FAMILY CHIRONOMIDiC 
Ccratopogoti sp. ? 
This fly was only twice observed, once at Binza (I 3 cc). near 
Leopoldville, and again near I umba. In these localities it was the 
most common bloodsucker observed. Although it is almost invisible 
its bite raises a large weal which itches for hours 
Chironotniis sp. t 
The specimens which we obtained <»f this insect were bred tr m 
larvae, at first sight resembling mosquito larvae, caught in a swamp 
at Boma. This insect was also seen at Leopoldville 
FAMILY PSYCHODIDiS* 
Phlebotomus n. sp. ( 
d lie only specimens which we now possess are not sufficiently well 
preserved for descriptive purposes. 
Localities: Leopoldville (March) ; Wanie Numbu. 
t ircumstances of capture: Specimens were taken in the daytime 
in the bush and in rest houses for Europeans. 
Oi ivi U nu/h 
Sirnulium damnosum , Theobald 
Matadi ; Lutete; Leopoldville (Nov.) ; nen 
Local ilies 
Miambwe. 
catvhtb ‘othnT 6 * °a ca * ture: Specimens of this species w« 
near, and at some distance from, water. They bite free! 
Simuliunt sp. ? 
Bat^r Le ° poldville (No*- > 903 . to Feb.. 1904); M'SwaU 
and far from, water flles wcre cau B ht both nei 
often found in houses. hif'T 5 ,° CCUr “ S " arms 30,1 3 
attacks, and when crusbf»rt ' C ree y ’ are persistent in thf 
crushed emit a peculiar - bed-bug like " odour. 
