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the shoe. I preferred, however, to defer the formation of an opinion till 
my most recent rich materials should be available for inspection after 
having been set aside for poisoning. Finally there are before me, 
four inflorescences. I am persuaded Mr. N. E. Brown, after their in- 
spection, would combine both together ; at least, I do not see any differ- 
ence. The representation made by Sir R. Schomburgk's artist, both 
kept at the British Museum in the original, and at Kew in a copy, may 
have influenced Mr. N. E. Brown. I do not think it a masterpiece of 
accuracy, as indeed could not be expected from a young artist working 
during such an uncomfortable journey. H. G. Rchb. f. 
The " Mosquito Worm." — The following passage in 
a letter received from the well-known Entomologist, 
Miss Eleanor A. Ormerod, refers to a painful subject 
on which further information is much required, and may 
possibly be given by some of the readers of Timehri. I 
may explain that I can answer personally the question 
as to how it feels to have a mosquito- worm in the flesh. 
The pain is not continuous, but is as though occasionally, 
and at quite uncertain intervals, a bunch of small fish- 
hooks embedded in one's flesh were twisted suddenly 
and sharply round. I can also, fortunately, tell from 
experience that a remedy is very simple. Externally the 
part, of the flesh in which the mosquito-worm is embed- 
ded looks like a small boil or tumour in the head of 
which a minute hole, presumably a breathing-hole for 
the creature, may be detected by a careful observer. If 
a small piece of ordinary sticking plaster be pressed 
firmly over this hole, the creature is choked ; and in the 
course of a few hours if the plaster is pulled off the 
worm will come with it. This very simple operation is 
really beautiful because of its complete efficacy and 
