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  JAS. 
  J. 
  SIMPSON 
  — 
  ENTOMOLOGICAL 
  

  

  South 
  of 
  Wa, 
  the 
  country 
  is 
  more 
  thickly 
  clothed 
  with 
  bush. 
  Near 
  Tanina, 
  

   G. 
  tachinoides, 
  T. 
  taeniola 
  and 
  T. 
  gratus 
  were 
  caught 
  at 
  a 
  pool 
  on 
  the 
  road. 
  Between 
  

   Tanina 
  and 
  Kulmasa, 
  the 
  vegetation 
  becomes 
  still 
  more 
  dense, 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  

   two 
  species 
  were 
  obtained 
  : 
  — 
  T. 
  taeniola 
  and 
  T. 
  biguttatus 
  var. 
  croceus. 
  Cattle 
  en- 
  

   route 
  for 
  Kintampo 
  and 
  Coomassie 
  are 
  everywhere 
  to 
  be 
  seen 
  on 
  this 
  road. 
  

  

  Between 
  Kulmasa 
  and 
  Tuma, 
  both 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  and 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  were 
  caught, 
  

   and, 
  in 
  addition 
  to 
  these, 
  Tabanus 
  taeniola 
  and 
  T. 
  gratus. 
  Near 
  Sawla, 
  Glossina 
  

   morsitans 
  was 
  plentiful, 
  along 
  with 
  T. 
  biguttatus 
  var. 
  croceus. 
  In 
  the 
  rest-house 
  at 
  this 
  

   town 
  I 
  also 
  caught 
  Anopheles 
  costalis 
  and 
  Stegomyia 
  fasciata. 
  Game 
  is 
  not 
  uncom- 
  

   mon 
  in 
  this 
  region, 
  and 
  from 
  one 
  duiker 
  shot 
  there 
  I 
  obtained 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  

   E 
  chesty 
  pus. 
  Hartebeeste, 
  cob, 
  roan 
  antelope 
  and 
  wart-hog 
  are 
  also 
  found 
  in 
  this 
  

   vicinity. 
  At 
  Mankuma 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  was 
  caught, 
  and 
  here 
  also 
  game 
  is 
  fairly 
  plentiful. 
  

   Rhipicephalus 
  simus 
  was 
  found 
  on 
  a 
  reedbuck 
  shot 
  near 
  this 
  town. 
  

  

  Bole 
  is 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  a 
  District 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  a 
  Medical 
  Officer. 
  A 
  

   very 
  able 
  and 
  instructive 
  paper 
  on 
  the 
  mosquitos 
  of 
  Bole, 
  their 
  breeding 
  habitats 
  

   and 
  habits 
  by 
  Dr. 
  A. 
  Ingram 
  has 
  appeared 
  in 
  this 
  Bulletin,* 
  and 
  I 
  recommend 
  it 
  for 
  

   perusal 
  to 
  anyone 
  interested 
  in 
  this 
  subject. 
  The 
  following 
  is 
  a 
  list 
  of 
  the 
  species 
  

   found 
  in 
  and 
  around 
  the 
  station: 
  — 
  Anopheles 
  mauritianus, 
  A. 
  squamosus, 
  

   A. 
  rufipes, 
  A. 
  watsoni, 
  A. 
  funestus, 
  A. 
  costalis, 
  Stegomyia 
  fasciata, 
  S. 
  sugens, 
  

   Ochlerotatus 
  nigeriensis, 
  Aedomyia 
  castasticta, 
  Mansonioides 
  uniformis, 
  Culex 
  quasi- 
  

   gelidus, 
  C. 
  ager 
  var. 
  ethiopicus, 
  C. 
  duttoni, 
  C. 
  annulioris, 
  C. 
  univittatus, 
  G. 
  invidiosus, 
  

   Mimomyia 
  hispida, 
  M. 
  plumosa, 
  M. 
  splendens, 
  Ingramia 
  malfeyti, 
  and 
  Uranotaenia 
  

   balfouri. 
  A 
  sand-fly, 
  Ceratopogon 
  incomptifeminibus, 
  also 
  occurs 
  there. 
  

  

  It 
  is 
  interesting 
  to 
  note 
  that 
  recently 
  two 
  cases 
  of 
  yellow 
  fever 
  in 
  Europeans 
  have 
  

   occurred 
  at 
  Bole. 
  

  

  From 
  Bole 
  I 
  visited 
  a 
  village 
  called 
  Wandara 
  not 
  far 
  from 
  the 
  Volta. 
  Game 
  is 
  

   abundant 
  in 
  this 
  locality 
  and 
  the 
  following 
  blood-sucking 
  insects 
  were 
  caught 
  : 
  — 
  - 
  

   Glossina 
  tachinoides, 
  G. 
  morsitans, 
  and 
  Tabanus 
  pertinens. 
  Amblyomma 
  variegatum 
  

   was 
  found 
  on 
  the 
  grass, 
  and 
  several 
  specimens 
  of 
  Haemaphysalis 
  aciculifer 
  were 
  

   obtained 
  from 
  a 
  reedbuck. 
  This 
  species 
  was 
  recently 
  described 
  by 
  Warburton 
  

   from 
  Cobus 
  thomasi, 
  shot 
  in 
  Uganda. 
  A 
  large 
  herd 
  of 
  cattle 
  was 
  kept 
  at 
  Wandara 
  

   and 
  they 
  all 
  seemed 
  to 
  be 
  in 
  a 
  perfect 
  condition. 
  

  

  A 
  road 
  runs 
  from 
  Bole 
  to 
  Tamale, 
  via 
  Larabanga, 
  Busunu 
  and 
  Daboya, 
  and 
  game 
  

   is 
  said 
  to 
  occur 
  all 
  over 
  this 
  region. 
  A 
  few 
  records 
  of 
  Glossina 
  from 
  this 
  part 
  have 
  

   been 
  included 
  on 
  the 
  map. 
  

  

  The 
  country 
  from 
  Bole 
  to 
  Kintampo 
  is 
  covered 
  for 
  the 
  most 
  part 
  with 
  dense 
  

   medium-sized 
  trees, 
  and 
  game 
  is 
  said 
  to 
  occur 
  throughout 
  it. 
  At 
  Suripe 
  G. 
  morsitans, 
  

   Tabanus 
  taeniola 
  and 
  T. 
  biguttatus 
  var. 
  croceus 
  were 
  caught; 
  while 
  at 
  Sakpa 
  

   G. 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  and 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  occur. 
  Between 
  Sakpa 
  and 
  Malawe 
  

   G. 
  tachinoides 
  and 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  were 
  very 
  troublesome 
  all 
  along 
  the 
  road 
  ; 
  in 
  fact, 
  I 
  

   had 
  not 
  seen 
  so 
  many 
  at 
  one 
  time 
  since 
  my 
  visit 
  to 
  the 
  Zantana 
  belt. 
  They 
  were 
  

   frequent 
  visitors 
  to 
  the 
  rest-house, 
  and 
  Haematopota 
  bullatifrons 
  was 
  also 
  caught 
  

   there. 
  

  

  Between 
  Malawe 
  and 
  Wasipe 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  and 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  were 
  also 
  plentiful, 
  

   but 
  no 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  were 
  caught 
  between 
  Wasipe 
  and 
  Banda 
  N'Kwanta. 
  At 
  the 
  

  

  ♦Bull. 
  Ent. 
  Ees. 
  iii, 
  pp. 
  73-78 
  (1913). 
  

  

  