NATUllAL HISTORY NOCAIU'LARV 



31 



Kekema (kekeme) 



Leleme (leleme) . 

 Yenge-yange (yenge- 



yange) 

 Gboli(gboli) . . . . 



Unclassified 



Scorpion, both the large black one 

 which grows up to 6 inches 

 long (Pan(fi!ius i)/i/>i/rafor), and 

 the smaller species. 



The irreen mantis. 



Dahihye (daiiihye) 



Hita (hite) . . 

 Sini (sini) . 



Dumbeka (dumbeke) 



The big stick insect {Phaxmidae), 



Any worm. Includes earth-worms 

 and body-worms as Guinea- 

 worm {Filaria medinensis). 

 (luinea-worm was until quite 

 recently unknown in Mende 

 country. Hence no distinctive 

 name. 



A crawling insect said to burrow 

 horizontally below ground, and 

 to bite. 



8ome kind of insects resembling 

 white ants. They are eaten. 



A small insect that causes a skin 

 disease in appearance like 

 craw-craw. 



A small insect like a lady-bird, 

 with transparent wing cases 

 overspreading the whole body. 

 Same name as that given to 

 the firefly. 



Baga (bagai) or Baga- 

 wului 



Bagyi (bagyi) 



TREES 



A medium-sized tree. Leaf heart- 

 shaped, 12x9 inches, brittle. 

 Sticks of this tree are used to 

 spin cotton on. Flowers in 

 cymes. 



A big tree, used to make mox-tars 

 for pounding grain. Dyes 

 cloth reddish-yellow. 



