon, No. 1028, their des- 
cription being—“‘ Peritheciis aurantiacis in stromate erecto sitis; 
ascis clavatis; sporidiis ellipticis uniseptatis, sporisque fusu- 
loideis (No. 190). On orange twigs. Sporidia 15 long, 7:5 uw 
wide; spores fusiform, curved, multiseptate, 92 » long; others 
triseptate and strongly curved, 20 long. Apparently growing 
from some Coccus.” 
The type specimen in Herb. Kew, ex Herb. Berkeley, is now 
very poor. Better specimens are to be found in Herb. British 
Museum, ex Herb. Broome. The following description has been 
drawn up from Ceylon specimens which agree with the types. 
