INSECTS. 93 
Guam.” This is probably false, since the vernacular names of these 
insects in Guam are etymologically identical with the names of the 
same insects through the greater part of Melanesia, Polynesia, and New 
Zealand, and have evidently the same origin as the modern Malayan. 
English. Guam. | Melanesian. = Samoan, Haw. | Malayan, | Maori. 
| | | 
— | a _ — : | 
Fly. | Lalo, laiigo. | lango. nalo. _ langau. | igaro, 
Mosquito. Namo. nau, | namnu, | flamok, waeroa. 
Louse. Huto. gutu. | Tutu. ~uku. kutu. kutu. 
Maggot. Ulo6. | ilo. 
The common Malay word for fly is ‘lala,’ yet “‘latgau” is also 
used. In New Zealand either fgaro” or “rango” is used, and the 
first form is etymologically identical with the Hawaiian ‘*nalo.” Kyi- 
dently the aborigines of Guam, in common with the inhabitants of 
most of the Pacific islands, were familiar with flies, mosquitoes, and 
lice before che arrival of the Spaniards. On the other hand, it is 
probable that fleas and hedbugs were introduced, as there are no Cha- 
morro words for these insects. In Samoa the flea is called ** Fijian 
louse.” In Codrington’s comparative vocabulary of the Melanesian 
languages it is not given. It is interesting to note in this connection 
that in Hawaii, where the approximate date of the introduction of 
the mosquito is known, there is no Hawaiian name for it, and in New 
Zealand its name is of independent origin and is quite distinct from 
the common Malayan and Polynesian forms. 
Mosquitoes are very troublesome both day and night in Guam. The 
day-flying species avoids the sunlight, but makes life a burden in the 
shade. All Europeans sleep under mosquito nets, and the natives 
habitually make a smudge in their houses after dark to smoke out the 
night-flying species. This is effective if the lights in the house are 
first extinguished and not relighted. 
Fleas are not common; the climate is probably too damp for them 
to flourish. ‘The author passed a year on the island without seeing 
either a flea or a bedbue. Neither do lice appear to be abundant. 
This may be owing to the habit of the natives of frequently washing 
the hair with soap oranges and bergamots. 
aCes Européans ‘fveulent nous persuader qu ils nous rendent heureux, et plusieurs 
Wentre nous sont assez aveugles pour les en croire sur leur parole. Mais pourrions- 
nous avoir ces sentimens, si nous faisions réflexion que nous ne sommes accablez de 
miscres et de maladies, que depuis que ces étrangers sont venus nous desoler et 
troubler notre repos. Avant leur arrivée dans ces isles, scavions-nous ce que c’étoitque 
toutes ces insectes qui nous persécutent si cruellement? Connoissions-nous les rats, 
les souris, les mouches, les mosquites, et tous ces autres petits animaux, qui ne sont 
au monde que pour nous tourmenter? Voila les beaux présens qu’ils nous ont faits, 
et que leurs machines flotantes nous ont apportez!”” (Le Gobien, Charles. Histoire 
des isles Mariannes, nouvellement convertics 4 la religion Chrétienne, p. 141, Paris, 
1700.) 
