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from the close vicinity of two large, and one small, felled 

 trees ; the three trees being within two hmidred yards of 

 one another. 



In each instance the tree was old and dry, and in the 

 case of one of them, heavily charred by the recent fires. 

 The other pupae were collected by natives from the 

 immediate district (one or two miles) from an apparently 

 similar habitat. 



In reference to " big game " in the close vicinity of this 

 highly favoured " breeding-ground," I may safely say that 

 there was an abundance. A large herd of eland, herds of 

 water-buck and sable antelope, hartebeest {Bubalis lichten- 

 steini) in numbers, a small herd of kudu, some twenty zebra, 

 two or three pairs of oribi and of reed-buck, and innumer- 

 able wart-hog, were all seen certainly within one mile of 

 the locality during my brief stay there. 



The sand around the " breeding-ground " was impressed 

 with the " spoor " of many animals, particularly that of 

 pig and eland. In addition, the carnivora were represented 

 by a pack of lions (which, on one night at any rate, numbered 

 at least eight), hyena, and jackals. 



I have dwelt somewhat fully on the " big-game " ; to 

 me it seemed a noteworthy fact, particularly considering 

 the almost entire absence (normally) of Bantu from the 

 neighbourhood. The only native path for some miles 

 was hardly discernible, and obviously but very little 

 frequented. 



The type of country is one very familiar to those who 

 know this part of Northern Rhodesia. Tall, slender timber, 

 for the most part leguminous in character (" Mopani " 

 and its allies), the shrubby Bauhinia, an occasional 

 " Baobab," and ever and again a group of isolated palms; 

 the undergrowth, a comparatively sparse and untangled 

 vegetation. Relief from seemingly interminable stretches 

 of such forest country is to be welcomed in the open 

 "vleis," or the uncouth rugged formation of sporadic 

 kopjes. 



My work was done at the end of August and the beginning 

 of September ; at this time most of the undergrowth among 

 the timber, and the long grass of the " vleis," had been 

 destroyed by the all-consuming " veld-fires." 



The first emergence of Mutilla glossinae was noted on 

 August 28th ; on this day three (^ ^ appeared in the breed- 

 ing-jar. The last date upon which one of the parasites 



