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animals, far beyond their normal range. S. rodhaini has also been reported from 
northern Angola (San Salvador). 
TACHINIDAE 
SUBFAMILY OESTRINAE 
Rhinoestrus hippopotami Griinberg 
Rhinoestrus hippopotami Griinberg, 1904, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 37, PL, figs. 
1—2 (larva from Hippopotamus amphibius; Ngaundere, Cameroon). Surcouf and Gedoelst, 
1909, Bull. Soe. Path. Exot., Paris, II, p. 615, Pl. VII, figs. 1-2 ( 9 @, and larva). Rodhain and 
Bequaert, 1916, Bull. Scientif. France et Belgique, L, 1-2, p. 127, figs. 17-18 ( 9 7, larva 
and pupa). 
BrELGian Coneo. — Ruchuru River, larvae from the nasal cavities of Hippo- 
potamus amphibius Linnaeus, March 16, 1927 (R. P. Strong). Nyangwe, 
numerous larvae from hippopotamus (J. Ghesquiére. — Congo Museum). 
This nasal bot is a specific parasite of hippopotamus and is probably found 
throughout tropical Africa. At present, however, it is known only from Camer- 
oon, the Belgian Congo, and the Upper Nile. 
MUSCIDAE 
SUBFAMILY COBBOLDIINAE 
Cobboldia loxodontis Brauer 
Cobboldia elephantis africani seu loxodontis Brauer, 1897, Denkschr. Ak. Wiss. Wien, Math.- 
Naturw. Cl., LXIV, p. 267 (larva from the stomach of African elephants of unknown locality).1 
Cobboldia loxodontis Roubaud, 1914, ‘Et. Faune Parasit. Afrique Occid. Franc.,’ I, p. 206, figs. 60-61 
(larva). Rodhain and Bequaert, 1915, Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, VIII, p. 769 ( @ @, larva); 
1919, Bull. Biol. France et Belgique, LII, 4, p. 412, figs. 4-7 ( 9 @, larva and puparium). 
Gedoelst, 1919, Bull. Ent. Res., IX, 4, p. 337 (larva). J. Bequaert, 1920, Bull. Soc. Ent. 
France, p. 68. Gedoelst, 1923, Ann. Paras. Hum. Comp., I, p. 354, figs. 1-3 (larvae in the 
three stages). Bedford, 1927, 11th and 12th Repts. Dir. Vet. Res. South Africa, I, p. 491. 
Cobboldia parumspinosa Gedoelst, 1916, Rev. Zool. Afric., IV, 2, p. 158 (based upon two larvae 
obtained by J. Kirk from an elephant in the basin of the Zambesi River). 
LIBERIA. — Paiata, one larva, October 10, 1926. 
NORTHERN NiGcErRtaA. — Larvae probably from the region of Zungeru (W. B. 
Johnson. — London Sch. Trop. Med.). 
BrLcian Conao. — Mongende, larvae, April 18, 1921 (H. Schouteden). 
Basongo, larvae (H. Schouteden). Mankakati near Bolobo, larvae (H. Schoute- 
den.— Congo Mus.). Karabumba near Beni, larvae, May 5, 1927 (R. P. Strong). 
Semliki Valley near old Beni, larvae, May 18, 1927 (R. P. Strong). Ingerosa 
near Irumu, larvae, May 24, 1927 (R. P. Strong). 
TANGANYIKA TERRITORY. — There are, at the British Museum, a number 
of larvae obtained in that region. 
Carré Provrncr. — Addo Bush, two larvae sent to me some years ago by the 
late Dr. Péringuey. Kenkelbosch, larvae, August 9, 1919 (L. Hill— Imp. 
Bur. Ent.). 
All the foregoing larvae were obtained from the stomach of the African ele- 
1 Since Brauer’s larvae were collected by O. Neumann, they came most probably from Tanganyika 
Territory. 
