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ference to the published accounts of different authors, and state 
where figures of the larvae may be seen. 
The Seventh , Eighth and Ninth Columns refer to the parts of 
the body affected by the disease, and to the sex and age of the 
individuals. In the majority of the cases adduced females and 
children appear to have been the sufferers. 
The Tenth Column refers to the station in life of the indi- 
vidual. 
The Eleventh adds the result of the disease, which often termi- 
nated fatally. 
The Twelfth the date of the occurrence ; and the last indicates 
the museum or collection in which the authentic specimens are 
deposited. 
ADDITIONAL REMARKS. 
The term Scliolechiasis has been used by Messrs. Kirby and 
Spence for the diseases occasioned by the larvae of insects gene- 
rally. As, however, from the above Tables the diseases may 
distinctly be referred to three of the orders of insects, I suggest 
that the term Canthariasis be adopted for those which originate 
with Coleopterous larvae ; that Myasis (or the fly-disease') be given 
to those which originate in Dipterous larvae ; while Scliolechiasis 
may be retained for those arising from Lepidopterous larvae. It 
will naturally be expected in a paper like the present that some 
opinion should be stated respecting the manner in which the larvae 
of insects enter the body. Now without entering minutely into 
this question, I merely speak on the point generally, leaving it 
for others to investigate the subject more fully and satisfactorily. 
In the first place, I am inclined to think many insects and their 
larvae can endure and even thrive in a higher temperature than 
that of the human body ; in proof of which I mention the Blat- 
tidce, the house-cricket, and the larvae of Tenebrio molitor, which 
commonly live about the fire-place, infesting our kitchens and 
bake-houses throughout the year : the latter indeed in the country 
being usually found under the hearth of the kitchen-grate, where 
they will rise to the surface, or burrow themselves in proportion 
to the degree of cold or heat by which they are affected. 
The argument generally adduced, that the process of baking, 
roasting and boiling will destroy the ova or larvae deposited in 
raw meat, I am inclined to think just. How, then, do living 
larvae enter the body ? 
From an examination of the genera producing Canthariasis it 
appears not improbable that the insects deposit their ova in cold 
