ON FUNGI PARASITIC ON SCALE-INSECTS FOUND IN FORMOSA. 
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which the fungus seems to be propagating. In only one instance, have we 
met with its perithecia, that is, on scale-insects infesting the tea-plant at 
Srizan in 1911. 
With no small degree of diffidence, we identify here our fungus with 
Sphaerostilbe coccophila Tul. There are some points in its characteristics, 
which do not coincide exactly with the description of the European type. 
We shall leave further remarks on this fungus for a future occasion. 
Microcera Fajikuroi Mi y a be et S a wad a, sp. nov. 
(PI. VII. fig. 6 - 10) 
Stroma well developed around the base and over a part of the surface 
of a scale, 0.7 - 1 mm. in breadth, and light rose- to flesh-colored. Sporodo- 
chia conical, acute, projecting horizontally or slightly obliquely upward flPom 
the marginal stroma, 1-3 to a scale, 0.5 mm. in length, and rose-colored. 
Conidiophores filiform, septate, branched at the base, 3// in diameter. 
Conidia falcate or orescent-shaped, long, narrow, hyaline, 5-6-septate, 
67-95 // x 3.5-4.5/a 
Hab. On Aspidiotus ficus Comst. infesting Citrus nobilis L our. 
Formosa : Koteisho, Taihoku (Y. Fnjikuro, Feb. 29, 1908; K. 
Sawada, April 25, 1911). Shimpo. Shinchiku (Y. Fujikuro, May 7, 
1910; Jan. 1, 1911). Naiho, Akö, (K. Sawada, Nov. 7, 1909). Sensoho, 
Hözan (T. Kawakami, Oct. 30, 1906). 
Remarks. The most remarkable character of this fungus is its effect 
on the host, changing the projecting central portion of the scale into a 
brilliant scarlet color, which is especially intense at the middle, fading 
gradually toward the periphery. 
This species is commonly found throughout the Island of Formosa, 
often associated with Microcera coccophila D e s m . on the same leaf. They 
can easily be distinguished from each other by the shape and color of the 
sporodochia. 
The present fungus resembles closely some of the Ceylon forms of Mi- 
