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Ctenocephalas canis, Curtis. 

 Dermatophilus penetrans, L. 



Order SIPHONAPTERA. 

 Family Pulicidae. 



| Ctenocephalus felis, Bouche. 



Family Sarcopsyllidae. 



Amblyomma splendidum, G-iebel. 



„ tholloni, Neum. 



„ variegatum, F. 



Boophilus australis, Fuller. 

 Dermacentor circumguttatus, Neum. 



Order ACARI. 

 Family Ixodidae. 



Haemapliysalis leachi, Aud. 



„ parmata, Neum. 



Ixodes sp. 



Rhipicephalus sanguineus, Latr. 

 „ simus, Koch. 



V. Vocabulary of Native Names for Insects. 



The compilation of a vocabulary of native names for any group of animals is 

 beset with many difficulties, and in the case of insects this is still more 

 pronounced, inasmuch as these names are seldom or never given to the insects 

 after handling or examination, but nearly always during their flight or when 

 they have settled down and are biting or have already bitten. Consequently, 

 one often finds that a single name may be applied to very diverse species or even 

 genera of insects. 



On the other hand, native names often give a clue to the bionomics of certain 

 insects based on the observations of the natives. Consequently, I tried to obtain 

 as many names as possible from the various tribes with whom I came in contact 

 in Sierra Leone. By so doing the interest of the natives themselves was aroused, 

 and one was able to make a start at instruction as to the dangerous nature of 

 such insects, their methods of breeding, their habitats, and so on — a subject which 

 is well worthy of the attention of the travelling medical officer. 



It is not claimed for the following table that it is complete or correct in every 

 detail, and the author will be grateful for any additions or corrections. The 

 explanations given in the footnotes to the table are set down just as given to me 

 by my interpreter in his own quaint manner of speaking ; the identification of 

 the genera and the species was made from an examination of actual specimens of 

 these by the natives. 



Name of 

 Tribe. 



Mendi. 



TlMMANI. 



KONNOH. 



LlMBA. 



KORAXKO. 



Susu. 



Yallun- 



KA. 



FULA. 





r 



Mutumut 3 



) f 



Mumuti :l "i 



r 



Murumun- 



) 





Sandfly... 



Moie < 



Mapulut 4 . 



VMuri < 



Bono J 



Tumfia 1 



tungi. 

 Moriki ... 



V Tumfia... 



— 



Mosquito. 



Pundi ... 



Emis 5 ... 



Pundi ... 



Sumusi 5 ... 



Susp ... 



Sasi 



Sasina 5 ... 



Susuli. 



Tsetse ... 



Follelii ... 



Kapup ... 



Yoli ... 



Folloi? ... 



Joli 



Hcri 



Chairena.. 



Luli. 



Large 



Kalloi* ... 



Obuk ... 



Site 6 ... 



Nakaba- 



Sigitega... 



Siki 



Sigitegina 3 



Kuru- 



Tabanid. 









riki. 8 









babi. 



Small 



Kalloi ... 



Fott 



Ywalli... 



Mapetu ... 



Sigitega... 



Siki 



Sigitegina 



— 



Tabanid. 



















Flea ... 



Bavi 



Jigger . . 



Rusum ... 

 Atur 



1 Ban ... 

 Jigger ... 



Merentem 



Mure 



Kari 



Merentem 



— 



Jigger ... 



Jigger ... 



Jigger ... 



Tumbe ... 



Kuli 



Jigger ... 



Jigger. 



Tick ... 



Nyari . . . 



Amof ... 



Doe ... 



Dani 



Doe 



Doi 



Duena ... 



Koti. 



Bed bug.. 



Bingbe- 

 yawi. 



Trolong . . . 



Pamba- 

 tala. 



Bubuduni 



Samba- 



kori. 



Kuguri ... 







(') = " Black fly" ; (2) = "Cut like a knife" ; ( :i ) = Ceratopogon ; (<) = Simulium ; (• 

 sleep " ; ( 6 ) = Tabanus pluto ; ( 7 ) = " Softly-softly biter " ; («) = " Quick Biter " ; ( 9 ) = " Folic? 

 (Sigi = bush-cow). 



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) = " No let 

 ow bush-cow " 



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