Studies in Entomogenous Fungi. T. Petch. 129 
80 x 6, almost straight with one end falcate, or slightly 
curved. 
“No. 539, Erbar. Crittogam. Ital., Nectria episphaeria Fr., 
Sull’ Alloro nel giardino di Boboli a Firenze, Maggio 1860, 
Caldesi.’”” Specimen in Herb. B.M. ? same collection as Raben- 
horst 262. Apparently no synnemata. Small curved Fusarium 
spore present, 18 x 3:5. Perithecial wall red-brown when 
mounted; ascospores I0O-I2 x 4p. 
The foregoing are apparently all parts of the same growth of 
the fungus. Another collection was made in the same locality 
six years later, “‘ No. 542, Erbar. Crittogam. Ital., Ser. 11, Sphaero- 
stilbe coccophila Tul., Sull’ Alloro nel giardino di Boboli a 
Firenze, 1866, Caldesi,’’ of which there is a specimen in Herb. 
B.M. A narrow, yellowish byssoid stroma surrounds the scale. 
The synnemata are flattened pulvinate, up to 0-6 mm. long, 
0-4 mm. broad, and o-2—0-:3 mm. thick, flesh-coloured, with a 
narrow white or yellowish tomentose margin, or erect, sub- 
cylindric or clavate, up to 0-75 mm. high, 0-3 mm. diameter; 
few conidia are present, and these are found among the conidio- 
phores; the conidia are nearly straight with slightly falcate tips, 
60-75 x 5-Op, up to seven-septate, with obscure septa: some 
conidia are strongly guttulate. On one effete cylindric synnema, 
the sheath persisted as a hyaline membrane. The immature 
perithecia are orange-red, mature perithecia red; they are 
situated in small groups on the marginal stroma, or sometimes 
on the synnemata; the ascospores are 9-12 x 4-5, a few 
14-15 xX 6m. The short curved Fusarium spore is present. 
In Herb. Kew and Herb. B.M., there are American specimens 
ex Herb. Ravenel, under Microcera coccophila, ‘“‘No. 2512, in 
corticis Mori, Darien, Georgia.’’ This gathering appears to be 
the same as “No. 286, H. W. Ravenel, Fungi Amer. Exsicc., 
Microcera coccophila Desm. in corticis Mort, Darien, Georgia,”’ 
of which there is a specimen in Herb. B.M. The synnemata 
are clavate, up to 1 mm. high, 0-4 mm. diameter, or flattened 
pulvinate, up to 1mm. long and 0-6 mm. broad; the conidia 
are 56-80 x 5-6, obscurely septate, with a few irregularly- 
arranged septa. The small curved Fusarium spore, 18 x 3 p, 
is present. The ascospores are 9-12 x 4-5. This specimen is 
Sphaerostilbe aurantiicola. 
Sphaerostilbe coccidophthora (Zimm.) Petch. 
This species was described by Zimmermann, as Nectria 
coccidophthora, from specimens on Lepidosaphes sp. on Coffee 
arabica, and on Parlatoria zzyphi on Citrus, found at Buitenzorg, 
Java. The following are the main details of his description. 
The conidial fructification was scarlet (mennig-rot), shortly 
stalked, and swelled considerably in water. The stalk was 
0-3-0'4 mm. long, and the head, 0-4-0-45mm. long. The 
