Tho (K'ciiiTciicc of lliis Soiualiland spooios in the Arabian |)ortinn 

 of tiie East African Subregion of the Ktliiopian Region is, of 

 course, in no way surprising, since other and lid to- knriwn Afiiciii 

 Diptera, such as TalxuDi.'^ hir/i/ftfitus, Wicd.,* and ;i Tsetse-fly 

 {Glossi7i(( t(icln)ioides, \Vest\v.) are found to liie east of (h<' Strait 

 of Bab-el-Mandeb. 



Haematopota torquens, Austen. 

 Annals and Magazine of Natural History, Ser. 8, Vol. I., p. 409 ( 190S). 



Plate XII., fig. 92. 



The eight females of this species in the Museum are all from 

 Ashanti, and no examples of Hcematopota torquens have yet been 

 received from elsewhere. The localities, etc., of the Museum 

 specimens are as follows : — Insu, Ashanti, August 17th, 190(5, and 

 September 4th, 1907, " caught in carriages on Gold Coast Govern- 

 ment Railway " {Dr. W. M. Graham, W.A.M.S.) ; North Ashanti, 

 Northern Territories, Gold Coast, February, 1908 {G. C. Dudgeon). 

 Mr. Dudgeon, who observes that the eyes of H. torquens in life are 

 " dull green," remarks that this is " a common species in the 

 Ashanti forests," where it " attacks travellers in hammocks." 

 According to Dr. W. M. Graham, the specimens found on the Gold 

 Coast Government Railway, where the fly is frequently met ^\itll 

 in the carriages in the month of September, probably come from 

 the Jym River, which runs parallel with the line for a considerable 

 distance. 



Care is needed in order to distinguisli Hcematopota torqueris, 

 Austen, from H. cordigera, Bigot, — another West African species, 

 which is also found in Ashanti, as well as in Assinie (Ivory Coast), 

 Northern Nigeria, and the Congo Free State ; once the points of 

 difference are appreciated, however, a glance at the scutelhim and 

 the first joint of the hind tarsi is all that is necessary. With 



* Plate VII., Fig.s. 44, 45; c/. p. 86. 



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