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For o-^se- of reference - an alpharootica-l- arraiife-ient of -the speaies- is -pro— 
sontcd, no^ attempt . icing nade to follow a.nv s’^stcn of classif icr-tion. Each 
rccogrized species is sot off in caps followed op the authority and a cita- 
tion to- the-plaoe -of puhlioat-ion, Pertinc-it synon^ni-.s-, -that is- to- -say, tlioso 
v/hich occur in the entonogcnous fungus literature, kawe iGcn included, hut no 
effort, has heen nade to work out ,conx->l--te s^/norgniy* Synoriyi'-is ,a.rc , underscored.. 
Insect hosts are a.rrarif'Ted und.or each fungus in alphahetical orc.er and 
to the rTght of each .is placed the khovoa d.istrihut icn ,of the fungus .attack- 
ing it. For the United States distrihution is indicated, hy States-, '■'-'but other- 
wise by coimtries. Hosts for v/hich no sisccific distribution is ind.ica-tod anc 
records from Seymour’s "Host Ird^cx of- the Fungi of- Ho-rth Jhierica," or other 
sources vrhich omit reference to locality'’. In gencra.l, records of insect 
hosts infected by nrtificiaJ inoculations have been onitted. , - 
A connlic-‘'tion often arises in thr>.t many f^nigi in the course of their 
life cycles na.y prodiuce tv^o reproductive stages and ernh nay be given a dis- 
tinct' botanical name. This is part icnl. an I7/ true in the cane of the ascus- 
producing fungi (Ascorn'cetes ) v.'herc nonnally ’a perfect (ascus) stage ond. an 
inperfect (conid.iaU) stage occur, as for ena.nple Oph.iocordyc eps clavulata, 
(Schv.r,) Fetch and Hlrsutella lecaniicola (Uaa,p) Fetch, The latter name 
applies to the so-ca.lle- inperfect sta.ge. Under the rules of botamical 
nonenclature, the perf ect— stage nane has precedence over - any names applied, 
to conid.ia.l or inperfect stages and is given preference in this list; how- 
ever, an hany conid.ial names occur connonlj'' throu.ghout the literature they 
ha.ve been, included, but their status as such properly inddeated.. Cross ref- 
erences v.dll enahlc' such fungi to bo located under cither nane. ' 
A list of insects v/ith their entonoganous furgi is appended. As noted 
a-bove, the place of publication of ea.ch fungus species is cited, bu't it is 
recognized, that this is of interest pri-’nrily to the systenatic nycologist. 
The entonologist or general collector \i/ill be iiore concerned with the general 
litorrdure on the subject and, accordingly, a fev/ of the .norc i.nportant ■ aivd. 
accessible ’/orks derlin,'' vdth ontor.ogcnous fuagi are .gi‘'-en follovdng the list 
of s]occios. Most of the a.rticles cited, contain bibliographies s-o' that the 
references included, though fe/s, v.dll provi-de a. means of exploring the entire 
field, 
Gra.toful ack.iovded.graent is na-de to Miss Certrude M7'-ers, of the Division 
of Insect Fest Sv 7 .rver and. Inforna.tion, Bureau of Fntonolog:’’ and Flant Q7.va.ran- 
tinc, for chocking the scientific na.nos of the insect hosts in order that they 
night confor.u to proscnt-d.a.y cntonological nonenclature, Ue also appreciate 
the owp-ortunitv of consu’lting A, T, Spea.re*s ind.ex in the Division of Insect 
Fest Surve’' and. Infornrtlon on the subject of entor.ogcnous fungi. 
An asterisk is used, to designate co;abina.tions of funpis and. host 
rcpresent^'^CL b:/ specinens in the mycological collections of the Burc-an of 
Plant Industry, 
