SPRING NUMBER 61 
STUDIES ON ENTOMOGENOUS FUNGI 
During the month of December the writer spent his vacation 
in Harvard University in the Department of Cryptogamic Botany 
studying the forms of entomogenous fungi collected in Florida 
the past year, with special attention to those which are parasitic 
on insects of ctirus. No study was made of the sooty mould fun- 
gus which occurs abundantly in different stages. 
The fungi studied in this collection covered most of the species 
described from Florida. There was one exception however and 
this is an interesting fungus occurring sparsely under several 
different serial numbers in the writer’s collection. ieenigues 
Coniothyrium-like growth. This fungus has good typical Conio- 
thyrium spores, but the pycnidial walls are quite thick and al- 
most carbonaceous. According to literature and authorities con- 
sulted it seems to be of rare occurrence, and it is thought probable 
that it may be a conidial stage of scme well-known fungus, but 
thus far no connection has been traced with the forms com- 
monly met on citrus. This form may be recognized by having 
small round dark spots, surrounded by, and occasionally filled 
with, spherical, somewhat pointed bodies, the pycnidia. 
Another interesting note made in the course of the writer’s 
taxonomic studies of his collection of Microcera coccophilia 
(Desm.) was that all specimens examined showed spores scme- 
what smaller than is general for this species. However they 
came within the measurements.—A. H. Beyer. 
PERSONALS 
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vestigation of the effects of sulphur on the root knot nematode. 
He is also pursuing graduate work in the University and has un- 
dertaken the preparation of an annotated list of the Heteroptera 
of the Gainesville region. He is a graduate of Mississippi A. and 
M. College. 
Mr. Fritz Fuchs has resigned from the State Plant Board to 
take charge of the grove of Mr. Frederick at Fruitland Park. 
Mr. T. J. Iles of Crescent City reports that he finds lime- 
sulphur at rust mite strength, 1:70, applied at a pressure of 275 
pounds, a very efficient control measure for mealy bugs. During 
the past three years he has sprayed 6,000, 93,000 and 45,000 
trees respectively. 
Mr. A. C. Mason has been transferred to Lindsay, Cal., to work 
on the California Citrus Thrips. 
