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other pests such as Flies and Gnats ! The Common 

 and Meat Flies, the former of which is called 

 Dubbien and the latter Dubbiena tal Laharri, have 

 many friends such as Musca meteorica, M. ster cor aria, 

 M. pumulionis, and others. Gnats, Sand-flies, and 

 Gad-flies tease and sting, the latter depositing their 

 eggs beneath the skins of sheep and oxen, whilst 

 the Conops or Horse Wasp called Xidia is troublesome 

 in damp weather, The usual parasites infect men 

 who love not soap and water, and badly tended 

 animals. Although not coming under the head of 

 insects, we may here make mention of the Scorpion 

 or Imkass, from one to two inches in length found 

 under stones in the valleys, but which never seems 

 to harm any one, together with the Water Scorpion 

 or Imkass ta V Elma, and also the Scolopendra or 

 Xini Esfar, the Gally-worm or Hanex ta I/ Endeua^ 

 the Centipede or Xini ta I/ Endeua, and the Wood- 

 louse or Hanzir ta V Art. 



Numerous Spiders are also to be met with, 

 amongst which we must not forget the Geometric 

 Spider, or Brimba tas salib, the Dancing Spider, 

 or Brimba tal Meut, several kinds of Hunting 

 Spider, known as Brimba ta Sakajha Tual, and the 

 Tarantula Spider or Trenta. 



The Earth Worm is of course plentiful, but 

 the Revd. H. Seddall says: 



" Of Tube Worms and other Annelids I have 

 met with but few species, and these of no remarkable 



