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Öfversigt af Kongl. Vetenskaps-Akademiens Förhandlingar, 1870. N:o 7. 
Stockholm. 
Novitix Lichenz» arctiex. 
Descripsit J. M. Norman. 
[Meddeladt den 14 September 1870.) 
1. Biatera (Leeidea) puliata, NORM. 
Crusta hypophloeodes, demum denudata, tenuissima, cinereo- 
nigra in ceruleum vergens sordide caruleo limitata, sorediis ef- 
florescentibus, dispersis, pallide viridulo-cinereis. Apothecia ab 
initio convexiuscula & immarginata, excipulo non prominente, 
intus fusco-fibroso instructa, livide nigra, opaca, usque ad 0,7 
m.m. lata, vulgo minora. Paraphyses arctius conglutinat&, di- 
lutius v. obscurius chalybee v. fuseidule, dilutiores superne sa- 
turatius fuscescentes. Spore elliptie@, 0,009—12 m.m. long, 
0,004-6 m.m. late. Hypothecium molle, hymenio crassius, con- 
color v. dilutius, a prolongatione excipuli p.p. suffultum. Gela- 
tina hymenii 0,050—45 m.m. alti jodo intense czerulescens, hypo- 
thecii passim levius. 
Hab in Maalseiven Nordlandi® ad Betulas. 
2. Biatora (Lecidea) rabdogena, NORM. 
Thallus macula substrati obscurius cinerea. Apothecia arcte 
adnata v. basi paullo immersa, ab initio convexiuscula & im- 
marginata, nigra, demum convexa, interdum irregularia & rugu- 
losa, usque ad 0,35 m.m. lata. Hymenium c. 0,03 m.m. altum, 
viridulo-fuscum epithecio nigricante, omnibus partibus in textu- 
ram tenacem arctissime conglutinatis. Spore anguste bacillares, 
0,005--7 m.m. long&, 0,0010—15 m.m. late. Hypothecium hy- 
menio concolor. Gelatina hymenii jodo intense cerulescens, dein 
fuscescens. 
