20 KEY. ALFRED T. BRYANT. 



and certain living grubs, passed by tlie Zulu girl above- 

 mentioned, were sent to Dr. Warren for identification, in the 

 hope that they might prove to be such. The grubs, however, 

 were those of a fly (Sarcophaga sp.), and the beetle-gi-ub 

 is still to be found. 



The native not only affirms the presence of these beetles in 

 the human intestines, but he is also well provided with 

 remedies for their expulsion, and can invariably produce them 

 for your satisfaction by the administration of those remedies. 

 Clenerally a mixture of several herbs is made, each bringing 

 its own quota of effectiveness. The roots of the familiar 

 tambootie-grass or isiQnnga (Andropogon marginatus), 

 of the iuKomfe enknla (Hypoxis sp.), and of the shrub 

 nmKhwangu was^euiaheni, together Avith the leaves of the 

 nmNuJcavihhiha (Clausena insequalis), of the umQaqongo 

 (Clerodendron glabrum), of the iPhahla (Brachylfena 

 discolor), of the nmNi/amatlii (Ekebergia meyeri), of 

 the umNnngwane (Xanthoxylon capense), and of the 

 inKuzwa bush, a small handful of each, are pounded and 

 infused like tea. A cupful of the infusion is drunk when 

 cool, the dose acting as a parasiticide and purgative. A 

 clyster of the root-bark of the umDakcme (Apodytes 

 dimidiata) and of the wiiNnng wane , together with any of 

 the leaves as above, boiled and administered when slightly 

 warm, one cupful on the first occasion, increased to two or 

 three on a repetition,^ is also employed with effect, which 

 would seem to indicate that the beetles lodge themselves 

 chiefly in the large intestine. Other remedies are the 

 'H)ii8olxOso]io[^t\\\\\\-A conyzoides) and the /•'-■{T/ie/p/o (Aster 

 erigeroides) j of the latter a hot infusion is made with a 

 double handful of the leaves and about two cupfuls of water, 

 to be administered as a clyster. 



Most people have read of the popular amulets of the ancient 

 p]gyptians called scarabs. I am not aware that it has been 

 in any way finally determined that the myth of the scarab, as 



' The quantities indicated in this ai-ticle are siich as ai-e administered 

 to a native adnlt. 



