BITING AND NOXIOUS INSECTS OTHER THAN MOSQUITOES 



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have iiever noticed wasps preying on the seroot, uor have I heard of this occurring. 

 Information is desired regarding the larvae of these Tabanids, and especially as to whether 

 they are aquatic or terrestrial. 



Fig. 15. — Dermatobia 



Africana 



Larva 



OJE TKRZI ~^ 



Fig. 16.— Helophilis Trivittatu,';, Fabr. ? 



Europe 



Light yellow, with black markings. 



'Hie Jlijijer. Colonel Huutt-r has informed me that the Jigger or Chigue-Sa rcopsi/l Id _ . 

 penetrans has made its unwelcome appearance in the Bahr-El-Ghazal. It is to be hoped 

 that this crippling pest will not spread North. 



M.icTe>tzi 



Fig. 17. — Hoplistomerts Serripes, Fabr. ? 



S. Africa to Abyssinia and the Sudan 



Black, clothed, especially on abdomen, with short, golden yellow hair ; wing markings brown. 



Ticks 



Year by year the role of ticks in both human and veterinary pathology is shown Ticks 



to be of increasing importance. In the case of man, Spirillum Fever, the Spotted Fever of 



the Kocky Mountains, the Karapatti disease of the Zambesi and a fever prevalent in Persia 



and Beluchistan, have all been attributed to parasites transmitted by ticks. In all 



