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CESTEUS OVIS, Linn. 

 Plate II. 



Dissection of the head of a sheep to show the cavities into which the gad-fly grubs 

 penetrate. The straws indicate the passages from the cavities into the inside of 

 the nose : a, the superior maxillary sinus in which there is imprisoned the calci- 

 fied remains of a fully developed larva ; t, the ridge made by the infra-orbital 

 division of the fifth pair of nerves; c, the infra-orbital foramen; d, an opening 

 into the nares; e, e, the frontal sinuses with young larvaj in them. The dotted 

 line /, /, indicates the level at which trephining, if it is done, should be per- 

 formed. Figure reduced to three-fourths of natural size. 



