x.s 
of the median transverse suture grey-blue, with two short, wdl 
defined submedian black lines in front, these gradually merge 
into large and somewhat ill-defined black areas, leaving the blue-grey 
ground visible only at the sides and between the black longitudinal 
bands; thorax behind the suture as in the ; scutellum black, paler 
in the centre, shining; pleurae and legs as in the g. Abdomen 
similar to that in the male but without the grey , dust-/ ike margins. 
Length, exclusive of proboscis, 6 mm. ; length of wing 6*50 mm. 
Easily distinguished by the beautiful pale blue 0< th< 
Of the thorax, with, in the ,, the distinct black ^-shaped pattern. 
The relatively narrow space between the eyes in both sexes is 
also noteworthy, these characters being much more pronounces! than 
in the species of the ca/citrans type. 
Localities : — Ukungwa; Send we. 
° f Cat ‘ Ure: ~ ' Th,S R y was **" only near water 
Which ,hev CaUg V n j Can0eS ' ° thers ° n a buffal ° shot in a marsh, on 
S half co / eedlng ' Wh6n th£ buffalu " as fi-. seen it was 
w e n m Water ' n ° d °”bt ‘0 avoid the S,o m oxys. which 
were present ,n almost incredible numbers. 
CUTANEOUS MYIASIS 
? Ockrornyia anthropophaga (E. Blanch.), in man. 
specimens of a laLT^^b ^ Grenade of Leopoldville for three 
taken from a coloured ° ° Se ^ res embhng that of an oestrid 
of them occurred ln the h ° Spital al Leopoldville Two 
These larvae aPTee' ,, ° ther in the neck - 
anthropophaga, E. Blanch ^ I ^ cIescn ption given of Ochromyia 
°r a closely related one. ^ 1 1C> P ossl t>ly belong to this species 
The fo„o • * ‘ ^ F 'y «» * ** 
- t * - — taben fn 
eventually l ea d to the idem fi ^ S ° ng °’ Feb ™ aI y '6th, ,90. 
been unable to fix it . “‘““‘“‘“a of the insect; so far w 
Description _Le 
rather suddenly taperfng ” Znt but slightly flat. 
front, rounded behind but no, ,n 
