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Lake Ruisamba; both localities in Uganda). S. A. 
Neave, 1912, Loc. cit., Ill, pp. 311 and 322. Kinghorn, 
Yorke and Lloyd, 1913, Ann. Trop. Med. Paras., VII, 
p. 297. 
Hippobosca hirsuta var. neavei Austen, 1911, Bull. Ent. 
Res., II, p. 171, fig. lb ( $ $ ; off waterbuck, Kobus 
defassa Ruppell; junction of the Mpamadzi and 
Luangwa Rivers, Upper Luangwa River, and Mid 
Luangwa River; all in Northeastern Rhodesia). S. A. 
Neave, 1912, Loc. cit., Ill, pp. 311, 314 and 315. 
Specimens Examined. — Belgian Congo : Rutshuru Plains, 
off waterbuck, Kobus defassa Ruppell, March 24, 1927 (H. 
Coolidge and C. Whitman) ; Western shore of Lake Ed- 
ward, off the same host (H. Leboutte) ; Aka, Uele District, 
off the same host (J. Rodhain). 
Distribution. — This species is known from Uganda and 
the adjoining northeastern regions of the Belgian Congo. 
The var. neavei occurs in Northeastern Rhodesia and 
Nyasaland. 
Hosts. — H. hirsuta seems to be a specific parasite of 
waterbucks and allied antelopes. The host list includes, 
at present, Kobus defassa Ruppell, Kobus ellipsiprymnus 
Ogilby and Adenota vardoni (Livingstone). 
Austen’s var. neavei differs from the typical form only 
in the shape of the median, straw-yellow spot of the scutel- 
lum, which is small and more or less triangular, with apex 
of triangle resting on hind margin ; instead of being large, 
rounded in front and flattened behind. In the few speci- 
mens which I have seen, the spot of the scutellum is of 
the typical form. 
Affinities. — These have been discussed under H. macu- 
lata. 
7. Hippobosca struthionis 0. E. Janson 
Hippobosca struthionis 0. E. Janson, in E. Ormerod, 1889, 
“Notes and Descriptions of a few Injurious Farm and 
Fruit Insects of South Africa,” p. 56, fig. 23 (no sex 
