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Port Lokkoh Creek, April-May, 1904, including five specimens 

 taken on a boat off the village .of Moferri (Major F. Smith, D.S.O., 

 R.A.M.C.} ; Port Lokkoh Creek and Rokelle River, 1905, " biting 

 natives and cattle " (Captain (now Major] W. H. Grattan, R.A.M.C.) ; 

 Skarcies River, Karina District, Sierra Leone Protectorate, 

 November, 1906 (Dr. H. E. Arbuckle, W.A.M.S.) ; Sherbro, May, 

 1908 (Dr. Jackson-Moore, per Dr. R. M. Forde, W.A.M.S.), and 

 January, 1909 (Dr. C. B. Hunter, W.A.M.S.). Northern Nigeria : 

 Baro, R. Niger, June, 1906 (G. C. Dudgeon) ; R. Benue, between 

 Amara and Ibi, 1908 (Dr. J. McF. Pollard, W.A.M.S.). Southern 

 Nigeria : Lagos, 1899, 1900, 1906 (Dr. W. H. W. Strackan, C.M.G.) ; 

 Cross River, 1906 (Dr. R. W. Gray), and June, 1908 (G. C. Dudgeon). 

 Congo Free State : Wathen, 1892 (Miss Macomish) ; Leopoldville, 

 December 16th, 1904 (Drs. Dutton, Todd, and Christy) ; R. Congo, 

 below Basoko, 1400 ft., November, 1906 (Ruwenzori Expedition). 



Forms Intermediate between Typical Tabanus fasciatus, Fabr., 

 and T. fasciatus niloticus, Austen. Gold Coast : Volta River, 

 March, 1908 (G. C. Dudgeon). Northern Nigeria : R. Niger, 

 near Baro, June 25th, 1906, and Shonga, 1907 (G. C. Dudgeon) ; 

 R. Benue, between Bagana and Lokoja, March, 1907, " caught in 

 daytime, inside canvas awning of native canoe, while travelling 

 on river " (Dr. G. J. Pirie). Southern Nigeria : Asaba, 1895 (the late 

 Dr. W. H. Crosse) ; Cross River, 1906 (Dr. R. W. Gray). Congo Free 

 State : Wathen, 1892 (Miss Macomish), and 1904 (the late Rev. W. 

 H. Bentley) ; Bolengi, July, 1903 (Dr. E. A. Layton) ; Leopoldville, 

 December 8th, 1903, and February 29th, 1904 (Drs. Dutton, Todd, 

 and Christy) ; Bonginda, Lulanga River, Upper Congo, August 29th, 

 1907, "in bedroom at night, only specimen seen" (Rev. W. D. 

 Armstrong}. Uganda : Ankole, May 16th, 1903 (received from 

 Colonel Sir David Bruce, C.B., R.A.M.C., F.R.S.) ; Fajao, Victoria 

 Nile, November, 1904 (Captain E. D. W. Greig, I. M.S.) ; Northern 

 Usoga, 1906 (received from Dr. A. D. P. Hodges). 



Tabanus fasciatus niloticus, Austen. Gambia, 1906 (Dr. E. 

 Hopkinson, D.S.O.). Northern Nigeria : R. Niger, near Bukunji, 

 November 25th, 1906, " taken biting native canoe-man " (Major 

 C. B. Simonds, R.G.A.) ; R. Benue, between Bagana and Lokoja, 



