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THE DIPTERA 



head, body, and wing. The thorax is marked dorsally by longi- 

 tudinal dark stripes, while the abdomen has also blackish markings, 

 and the wings are of a brownish tinge. The female is distinguished 

 from the male by the eyes being separated by a broad frontal stripe; 

 in the black colour of the third and fourth abdominal (except the 

 margin) segments; and in the blackish quadrangular median patch 

 on the second abdominal segment. In the male the eyes join. 



Cordylobia rodhaini Gedoelst, 1905. 

 Synonym. — Lund's larva. 



Under this term a larva is described as occurring in the Congo 

 Free State which possesses habits similar to those of Cordylobia 

 anthropophaga. 



The larva of this species also occurs at times under the skin of 

 man in the Belgian Congo. 



Auehmeromyia Schiner and Brauer Bergenstamm, 18 19. 

 Auchmeromyia luteola Fabricius, 1805. 



Synonym —Mwsca luteola Fabricius, 1805, Ver de Case. 



The larva of this fly is called the ' Congo floor -maggot/ It was 

 found by Button, Todd, and Christy, living in the floor of native 

 huts to the depth of 3 inches. At night these larv3e came out, and 

 sucked the blood of persons sleeping on the ground, or on beds but 

 little raised therefrom, but not on high beds. 



Fig. 441. — Auchmeromyia luteola Fabricius: Female. (X3-) 



The native names for the larvae are, ' Mabinzu/ ' Nchichi,' 

 ' Ntunga,' ' Mvidi/ and ' Kiso.' 



Morphology. — The fly is widely distributed in tropical and sub- 

 tropical Africa. It is 10 to 12 millimetres in length, tawny in 

 colour, with small black hairs giving it a smoky appearance. The 

 head is large, as broad as the thorax. The eyes are separated by a 



