206 PRECIS OF REPORTS CONCERNING TSETSE-FLY AND 



one specimen oE Glossina fusca was found at Masinjiri in 1906, the Govern- 

 ment Medical Officer, Resident, and residents have not been able to find 

 another specimen in any part o£ the district. If Glossina exists at all it 

 must be in small numbers. Buffalo sometimes feed close to domestic cattle 

 without detriment to the latter. 



3. West Shire. 



No tsetse-fly found during last five years. 



4. Blantyre. 



The fly-belt in this district is well defined and has been well known for 

 some years. It extends along the river from below Mpimbi to near the 

 mouth of the Likabula River. It is reported by cattle-owners that the belt 

 has extended during the past five years up the Lirangwe River and Matope 

 Road, towards Blantyre, but to what distance is not stated nor proof 

 afforded. 



Another new fly-area reported is south of Mpemba Hill, but it is not 

 known whether in this case the fly extends to the Shire River or not. Fly 

 found ten years ago round Sakata Hill, near the Tuchila River, have not 

 since been observed. 



5. Mlanje. 



Residents of from 5 to 20 years' standing have failed to observe tsetse in 

 this district. Dr. P. Wykesmith is the only observer who has encountered 

 G. morsitans, which he found a few years ago in the following localities : — 



(1) On the Sombani River within the sphere of Chief Mtemanyama ; 

 (2) near the Tuchila River at the crossing of the the Blantyre-Fort 

 Anderson Road ; (3) north-west of the Thornwood Estate at the back of 

 Mlanje Mountain. 



The Residents have not encountered tsetse during their travelling, although 

 Stomoxys was met with. There are no statistics to show whether the fly-area 

 has extended : such evidence as exists points to the contrary. 



6. Zomba. 



A fly-belt on the Shire between Matope and Mpimbi has been known to 

 exist for some years, which, apparently, has not spread far eastwards. North 

 of the Domasi, fly have also been known for many years. 



Extensive fly-belts are reported to exist from the Namadzi River on the 

 Mlanje Road as far as to the Likangala River and Mtonya Hill, 4 miles east 

 of Zomba ; also on Lufani Stream, a tributary of the Domasi River. No fly, 

 however, have been reported on the Zomba-Blantyre Road, which is 

 continually used for cattle transport. Cattle have had to be moved during 

 the past five years from the Likangala, Newington and Chikala districts, 

 where they formerly flourished, on account of the encroachment of tsetse. 



