﻿GO 
  LL. 
  LLOYD 
  — 
  FURTHER 
  NOTES 
  ON 
  THE 
  BIONOMICS 
  OF 
  GLOSSINA 
  MORSITANS 
  

  

  Summary 
  and 
  Conclusions. 
  

  

  1. 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  is 
  willing 
  to 
  feed 
  on 
  small 
  mammals, 
  birds 
  and 
  reptiles 
  ; 
  its 
  

  

  ability 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  depends 
  on 
  their 
  agility. 
  As 
  it 
  haunts 
  the 
  sleeping 
  places 
  

   of 
  many 
  of 
  these 
  it 
  probably 
  feeds 
  on 
  them 
  to 
  some 
  extent 
  when 
  they 
  

   sleep. 
  

  

  2. 
  Reptilian 
  blood 
  is 
  not 
  suitable 
  to 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  as 
  a 
  continued 
  diet. 
  Mam- 
  

  

  malian 
  blood 
  has 
  a 
  slight 
  advantage 
  over 
  avian 
  as 
  a 
  diet, 
  and 
  this 
  is 
  shown 
  

   by 
  the 
  larger 
  average 
  size 
  of 
  the 
  pupae 
  produced 
  in 
  the 
  laboratory. 
  

  

  3. 
  Some 
  experiment 
  is 
  necessary 
  to 
  determine 
  finally 
  the 
  relation 
  of 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  

  

  to 
  the 
  larger 
  mammals. 
  This 
  could 
  be 
  carried 
  out 
  in 
  a 
  large 
  fly-proof 
  

   cage. 
  

  

  4. 
  The 
  one 
  feature 
  common 
  to 
  the 
  breeding 
  places 
  found 
  is 
  that 
  in 
  close 
  proximity 
  

  

  to 
  each 
  there 
  is 
  some 
  relatively 
  dark 
  place 
  where 
  the 
  mother 
  fly 
  can 
  hide 
  

   during 
  pregnancy. 
  

  

  5. 
  Pupae 
  are 
  deposited 
  in 
  much 
  larger 
  numbers 
  close 
  to 
  places 
  where 
  large 
  

  

  mammals 
  are 
  certain 
  to 
  pass 
  frequently 
  (e.g., 
  paths, 
  native 
  and 
  game, 
  

   fords, 
  drinking 
  places) 
  than 
  in 
  places 
  in 
  the 
  general 
  bush. 
  

  

  6. 
  On 
  the 
  high 
  plateau 
  of 
  Northern 
  Rhodesia 
  G. 
  morsitans 
  begins 
  to 
  breed 
  freely 
  

  

  about 
  the 
  second 
  month 
  of 
  the 
  dry 
  season 
  (July) 
  and 
  almost 
  or 
  entirely 
  

   ceases 
  to 
  do 
  so 
  in 
  the 
  rainy 
  season. 
  

  

  