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A. malignus Lindt, Archiv f. exp. Path. 25:257-271. 1889. 
Spores of this fungus, found by Lindt in a case of otitis, 
when introduced into animals, produced death in a few days 
after injection. However, according to Wehmer (’98), A. 
malignus Lindt is evidently A. fumigatus Fres. 
A. nigricans Cooke, Jour. Quekett Mier, Club П. 2:140. 
1885. 
This species, according to Siebenmann, is 4. fumigatus 
and A. nigricans Wreden is Sterigmatocystis nigra Van Tieg. 
Under the name of Otomyces purpureus Wreden describes 
what he considered as the ascospore form of A. mgricans; 
but according to Gedoelst (702) these forms of development 
were nothing more than pseudo-perithecia of Sterigmato- 
cystis nidulans. Wehmer (298), however, considers А. nigri- 
cans Cooke only as Sterigmatocystis nigra Van Tieg. 
A. repens (Corda) Sace. in Michelia Commentarium Mycolo- 
gicum 2:577. 1882. 
This species was reported by Siebenmann (’89) as having 
been present at three different times as a saprophyte in the ear. 
It is more likely that Siebenmann was dealing with А. glaucus 
which differs but slightly from the descriptions given for 
A. repens. 
A. Tokelau Wehmer, Centralbl. f. Bakt. I. 35:140-146. 
1904. 
Mycelium hyaline, very delicate, 1-24 thick, branched, grow- 
ing between the epidermal elements, septate; conidiophores 
usually small, 1004, sometimes 500-9004, long, with а diame- 
ter varying from 8-12, in the smallest to 30 in the largest, 
hyaline, smooth; terminations light brown to yellow; pedicel 
simple, rarely irregularly branched, hyaline, smooth, thin- 
walled, 5-134 wide; sterigmata undivided, flask-shaped, more 
or less numerous, 5-9 X 2-3», usually arranged radially ; 
conidia globose, rarely globose to ellipsoidal, echinulate, iso- 
lated or only in short chains, size varying from 3-124 in 
diameter. 
The Samoa disease or tokelau, a skin disease occurring in 
certain Oceanie islands of the South Sea—Fiji, Gilbert, and 
