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NATURAL HISTORY VOCABULARY 



Gbowo-gonde (gbowo- (Jiant snail. A great delicacy as 



gonde) an article of food. 



Jomoko (jomokoi) . . A small snail (Sch.). 



A white moth 1 inch lone:. 



Moths, Butterflies i 



Any butterfly. 

 Any moth. 



A dark greyish-brown moth 2 inches 

 long. Thick antennae. 

 Konde-wonde 



wondi) 

 Kundo-wnndi 



wundi) 

 Kondo-wundn 

 wundui) 



Note. — Above three names may all possibly be the same, and 

 there may be something special in an insect's appearance 

 that causes this name to be given to insects so greatly 

 different ; or possibly they may be misnamed. 



Kogonde (kogonde) . 

 Fufu (fufui or fufuihti) 

 Kunde (kundi) 



(konde 

 (kundo 



A big ? fly, many-coloured body, 

 black wings with yellow marks. 



^ > A big metallic-coloured butterfly. 



Cicadas 



Senene (senene) . . . Cicada {Pyena limhnta). 

 Kpindi-lvwi (kpindi-(^^.^^^^^ 



l(lWl) j 



Ndondn (ndondni) . 



Ndondo-lengesia . . 



Konu-ngu (konu-ngui) 

 Kalondo (kalondoi) . 



Centipedes, ifcc. 



. Millipede. Grows to about 6 inches 



long. Harmless. (Jiilus sp. — 



Chiluynatha). 

 . The young of the above. They may 



be met in the road crowded 



together in dozens. 

 Centipede. Stings. ( 



Syngnatha). 

 A flat centipede, different from 



the stinging one. Shorter 



and broader. ( 



Syniinatha). 



