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Segment VIII : A about equal to A- VII, with 
ten to twelve small side branches; a' medium, 
simple to three-forked. 
Paddle: Roundly oval in shape, about one-fourth 
longer than wide; margin without denticles but 
produced into a fringe of line hairs around the 
apex to a point mesad of the terminal seta; 
midrib strong, dividing the paddle unequally, 
the lateral face wider than the medial face; ter- 
minal seta medium, usually straight; accessory 
seta small, simple. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of live males and two females from Hilimoi, 
Milne Bay, Papua. 
Anopheles (Myzomyia) farauti Laveran 
1902 
Fig. 9 
The pupa has been rather completely de- 
scribed and figured by several authors. Buxton 
and Hopkins ( 1927 : 67 ) gave a brief descrip- 
tion and figures of the terminal abdominal seg- 
ments and paddles as A. punctulatus from the 
New Hebrides; Senevet (1930: 337) gave a 
complete detailed description and figures of 
the abdomen, paddles, and trumpet as A. punc- 
tulatus from the New Hebrides; Belkin, Knight, 
and Rozeboom (1945: 258) gave a complete 
description of specimens from the Solomon Is- 
lands; and Rozeboom and Knight (1946: 108) 
compared farauti with punctulatus and koliensis 
from the Solomon Islands and New Guinea in 
many details and gave a complete set of figures 
of the abdomen and cephalothorax. 
Diagnosis. — Similar to A. koliensis with 
which it differs from others of the punctulatus 
complex in having seta B-II with less than thir- 
teen branches and dorsal seta (8) of cephalo- 
thorax less than 105 microns long. It differs 
from koliensis in having seta A-IV less than 
one-half the length of A-V. 
Cephalothorax. — Post ocular: 1 small, 
three- to four-branched; 2 medium, four-forked; 
3 small, three forked. 
Anterothoracic: 4 small, four- to six-forked; 5 
small, three- to five-forked; 6 medium, two- 
forked; 7 medium, two-forked. 
Dorsal: 8 medium, simple or two-forked (less 
than 105 microns in length according to Belkin, 
et al.).. 
Supra-alar: 9 medium, two- to three-forked. 
Metanotum: 10 medium, simple or two-forked 
near apex; 11 medium, three- to five-forked 
near middle; 12 long, two- to four-forked near 
middle. 
Trumpet : Orange-brown, contrasting noticeably 
with the color of the cephalothorax, pigmented 
area extending basally from the apex at least 
to the base of the pinna. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: H medium, simple 
or rarely two-forked; K medium, five-forked 
near basal one-fourth, occasionally simple or 
four-forked; L small, three-forked near middle; 
M long, three-forked near middle, rarely four- 
forked; S very long, three-forked near basal one- 
fourth; T long, five- to six-forked near basal 
third; U small, two-forked near apex or 
simple. 
Segment II: A very small, stout peg; B long, 
simple; C long, three- to sixteen-forked, usually 
less than thirteen-forked; c' medium, three- to 
five-forked; 1 long, four-forked near basal third; 
2 very long, simple or occasionally two- or 
three-branched; 3 medium, four- or three- 
forked; 4 medium, five- to seven-forked; 5 
minute, simple on this and all following seg- 
ments. 
Segment III: A small, about twice length of 
A-II; b long, six-forked; C long, five- to eleven- 
branched; c' long, simple; 1 very long, simple 
or occasionally three-forked; 2 small, simple or 
rarely three-forked; 3 represented only by its 
socket; 4 medium, four- or five-forked. 
Segment IV: A about twice the length of A-III, 
averaging 29 microns in length according to 
Rozeboom and Knight; B long, six-forked; C 
long, usually six-forked, range from three- to 
eight-forked; c' small, five-forked; 1 long, sim- 
ple; 2 small, simple; 3 represented only by its 
socket; 4 medium, four- to five-forked. 
Segment V: A longer, more than twice the 
length of A-V; B medium, from four- to five- 
forked; C long, usually three-forked, range from 
