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Glossina palpalis (Robineau-Desvoidy) 
Nemorhina palpalis Robineau-Desvoidy, 1830, Mém. Divers Savans Ac. Sci. Inst. France, Sci. 
Math. Phys., II, p. 390 (no sex given; Congo). 
Glossina palpalis Austen, 1903, ‘Monograph of the Tsetse-flies,’ p. 71, Pl. I (¢ %). Hegh, 1929, 
‘Les Tsé-tsés,’ I, pp. 247 and 363, Pls. I and II and fig. 221A ( 9 0, pupa). 
Glossina ventricosa Bigot, 1885, Ann. Soc. Ent. France, (6) V, pp. 122 and 123 (doubtfully given 
asa g and as from Australia). 
Glossina palpalis wellmani Austen, 1905 (April), Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist., (7) XV, p. 390 (9 3; 
Katumbela River, Portuguese West Africa). 
Glossina bocagei Franca, 1905 (May), Jl. Sci. Math. Phys. Nat. Ac. Lisboa, (2) VII, No. 27, p. 134 
(Quanza River, Portuguese West Africa). 
Glossina maculata Newstead, 1907, Ann. Trop. Med. Paras., I, p. 73, Pl. II, figs. 5-6 ( ¢; Tshum- 
biri, Belgian Congo). 
Glossina fuscipes Newstead, 1910, Ann. Trop. Med. Paras., IV, p. 375 (*; Nimule, Uganda). 
Glossina ziemanni Gritnberg, 1912, Sitzungsber. Ges. Naturf. Fr. Berlin, p. 246 (9 @; Mina, 
River Mbam, Cameroon). 
Glossina palpalis var. pallida Simpson, 1918, Bull. Ent. Res., VIII, p. 197 (no sex given; Yapi, in 
the Northern Territories of the Gold Coast). 
Lrperia. — Kolobanu, October 19, 1926. Lenga Town, biting man in the 
resthouse of the town, August 15, 1926. Moala, October 31, 1926. Banga, 
October 1926. Paiata, October 1926. Bakratown, October 1926. Memmeh 
Town, August 29, 1926. Reppo’s Town, September 1926. Du River, Camp 
No. 3, August 1926. Kaka Town, August 20, 1926. All the numerous speci- 
mens examined in Liberia showed the typical coloration of the species. 
In addition, G. palpalis occurs in most of the creeks near Monrovia, as 
well as in those of the lower Du (or Dukwa) River. According to Dr. Bouet, 
it 1s also found along the densely wooded sea-shore of Cape Mesurado. I have 
formerly called attention to its occurrence at the sea-shore on the cliffs of Lan- 
dana, Portuguese Congo (1915, Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, VIII, p. 463). 
BrLGian Conao. — It seems unnecessary to enumerate localities for this 
territory, where G. palpalis is unusually abundant along the Congo River. At 
Uvira, on the northern shore of Lake Tanganyika, I have taken specimens with 
the typical coloration of the species. 
During the Expedition’s stay at Lake Kivu and in the region of the Virunga 
Voleanoes, special attention was paid to the possible occurrence of tsetse-flies 
in that region, but no specimens of any species of Glossina were ever seen. I 
am quite positive that no tsetse-flies are to be found there above the altitude 
of 1,400 m., an opinion which is shared by my friend, Mr. René Van Saceghem, 
who has resided several years in the Kivu region, as well as by Dr. J. Rodhain.? 
It is unfortunate that Roubaud has given his authority to the supposed dis- 
covery by Cronier of G. palpalis in the Kivu Voleanoes at altitudes of 1,500 m. 
and 3,000 m. (1913, Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., Paris, VI, p. 349). The total ab- 
sence of tsetse-flies from these higher regions of the eastern Belgian Congo is, 
1 Bequaert, J. 1915. ‘Notes sur la dispersion des glossines au Congo belge.’ Bull. Soc. Path. Exot., 
Paris, VIII, pp. 463-466. 
Van Saceghem, R. 1924. ‘Note sur la dispersion des glossines au Kivu.’ Ann. Soc. Belge Méd. 
Crops, LV 25 pe ka. 
Rodhain, J. 1919. ‘La limite septentrionale de l’aire de dispersion de la Glossina morsitans entre le 
Lualaba et le lac Tanganyika.’ Rev. Zool. Afric., VII, 1, pp. 57-64. 
