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FETCH : 
Dictyosporium zeylanicum n. sp. 
Conidiophores short, clustered, conidia forming minute 
black heaps ; conidia composed of five rows of cells, irregularly 
ovoid, blackish-green, then opaque, base acute, apex rounded 
or truncate, 30-34 20 24 ^ , cells abou.t 4 4 , pedicel 
subpersistent, hyaline to olivaceous, up to 30 x 3 On a 
dead branch, Peradeniya, December, 1914 ; No. 4368 in Herb. 
Peradeniya. 
Conidiophoris brevibus, fasciciilatis ; conidiis coacervatis 
nigris, fusco-viridibus, dein opacis, basi acutis, apice rotun- 
datis vel truncatis, 30-34 X 20 -24 quinque lineis loculorum 
instruetis ; loculis, 4x4^; pedicello subpersistente, hyalino, 
vel olivaceo, ad 30 x 3 
Cercosporina ricinella (Sacc. & Berl.) Speg. 
On leaves of Ricinus communis L., Peradeniya, November, 
1913. 
Stilbaceæ. 
Stilbum villosum n. sp. 
Stalk white or pinkish, 0*8 mm. high, 40 [j. diameter below, 
expanding to 0 • 1 mm. diameter above, apex convex and deep 
red in outline, tomentose with upwardly directed hyphæ, 
some of v/hich project above the head ; head red, globose, 
about 0*1 mm. diameter ; conidia red in mass, hyaline when 
mounted, narrow-oval, 4-6 X 2 |jl. On decaying fruits and 
corms of Musa paradisiaca L., Peradeniya, March, 1915 ; 
No. 4543 in Herb. Peradeniya. 
Stipite albo vel rubescenti, 0*8 mm. alt., basi 40 ^ diam., 
sursum expanse ad 0 * 1 mm._ diam., apice convexo, hyphis 
suberectis, interdum caput superantibus tomentoso ; capite 
rubro, globoso, circa 0 * 1 mm. diam. ; conidiis hyalinis, 
coacervatis rubris, angusto-ovalibus, 4-6 X 2 (jl. 
Stilbum candidulum Penz. & Sacc. 
On leaves of Amomum, Hakgala, April, 1915. 
Isaria lanuginosa n. sp. 
Gregarious ; total height up to 12 mm. ; stalk tawny brown 
becoming black, up to 8 mm. high, 0*4 mm. diameter at the 
