﻿RESEARCH 
  ON 
  THE 
  GOLD 
  COAST. 
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  latter 
  place 
  G. 
  morsitans, 
  Tabanus 
  taeniola 
  and 
  T. 
  ruficrus 
  were 
  found. 
  From 
  a 
  

   duiker 
  (red-flanked) 
  a 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  Echestypus 
  was 
  taken. 
  At 
  Bandewa 
  where 
  the 
  

   country 
  is 
  moderately 
  open, 
  but 
  with 
  a 
  fair 
  amount 
  of 
  low 
  bush, 
  the 
  following 
  species 
  

   of 
  blood-sucking 
  insects 
  were 
  caught 
  : 
  — 
  Glossina 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  tachinoides, 
  G. 
  morsitans, 
  

   Tabanus 
  gratus, 
  T. 
  taeniola, 
  T. 
  par, 
  T. 
  ditaeniatus, 
  two 
  new 
  species 
  of 
  this 
  genus, 
  

   and 
  Culiciomyia 
  nebulosa; 
  Echestypus 
  sp., 
  and 
  Rhipicephalus 
  simus 
  were 
  obtained 
  

   from 
  an 
  oribi 
  shot 
  at 
  Bandewa. 
  

  

  At 
  Buere 
  the 
  River 
  Volta 
  is 
  again 
  crossed 
  ; 
  this 
  is 
  the 
  boundary 
  between 
  the 
  

   Northern 
  Territories 
  and 
  Ashanti, 
  and 
  also 
  the 
  southern 
  limit 
  in 
  this 
  region 
  of 
  

   G. 
  morsitans 
  and 
  G. 
  tachinoides, 
  with 
  the 
  exception 
  of 
  Kintampo. 
  At 
  and 
  near 
  the 
  

   Volta 
  River 
  at 
  Buere 
  the 
  following 
  blood-sucking 
  insects 
  were 
  caught 
  : 
  — 
  G. 
  tachin- 
  

   oides, 
  G. 
  morsitans, 
  G. 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  longipalpis, 
  Tabanus 
  taeniola, 
  T. 
  sp. 
  near 
  con- 
  

   goiensis, 
  and 
  Haematopota 
  sp. 
  near 
  noxialis. 
  At 
  Bwe 
  Camp, 
  some 
  distance 
  up 
  the 
  

   River 
  Volta, 
  G. 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  tachinoides, 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  and 
  the 
  rare 
  G. 
  medicorum 
  

   were 
  caught. 
  Between 
  Buere 
  and 
  Kintampo 
  G. 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  tachinoides, 
  G. 
  longipalpis, 
  

   G. 
  morsitans, 
  Tabanus 
  par 
  and 
  T. 
  taeniola 
  were 
  caught. 
  It 
  is 
  highly 
  probable, 
  

   however, 
  that 
  the 
  G. 
  tachinoides 
  and 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  were 
  sporadic 
  examples 
  which 
  

   followed 
  the 
  natives 
  and 
  cattle 
  across 
  the 
  river. 
  

  

  Kintampo 
  is 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  a 
  Provincial 
  Commissioner 
  and 
  a 
  Medical 
  Officer. 
  

   One 
  company 
  of 
  the 
  West 
  African 
  Frontier 
  Force 
  is 
  also 
  stationed 
  there. 
  At 
  this 
  

   town 
  five 
  species 
  of 
  Glossina 
  have 
  been 
  captured, 
  viz. 
  : 
  G. 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  tachinoides, 
  

   G. 
  pallicera, 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  and 
  G. 
  longipalpis. 
  Recent 
  extensive 
  clearing 
  along 
  the 
  

   river 
  banks 
  has 
  caused 
  an 
  enormous 
  reduction 
  in 
  the 
  numbers 
  of 
  these 
  insects, 
  and 
  

   Dr. 
  Ingram, 
  the 
  Medical 
  Officer 
  stationed 
  there 
  during 
  my 
  visit, 
  was 
  strongly 
  

   advocating 
  further 
  clearing. 
  In 
  this 
  work 
  he 
  was 
  warmly 
  supported 
  by 
  Capt. 
  

   Breckenridge, 
  the 
  Provincial 
  Commissioner. 
  The 
  water 
  supply 
  at 
  Kintampo 
  is 
  

   derived 
  from 
  a 
  number 
  of 
  springs 
  which 
  have 
  been 
  well 
  cleared. 
  Recently 
  a 
  new 
  

   native 
  town 
  has 
  been 
  built 
  under 
  the 
  supervision 
  of 
  Mr. 
  Ross, 
  the 
  Commissioner, 
  

   and 
  Dr. 
  Ingram 
  ; 
  it 
  is 
  a 
  model 
  of 
  what 
  can 
  be 
  done 
  in 
  the 
  erection 
  of 
  sanitary 
  native 
  

   towns. 
  

  

  Other 
  blood-sucking 
  flies 
  which 
  have 
  from 
  time 
  to 
  time 
  been 
  caught 
  at 
  Kintampo 
  

   include 
  Anopheles 
  costalis, 
  A. 
  rhodesiensis, 
  Stegomyia 
  fasciata, 
  Stomoxys 
  calcitrans, 
  

   Hippocentrum 
  versicolor, 
  Haematopota 
  gracilis, 
  Tabanus 
  subangustus, 
  and 
  T. 
  taeniola 
  

  

  (8.) 
  Kintampo 
  to 
  Coomassie 
  (via 
  Sunyani). 
  

  

  This 
  road 
  passes 
  partly 
  through 
  savannah 
  forest 
  and 
  partly 
  through 
  monsoon 
  

   forest 
  (see 
  Map). 
  Between 
  Kintampo 
  and 
  Nyine 
  Glossina 
  longipalpis 
  was 
  the 
  only 
  

   blood-sucking 
  insect 
  seen, 
  but 
  towards 
  Wenchi, 
  in 
  adddition 
  to 
  this 
  species, 
  G. 
  fusca 
  

   and 
  G. 
  palpalis 
  were 
  caught. 
  

  

  Wenchi 
  is 
  a 
  recently 
  opened 
  station, 
  and 
  is 
  now 
  the 
  headquarters 
  of 
  a 
  District 
  

   Commissioner. 
  In 
  this 
  area 
  G. 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  pallicera, 
  G. 
  fusca 
  and 
  6r. 
  longipalpis 
  

   are 
  common, 
  while 
  Tabanus 
  kingsleyi 
  and 
  Hippocentrum 
  versicolor 
  were 
  also 
  caught. 
  

   Near 
  Chirah 
  about 
  14 
  miles 
  from 
  Wenchi 
  G. 
  palpalis, 
  G. 
  fusca, 
  Hippocentrum 
  

   versicolor, 
  Haematopota 
  gracilis 
  and 
  H. 
  tenuicrus 
  were 
  obtained. 
  

  

  Sunyani 
  is 
  a 
  Provincial 
  Commissioner's 
  station, 
  and, 
  through 
  the 
  untiring 
  efforts 
  

   of 
  Mr. 
  T. 
  E. 
  Fell 
  and 
  Dr. 
  W. 
  M. 
  Wade, 
  the 
  blood-sucking 
  insect 
  fauna 
  of 
  the 
  

   surrounding 
  district 
  is 
  fairly 
  well 
  known, 
  as 
  may 
  be 
  gathered 
  from 
  the 
  map. 
  The 
  

  

  