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obtuse, subtruncate. Bab. Abs. Linn. Trans., 1839 ; B. & Br. 
Ann.N. H., No. 223, t. 12, f. 3 4 ; Cooke, Hdbk., p. 553. 
Ascophore. Perithecia gregarious, with the conidia, spherical 
dark red, rather large, rugulose ; asci broadly clavate, ’lSx'OS 
mm. ; sporidia hyaline, uniseptate, ovate, oblong, slightly con- 
stricted, *025-'03 x *008 --01 mm. Tulasne Sel. Carp. Fung. III., 
p. 99, t. 14, f. 1-13; Sacc. Mich. I., p. 298. 
On a dead elm tree. Brandon. Oct. 14, 1881. 
Plate 158, fig. 4, ( a ) conidia and ascophore enlarged, ( b ) ascus, 
(c) sporidia. 
214. ftlelanospora parasitica, Tulasne. 
Perithecium spherical, attenuated upwards into a very long 
flexuous neck, which is five or six times the length of the peri- 
thecium, brown, clothed with white floccose mycelium ; asci very 
delicate, about *02 to *03 mm. long by *005 to *008 mm. wide ; 
sporidia pale brown, almost hyaline, cylindrical, obtuse at either 
end, *01 mm. long by *002 mm. wide. 
Upon an immature specimen of Torrubia militaris, which was 
passing from the Isaria stage before it had acquired the red fleshy 
character of the perfect Torrubia. Tulasne figures this plant 
upon a beetle ( Melolontha vulgaris), which is obviously attacked 
by Isaria farinosa. 
Tulasne Sel. Carp. Fung. III., t. III., f. 11-14. 
North Wootton. Sept., 1880. 
Plate 158, fig. 3, portion of Torrubia militaris with the Melano - 
spora , enlarged, ( b ) perithecium, (c) ascus, ( d ) sporidia. 
215. Melanospora episphaeria, Ph. 4 PI. 
Perithecia hyaline, globose, superficial, neck none, at first almost 
colourless, then blackish from the dark sporidia, *35 mm. across ; 
asci very delicate, soon absorbed, pyriform, -07 mm. long, f 04 mm, 
wide at the upper part ; sporidia lemon-shaped, at first hyaline and 
filled with granules then almost black and reticulated, ’03 mm. long 
by ‘01 to *012 mm. wide. 
The reticulated sporidia are very remarkable. On Hypomyces 
terrestris. King’s Lynn. Oct., 1880. This species also appeared 
on a specimen of the Hypomyces, which M. Boudier sent from 
MontmoTency in November, 1880. 
Plate 158, fig. 2 ( a ) two perithecia upon the stroma of Hypomyces 
terrestris, enlarged, ( b ) ascus, (c) sporidia, (d) two sporidia, more 
highly magnified. 
216. Valsa (Authostoma) gastrinoides, Ph. & PI. 
Disc concave, black, stroma blackish ; perithecia 8-10, ambient, 
half buried in the wood ; asci cylindrical, *08 x ’008-*01 mm. ; 
sporidia eight, obliquely uniseriate, dark brown, elliptical, nucleate 
at first, *015 X *005 mm. 
On Viburnum. March, 1880. Bristol. Mr. Bucknall. 
This species is a true Valsa , as we accept the genus. It 
