. The American entomologist and botanist. favorable seasons, the rotis scarcely known, though the fruit is badlypunctured; and, liiially, that the crescent of theCurculio often (indeed, in the great majorityof instances) heals up entirely, thus precludingthe idea of any poisonous effect attending thepuncture. It might, with et]ual reason, beargued that the Grape-rots, the Potato-rot, andall the innumerable other rots are also causedby insects: but as I have already devoted allthe time I can sjiare to this paper, althoughmany interesting facts have not even been al-luded to, and as this matter
. The American entomologist and botanist. favorable seasons, the rotis scarcely known, though the fruit is badlypunctured; and, liiially, that the crescent of theCurculio often (indeed, in the great majorityof instances) heals up entirely, thus precludingthe idea of any poisonous effect attending thepuncture. It might, with et]ual reason, beargued that the Grape-rots, the Potato-rot, andall the innumerable other rots are also causedby insects: but as I have already devoted allthe time I can sjiare to this paper, althoughmany interesting facts have not even been al-luded to, and as this matter does not properlycome within my province, 1 leave it for thediscussion of the more wise and experienced. ^°To all persons interesting themselves inthe American Entomologist we will allowtwenty-five cents on every dollar, on all overfive names which they send. ty Should a number of the Entomologist,through whatever cause, fail to reach any of oursubscribers, we will cheerfully send another oneupon being informed of the fact. [(•is !«. IN THE HUMAN liOWEI,8 :: oNK oi Mit. Walshs iostiiumous On July .)th, 1H09, vc received from Dr. Wilson, of Quincy, Ills., over a dozen oflhecurious fringed larva;, which we represent con-siderably magnitied in the annexed drawing(Fig. 93). The circumstances under which theywere found are detailed in the following ex-tract from Dr. Wilsons letter:— The specimens sent weredischarged, along with sev-eral hundred others, fromthe bowels of one of mypatients. Five months agoseveral hundred ot the same1^ nondescript, but of muchlarger size, were dischargedfrom the bowels of tlie samepatient. Having no knowl-edge of this paiasite, I sup-posed in the tiist instancethat there must beensome mistake about the mat-ter, and therefore treated itwith indillerence. But onthe second occasion, 1 satis-,,o\viiisii- really evacuated from the•^ intestines. 1 am tully per- suaded that they multiply within the alimentarycanal; yet
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