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The Genus Echestypus 
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1916, Natura, Riv. Sc. Nat., VII, p. 178. Falcoz, 1930, 
Encyclop. Entom., B, Diptera, V (1929), p. 52 ( $ &). 
Previous Records. — Belgian Congo : Kasongo, types, off 
Tragelaphus scriptus ; Newstead described the species from 
an “antelope”, but stated that “the same host also har- 
boured a number of ticks. ( q . v.)” These ticks, from 
Kasongo, are listed in his paper (p. 100) as Rhipicephalus 
nitens from Tragelaphus scriptus. — Uganda : Singo, off 
Tragelaphus scriptus (Bruce et al., 1911) . — Kenya Colony : 
Makindu, off Strepsiceros imberbis (Neave, 1911). — Tan- 
ganyika Territory: Mt. Kilimanjaro, types of E. parvipalpis, 
off “ Tragelaphus roualeyni ” ; this name is now used for the 
South African race of T. scriptus ; the type host of E. parvi- 
palpis was probably the East African race T. scriptus mas- 
saicus Neumann (Syn. : T. sylvaticus meruensis Lonnberg) 
(Speiser, 1907) . — Northern Rhodesia : Msoro’s, 50 miles W. 
of Ft. Jameson, off Tragelaphus scriptus (Neave, 1912) ; 
35 miles E. of Ft. Jameson, off Strepsiceros strepsiceros 
(Neave, 1912). — Southern Rhodesia: Gatooma, Hartley 
District, off Sylvicapra grimmia; Inyati, Matabeleland, off 
Sylvicapra grimmia (both Cuthbertson, 1937). — Nyasa- 
land: Near Kota-Kota, off Tragelaphus scriptus (Neave, 
1912) ; off bushbuck [ = Tragelaphus scriptus ] and warthog, 
without more definite locality (Mason, 1916) ; the warthog 
appears very questionable as a host. — Bechuanaland Pro- 
tectorate : Sekukuniland, off Tragelaphus scriptus sylvaticus 
(Bedford, 1927 and 1932). — Transvaal: Pietersburg Dis- 
trict, off Strepsiceros strepsiceros (Bedford, 1927 and 1932) . 
— Zululand : Ubombo Flats, off Tragelaphus angasii; Ntam- 
banana, off Tragelaphus scriptus sylvaticus (erroneously 
recorded in 1927 as off Redunca fulvorufula ) ; Emakosini, 
off Redunca arundinum ; Umfolosi, off Sylvicapra grimmia ; 
without more definite locality, off Strepsiceros strepsiceros 
(all from Bedford, 1927 and 1932). — Portuguese East 
Africa: Pongwe Valley ; tendos [?dembos] of Urema, Goron- 
goza Province; forest of Inhaconde, 350 m., Gorongoza 
Province (all without host, from Falcoz, 1930) ; C. W. How- 
ard’s (1912) record off an owl is open to question and prob- 
ably due to an error in labelling. 1 
1 Two specimens, collected in Portuguese East Africa by C. W. Howard, 
are at the U. S. National Museum, labelled “from Sylvicapra grimmia ” 
