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BRITISH SPH2ERIACEI. 
Diaporthe pantherina. Berk. — Handbk., No. 2,689. On 
Eteris. 
Diaporthe pardalota. Mont. — Handbk., No. 2,690. On Con- 
v allaria. 
Diaporthe Epilobii. Fckl.— Grevillea y., p. 63, On Epilobium. 
Diaporthe Vincae. Che. — Grevillea v., p. 63. On Vinca. 
Diaporthe Euphorbiae. Cke. — Grevillea iii., p. 67. On Euphor- 
biam. 
Diaporthe Labiatae. Cke. — Grevillea v., p. 63. On Prunella. 
Diaporthe orthoceras. Fr.— Grevillea v., p. 64. On ragwort. 
Diaporthe obsoleta. Sace. — Grevillea vi., p. 26. On Hypericum 
calycinum. 
Diaporthe arctii. Lasch. — Grevillea vi., p. 26. On burdock. 
Diaporthe dulcamarae. Me . — Grevillea vi., p. 26. On bitter- 
sweet (Solanum dulcamara). 
D. V ALSEI. 
Gen. I. DIATRYPE. Fr.— Hdbk., p. 809. 
Sub-Gen. 1. DIATRYPELLA. Not. — Asci polysporous. Species, 
Handbk,, Nos. 2,429 to 2,433. 
Diatrype Tocciaeana. Not Grevillea i., p. 155. On Alnus. 
Sub-Gen. II. STICTOSPH^JRIA. Tnl. — Asci octosporous, effused 
broadly. Species, Handbk., No. 2,434. 
Sub-Gen. III. DISCOSIHJER1A. C . — Pustules discoid. Species, 
Handbk., Nos. 2,435, 2,436. 
Sub-Gen. IV. GENUINA. Pustulate. Species, Handbk. Nos. 
2,437 to 2,444 and 2,447 to 2,453. 
Diatrype ceramblycola. B. Sf Br. — Ann. Nat. Hist., No. 1,725 ; 
Grevillea. 
The Myrmcecium of continental botanists is Diatrype , with 
uniseptate sporidia, and only an artificial genus. 
Gen. 2. MEDAN CONIS. Tnl— Handbk., p. 818. Species, No. 
2,454 to 2,459. 
Melauconis modonia. Tnl. — Grevillea iii., p. 67. On Castanea 
vesca. 
Gen. 3. VALSA. Fr. 
Without attempting to disturb the arrangement adopted in the 
“ Handbook ” for this genus — at least for the present — we would 
suggest the grouping of the series Valsella, p. 821, into three 
sub-sections, viz. : — 
I. ASTROSTOMA. Ostiola sulcate. Species, Nos. 2,478, 2,461, 
2,460. 
Valsa microspora. Cke. 8f Plow. 
Disc erumpent, orbicular, furfuraceous, brown, pierced by the 
circulating sulcate ostiola. Perithecia 12-20 ; asci subclavate, 
