OFJGIN OF WOllD " TSE-TSE." 309 



APPENDIX P. 



" A Note on the Origin of the word 'Tse-Tse.' " By Captain 

 Richard Crawshay.* 



" The word ' Tse-Tse ' at once indicates Bantu origin. It is 

 a good example of the remarkable onomatopoeia abounding in 

 Bantu languages, especially in the names of mammals, birds, 

 reptiles and insects. Ifc also illustrates that affinity in root 

 characteristic of this group of languages, traceable even in the 

 case of tribes separated from one another by vast distances. 



" According to Messrs. Mabille and Jacottet, ' Tse-Tse ' is 

 the name by which the Basuto know the insect, but whether it 

 originated with them or has been introduced from another tribe 

 I do not know. 



" This word is not to be confounded with ' Ntsintsi,' the Sesuto 

 name for the common fly, which in Central Africa with the 

 Anyanja is ' Nchenchi,' with the Ahenga ' Lumembi,' and with 

 the Awemba of the head waters of the Congo River ' Runzi.' 

 In Equatorial Africa the Waswahili of the coast know the 

 common fly as ' Inzi,' while the Akikuyu of the forest highlands 

 call it ' Ngi. ' " 



Richard Crawshay. 

 Leighton Buzzard, 

 March 3rd, 1903. 



* Received too late for inclusion in the body of the work : the reader 

 should compare the note on pp. 1-2. — E. E. A. 



APPENDIX G. 



The Species op Tsetse found at Entebbe, Lake Victoria, 

 Uganda (see page 297). 



A series of specimens forwarded by Lt-Col. Bruce which I 

 have just had the opportunity of examining, prove that this 

 species is none other than the West African Glossina palpahs, 

 Rob.-Desv. This unexpected discovery becomes less surprising 

 than it might otherwise appear when we consider the extremely 

 wide range of certain other species of Tsetse-flies : e.g., Glossina 

 fusca, Walk., occurs in East as well as in West Africa, while the 

 South African Glossina morsitans is also found in Togoland, on 

 the Slave Coast (see page 85). 



E. E. A. 

 Maij 15th, 1903. 



