TIIE NATURALISt. 



Flies in the Ear. — The Journal de 

 Medecine et de Chimrgic Pratique contains 

 the following curious account : — A lock- 

 smith, aged 52, having "been treated at the 

 H6pital Beaujon for a dislocation, had 

 been sent to the Asile de Yincennes for his 

 complete recovery. A few days before 

 leaving that establishment, he felt as if a 

 fly had got into his left eaf. He took a 

 lucifer match and tried to get out the in- 

 truder with it, but not succeeding, and the 

 pain having subsided, he took no more 

 notice of it. Three days later, being at 

 St. Ouen, he experienced a tickling in the 

 ear, which prevented him sleeping ; and 

 on the following day he went to Dr. 

 Jarjavey's consultation. Here, upon ex- 

 amination, two small larvse like, those 

 which are met with in dead bodies were 

 found in his ear. The patient complained 

 of very violent pain in that organ and all 

 along a line which, beginning from the 

 middle of the forehead, followed the eye- 

 brow, and, crossing the temple, ended 

 behind the mastoid apophysis. He had 

 cramps and a tingling sensation in the 

 arm, fits of trembling, sickness, &c. On 

 visiting him in the evening. Dr. Jarjavey 

 poured a few drops of ether into his ear. 

 This caused great pain at first, but soon 

 after it produced considerable relief, and 

 during the night upwards of one hundred 

 larvae fell out of the ear on the man's pil- 

 low. On the following morning the doctor 

 perceived some large larvae of the musca 

 carnaria at the bottom of the meatus au- 

 ditorius. Dr Jarjavey got a few out with 

 a proper instrument, then made some in- 

 jections which brought out fifteen more, 



and in the evening poured a drop of ethei? 

 into the ear, whereby three more were got 

 rid of. On the day after, no more larvse 

 were visible, but the tympanum was dis- 

 covered to be perforated. The case was 

 now treated with injections of mallows 

 and emollient poultices, and three days 

 later the patient left the hospital perfectly 

 recovered. 



British Shells. — I have a few Sydrobia 

 similis which I shall be glad to exchange 

 for Clausilia nigricans, var. duhia, if pos- 

 sible, alive, or to open a correspondence 

 with any one, with a view to the exchange 

 of British Shells or Foreign for British. — 

 Address, W. Eich, 14, Great Russell -street, 

 Bloomsbury, London, "W.C. 



I have specimens of the following shells 

 for exchange : — Limnea auricularia, very 

 fine, Limnea palustris, var. tincta, Bulimus 

 montanus, Pitpa secale, Balia perversa, 

 Clausilia Kolphii, Clausilia hiplicata, Clau- 

 silia laminata, and var. alhida, Cochlicopa 

 tridens, for which I shall be glad to receive 

 offers. — W. Nelson, Spark-street, Spark- 

 brook, Birmingham, 



Carabus nitens. — Mr. Hutchinson will 

 be glad to exchange the above Beetle for 

 any of the following : — Carabus intricatus, 

 C. purpurascens, C. agrestis, C. monilis, 

 C. consitus, C. granulatus, C. cancellatus, 

 C. arvensis, C. exaspenatus, C. glabratus, 

 C. convexus, C. hortensis, C. nemoralis, C. 

 auratus, ot any of the Chrysomelidce, 

 Address Waring Green, Brighouse. 



