The pupils, the muscles of the eye, the eyelids and the optic disks are commonly involved in encephalitis, and within the past few years forced movements of the eyeballs have been observed as a fairly frequent sequel. While drooping of the eyelids, especially in the acute stages of the disease, due to paralysis of the oculomotor nerves, is a well recognized sign, less attention has been paid to paroxysmal spasm of the eyelids except by a few French authors. This is probably the result of the fact that spasm of the eyelids after encephalitis is a comparatively rare phenomenon and is infrequently observed. For this reason, attention is directed to this manifestation of encephalitis as exhibited in one case of our own and as observed in the few instances by others. REPORT OF CASE Paroxysmal spasm of the eyelids occurring as a late manifestation of encephalitis in a man with