DR. J. KIBK. Olf THE TSETSE FLY OF TEOPIOA.L AFEICA. 149 



SosPiTA Savitri (Abisara Savitri), Felder, Wien. Ent. Monats. Band iv. 

 p. 397. 



Sospita Susa, Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. ii. pi. 46. fig. 2. Sumatra ; 

 Singapore. 



Gen. Taxila, Doubleday. 



Taxila Dbupadi. 



Emesis Drupadi, Horsfield, Cat. Lep. E. I. C. Museum, pi. 2. figs. 3, 

 3a. Malacca; Sumatra; Singapore. 



Taxila Orphna, d", Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. ii. pi. 45. fig. 7. 



Emesis Orphna, Boisduval, Sp. Gen. Lep. pi. 21. fig. 4. 



Female. Above rufous- brown; anterior wing with the outer half 

 carmine, crossed near the apex by a large orange spot. Below, as in 

 the male. Sumatra ; Singapore ; Sarawak. 



Var. Female. With a larger portion of the anterior wing carmine, 

 the orange near the apex, the nervures and outer margin of the pos- 

 terior wing carmine. Singapore. 



Taxila Telesia,^", Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. ii. pi. 45. figs. 1, 2. Su- 

 matra; Sarawak. 



Female. Above, anterior wing carmine, marked by rays of dark 

 brown : the base pale brown, crossed near the apex by a band of 

 orange-yellow. Posterior wing rufous brown. Below, as in the male. 

 Sumatra ; Sarawak. 



Taxila Teneta, Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. ii. pi. 45. figs. 3, 4. Sarawak. 



Taxila pulchra, Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. iii., Taxila, ii. figs. 8-10. 



Argynnis pulchra, Guerin, Voy. Coquil. pi. 16. figs. 2, 3. Waigiou. 



Taxila decorata, Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. iii., Taxila, ii. figs. 11-13. 

 Aru; Dorey; Mj^sol. 



Var. Male. Darker; the band of the anterior wing narrower, 

 clouded. Dorey. 



Taxila Thuisto, Hewitson, Ex. But. vol. iii. pi. 45. figs. 5, 6. Sumatra; 

 Singapore. 



On the " Tsetse " Ely of Tropical Africa {Glossina morsitans, 

 Westwood). By John Kibk, M.D., P.L.S. 



[Eead Dec. 15, 1864.] 



Hating travelled in regions infested by the fly whose bite is re- 

 puted so deadly to cattle, I venture to bring before you a brief 

 resume of what is known regarding it, adding such observations 

 as my own experience has suggested. I do so the more readily 



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