nonos

His misery made me feel bad, and the damned _nonos_, too, and I cried -- I don't know how damn sentimental it was, but that was the way it affected me.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

The thin, sharp buzzing of the _nonos_ was incessant.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

They sat by cocoanut-husk fires, the acrid smoke of which daunted the _nonos_.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

He fell into a reverie, scratching his legs after the _nonos_ and letting his cigarette go out.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

"The _nonos_ never stop biting," she said in French.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

These _nonos_ are the dread sand-flies that Père Victorien had run from to get some sleep in Atuona.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

The _nonos_ that settled in a swarm on his swollen, poisoned hands were nothing to him in the rapture of that memory.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

"The _nonos_ (sand-flies) are so furious the last month," he said with a patient smile.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

The girl wore it as the Maid herself, and sat the horse without faltering, despite the _nonos_ and the heat.

White Shadows in the South Seas Frederick O'Brien 1900

Indians, inland, still continue the custom of pasing tabi sa nano, or asking permission of their dead ancestors, when they enter any wood, mountain, or corn field, for hunting or sowing; and if they omit this ceremony imagine their nonos will punish them with bad fortune.

The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants William Marsden 1795