28 NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Gondo-vnt'n (gon<lo-vu- A horned beetle in tlie ■' pambe " 

 foi) palm. Also a giant beetle, 



black, with three horns. 



Kpendi-bo (kpendi-bo) A giant beetle, up to 5 inches long, 



black with white back. Not 

 horned. 



Kine-kine (kine-kine) . A beetle, 1 inch long, green and 



brown striped horizontally. 

 Antennae jointed, longer than 

 its head. Big head and power- 

 ful jaws. Said to bore into 

 trees to lay its eggs. Big feet. 

 Makes a chirruping. Compare 

 Kine-kine under Crickets. 



Ndn-vofo (ndn-vi)foi) . A beetle, 1^ inch long. Long pro- 

 boscis. Black and brown. 

 Developed from " Mbawe." 

 Cooked and eaten. 



Yao-vofo (yao-vof«ii) . A small scarlet insect, usually seen 



running about on the ground in 

 large numbers together, often 

 under a cotton tree (bombax). 



Grubs, Maggots 



Boji-lm-guli (boji-hu- White maggot, 3 inches long, found 

 guli) in rotten wood. Said to turn 



into " Kondo-wundoi." 



Fuvulu (fuvului) . . . Wood-borer. A verj^ small insect. 



Hokpo - gboli (hok[)o- A very big grey caterpillar with a 

 gbcjli) horn. Said to eat a man's 



navel when he is asleep, hence 

 its name (hokpo = navel ; gboli 

 = suck, drink). It is power- 

 ful enough to give a spring 

 sideways, doubling itself for 

 the purpose. 



Kpekpeli (kpekpeli) . Caterpillar. 



Mbawe (mV)awe) . . . Big white grul) in oil paluis. Eaten 



with rice. Said to develop 

 into " Ndovofoi." 



