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the animal's ovipo^itoi• previous to placing its eggs 

 under the skin. The larva has been met with in 

 tumours in the back, arms, and legs. The negroes 

 are often attacked by tbis tly, ai]d are skilled in 

 extirpating the larva." 



From what has been related, and from the cases 

 of assault quoted by Moquin Taudon in his valuable 

 " Medical Zoology," I infer that at least two species 

 of fly, belonging to distinct groups of the Dipterous 

 order, are concerned iu this kind of parasitism. 



MEDIAEVAL KATi:HAL HISTORY AKD 

 SPOKT.* 



THIS is a work to cause a student of mediteval 

 history almost to break one of the ten com- 

 mandments, and so far covet his neighbour's goods. 

 It presents itself in all the attraction of excellent 

 paper and clear type, with fifteen full-page ehrorao- 

 litliographic priuts, and four hundred wood-en- 

 gravings. The character of the latter may be best 



Vis '^i- Cultivation of Fru t; fi-om a 51 S. of the Filteeuth centui'y. 



One, an (Entricl, to be ranked witii the European 

 Hypoderma, causes swellings and so.-es on the legs 

 and arms of the person alTected. This is probably 

 the Cuierebra noxialis of Guudot. The other, a 

 Muscid, nearly related to our Blue-bottle {Calli- 

 phora), attacks ^the face of its victim : it is the 

 Lucilia hominivorax of Coquercl. — W. jr. Spicer, 

 Itchiii Abbas. 



judged of by tliose which illustrate the present 

 notice, and for which wc are indebted to the kind- 

 ness of the publishers. Thework^is compiled by 

 one of the best -known students of mediaeval lore, M. 

 Lacroix, better known as " Bibliophile Jacob," the 

 curator of the Imperial Library of the Ar senal, Paris . 



* '• Manners, Customs, and Dress during the Middle Ages." 

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