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hibit. It doesn’t matter about the “mere 
men.” 
This brings me to two more fungi 
found on insects, namely, Aschersonia 
brunnea Petch*, and the Cephalosporium 
Fungus previously listed. 
The Brunnea Fungus is another species 
that occurs on the material collected at 
different times since November, 1919, in 
the hammock at Winter Park. Personal¬ 
ly, I am almost convinced that brunnea 
is a super-parasite on the Cuban Ascher¬ 
sonia and if that should prove correct it 
is not an insect-destroying fungus. Cul¬ 
tures of this fungus have not yet been at¬ 
tempted. 
"Identified for the writer by Dr. A. T. Speare, 
U. S. D. A., Washington, D. C. 
The Cephalosporium Fungus noted has 
been frequently received and collected, es¬ 
pecially during the past winter, effectively 
reducing such scales as the Pyriform Scale, 
Liriodendron Scale, Tessellated Scale, 
Coccus acuminatus, and (in the Virgin 
Islands) Coccus magnifcrca (No. 11057, 
specimens received from C. E. Wilson, of 
St. Croix). While this fungus was grown 
artificially at the Experiment Station by 
Dr. H. S. Fawcett and the writer some 
years ago, it now appears that it may play 
a more important role in the control of 
certain soft scales than was believed in 
1910 (Experiment Station Report, 1910, 
p. lxii). 
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