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ENTOMOLOGICAL NEWS. 



[Feb., '06 



Observations on the Bionomics of Auchmeromyia 



luteola Fabricius. 

 BY F. C. WELLMAN, M. D., Benguela, W. Africa. 



Published under the auspices of the American Society of Tropical Medicine. 



Several years ago I was interested in the native saying that 

 the fly mentioned in the title of this note produces the blood- 

 sucking maggot called " Inyo" by the Angola Bantus. When 

 in L/ondon, in August, 1904, I submitted several of the flies 

 under discussion to Mr. Austen, of the British Museum, men- 

 tioning to him some facts as to their habits He pronounced 

 them to be Auchmeromyia luleola Fabr. , and called my atten- 

 tion to the communication of Button, Todd and Christy to the 



Fig. i. Ovum (A), larva (B), and pupa (C) of A. luteola Fabr. Natural size. 



Fig. 2. Anchnii'1-ninyia luteola Fabr. Female natural size. 



Fig. 3. Teased puparation of the cephalic end of larva showing chitinous armature. 



British Medical Association concerning the fly's larva. A 

 short time afterwards I read the communication in question in 

 the British Medical Journal under the title " The Congo Floor 

 Maggot."* On my return to Africa I began studying the fly 

 with the object of determining as far as possible by actual 

 observation its general habits and the steps in its metamor- 

 phosis. 



At first the flies died in captivity, but on discovering 



* September 17, 1904, p. 664. 



