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ber of the Ophthalmic Record an account of the occurrence of a maggot 
in the ear of one of his patients. The latter was a strong, well nour- 
ished man, who was suffering from an old suppurated Otitis Media in 
the left ear, which had been under observation for some time. When 
admitted to Dr. Johnson’s infirmary an examination showed the exter- 
nal auditory canal to be filled with a muco-purulent discharge of con- 
siderable thickness, yellow in color and excessively odorous. After 
removing this the tympanum was found to contain a large perforation, 
in which was noticed a white substance, which was at first thought to 
be white, exfoliated skin. Later the white material was observed to 
move, and it was then concluded that some living organism was pres- 
ent. After an ineffectual effort to remove it by syringing, the ear- 
forceps were used, and the object was seized and instantly removed. 
It held to the mucous membrane with sufficient force to cause some 
hemorrhage. It was found to be an “ordinary maggot,” half an ineh 
long, ‘‘ very fat and quite lively.” The specimen was sent to the Rev. 
Samuel Lockwood, of Freehold, N. J., who reported that it was the larva 
of the Flesh Fly or Meat Fly—Sarcophaga carnaria. The larva was 
full grown and just on the point of transforming. In Dr. Lockwood’s 
opinion it was about ten days old. 
On the supposition that the rupture in the ear drum was an old one, 
the parent fly was probably attracted to the external ear by the puru- 
lent discharge, which undoubtedly preéxisted. If, however, the mag- 
got itself made the perforation, Dr. Lockwood suggests that it might 
have entered when very young through the Eustachian tube. Suppos- 
ing the patient to have eaten cold tainted meat, and, when a morsel was 
in his mouth, to have coughed from some cause or other, or in some way 
to have dislodged a very young larva, so that it was thrown upon or 
near to the opening of the Eustachian tube, its occurrence in the ear 
would be accounted for. These alternatives were placed before Prof. 
Johnson by Dr. Lockwood, and the information elicited from the patient 
seems to prove the correctness of the former hypothesis. This case, 
although by no means unprecedented, is an interesting contribution to 
Myasis records. 
THE JAPANESE PEACH MOTH. 
Through the kindness of Prof. C. Sasaki, of the Royal Agricultural 
and Dendrological College of Tokio, we have received specimens of the 
peach moth which was referred to at some length on pages 24 to 66 of 
Volume 11 of INSEcT LiFE. It will be remembered that Prof. Sasaki 
judged the insect to be a species of Carpocapsa closely allied to our Cod- 
ling Moth. An examination of the specimens received shows, in spite of 
their injured condition, that the insect is a Tineid rather than a Tortri- 
cid, agreeing almost exactly in venation with the genus Carposina, 
varying from it only in two minute points in the hind wings. We have 
sent for additional material which, if it arrives in good condition, will 
enable a more accurate verdict. 
