190 
fig. 9. Splicer ell a tabifica, a new species found in connection with EliyUosticta 
tab [flea is considered as the ascomycetous form of the latter. Describes this 
together with the following new species found in connection with the Phyl- 
losticta: Ascoeliyta beta’, A. beticola, Diplodia beticola. (E. A. S.) 
619. W estivood, I. O. Parasites on Plants and Animals. Gard. Cliron., 3dser., vol. 9> 
London, May, 1891, p. 553, 2 cols., fig. 4. Popular description of the ex¬ 
ternal appearance of Cordyceps on larvae. (M. B. W.) 
(See also Nos. 392, 445, and 621. 
IV.— Discomycetes. 
620. Boyer. Note sur la Reproduction des Morilles. Bull. Soc. Mycol., France, vol. 7, 
No. 3, Paris, Sept. 30, 1891, p. 150. Gives details of a successful experiment 
in reproducing the Morel on a substratum apparently free from infection 
before sowing on it the ddbris of some partially liquefied specimens. (E. 
A. S.) 
621. C OOKE, M. C. Omitted Diagnoses. Grevillea, vol. 19, London, March, 1891, pp. 
71-75. Contains descriptions of 23 species of fungi which are not found in 
Saccardo’s Sylloge, in the genera Peziza, Splice,via, Helotium, Pliialia, Lack - 
vclla, Buiyaria, Ombrophila, Ryparobius, Patellaris, Phacidinm, and Phoma- 
(M. B. W.) 
622. Phillips, W. Omitted Discomycetes. Grevillea, vol. 19, No. 92, London, June, 
1891, pp. 106-107. Contains descriptions of the following species not in 
Saccardo’s Sylloge. Avmaria stomella Cke. and Phil., n. sp., Hymenoscypha 
Carmichcelii, Berk., Phil., H. flexipes, Cke. and Phil., Helotium aurantiacum, 
Cke., Mollisia chlorosticta, E. P. Fries, LachneUa luzulina, Phil. = Dasyseypha 
hyalina (Phill.) Sacc., L. albopileata, Cke. var. subaurata, Ellis; L. conformis, 
Cke., Enccelia hypochlora Berk, and Curt. (M. B. W.) 
(See also Nos. 445, 452, 615, and 644.) 
I.—IMPERFECT AND UNCLASSIFIED FORMS. 
I .—Hyphomycetes and Stilbea’. 
623. Boudier, Em. Quelques nouvelles especes de Champignons inferieurs. Bull. Soc. 
Mvcol., France, vol. 7, No. 7, Paris, June 30, 1891, pp. 81-83, pi. 1. Describes 
the following new species: Botrytis albido-cassia, Hycoyone ochracea, Volutella 
albopila, Hymenula citrina. (E. A. S. ) 
624. Dufour, Jean. Le Champignon parasite des vers blancs. Cliron. Agric. Vit. et Fores. 
du Vaud, vol. 4, Lausanne, Nov. 10,1891, pp. 376-384. Gives some general notes 
on the presence of entomogenous fungi. Describes the ravages of Botrytis 
tenella on the white worm, and mentions the consequent attempts to propa¬ 
gate the fungus by infecting worms with spores produced in artificial cult¬ 
ures. In order to test this, several experiments were tried. Healthy worms 
were infected, both confined in pots and in the open ground. The worms 
seemed to resist the parasite even in the closed pots, and more strongly in the 
open ground. The conditions favoring a rapid infection are not yet known. 
(E. A. S.) 
625. Giard, Alfred. Nouvelle recherches surle Champignon parasite du hanneton vul- 
gaire (Isaria densa, Link). Comptes Rend., Soc. Biol., new ser., vol. 3, 
Paris, July 23, 1891, pp. 575-579. Shows that the fungus of the white worm 
was common in Lower Seine in 1866. Since then the equilibrium be¬ 
tween the insect and its parasite has been preserved. The balance could, 
however, be turned in favor of the latter by spreading liquid cultures of the 
spores over the infested territory. The article contains the same notes on 
synonomy as No. 624. (E. A. S.) 
