On the Phytodermata or Parasitic Diseases of the Skin (Tineæ) of Vegetable Origin

raised margin, leaving a raw weeping eczematous centre. The itching was most intense. It is never quite well at any time, but it is always much worse during the rainy season, disappearing in great part, however, during the cold and hot seasons. During the last 12 months it has not altered much. At present on the upper and inner surface of both thighs, on the penis and scrotum, on the lower of the abdomen, and ou the back as high as the neck, there are patches of dark melasmio skin, with defined irregularly gyrate margins. In soma parts there is considerable thickening of the skin. The newest patches