DISTRIBUTION AND HABITS OF GL. FUSCA. V)9 



River or Sabaki River, near its junction with the Tsavo River,* 

 1898 {Vet.-Capt. A. J. Raslam) ; 2 (J (^, 2 9 ? (including the 

 9 described in the above re-description), Witu Forest, British 

 East Africa (the Sultan of Witu ; presented by the late W. S. 

 Godfrey) ; 1 9 , locality unknown. 



The above list of localities shows that the pi^esent species 

 occurs both in West and East Africa, so that it doubtless 

 extends right across the continent, but as to whether it exists 

 on the headwaters of the Congo, or at other intervening points, 

 we have as yet no information. In AVest Africa the most 

 northerly locality from which the species has been recorded is 

 Bismarckburg, in the Hinterland of Togo, the approximate lati- 

 tude of which is 8^ 12' N., about 10° 32' further north than Witu, 

 the most northerly locality on the east coast. The most southerly 

 locality is somewhat vaguely represented by Mr. Hooke's specimen 

 from " country south of Mashonaland." 



Habits, ktc. 



It will be seen later on that, according to the concluding 

 paragraph of Captain Crawshay's " Note on the ' Tse-Tse ' Flies 

 of the British Central Africa Protectorate" (see Chapter VII. 

 Appendix B, p. 289), the specimens of this species taken at 

 Kaporo did not bite ; but this was doubtless due to the fact 

 that they were captured at sunset, and not during the heat f)f 

 the day.' 



In a letter dated 16.4.1898, forwarding the four specimens 

 of Glossina pallidijoes, and the single example of GL fusra 

 already referred to, as well as a single specimen of Gl. longi- 

 pennis, Corti, as mentioned below, the late Capt. A. J. Haslam, 

 at that time Transport Officer to the Uganda Railway, wi'ote 

 as follows about what he termed the "larger" Tsetse, a designa- 

 tion that under the circumstances must be taken to include 

 both Gl. fuHca and Gl. longipennis. — " The larger one ... is 

 tlie one found abundantly at Kiboko River (a very deadly fly 

 district), and on the Sabaki River near its junction with the 

 Tsavo River. This large kind is larger than the South African 

 Tsetse. Its flight is typical, and like the other kinds it 

 flies low— going for the bare legs of porters and the legs of 

 animals. ... I am not ytit in a position to state whether the 

 wings of the larger kind actually cross, as do those of the 



* See below under "Habits, etc." 



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