Mosquitoes of New Guinea — PENN 
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Paddle: Small, less than seta A- VIII in length, 
tapering to a blunt apex which is very finely ser- 
rate; without terminal or accessory setae; midrib 
weak, dividing the paddle unequally, the lat- 
eral face being about twice the width of the 
medial face. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of eleven males and eight females from Hilimoi, 
Milne Bay, Papua, and Draeger Harbor, North- 
east New Guinea. 
Subgenus Tripteroides Giles 
Diagnosis. — Seta b as long as, or longer 
than, the following tergite on segments II 
through VII. Paddles with blunt, almost squared 
apices. 
Key to Species of Tripteroides ( Tripteroides ) 
Seta C on segments II, III, V, and VII simple; 
seta 1 on segments II through VI simple 
(Fig. 13) - T. bimaculipes 
Seta C on segments II, III, V, and VII three- 
or four-branched; seta 1 on segments II 
through VI two- or three-branched (Fig. 
14) ' T. brevipalpis 
Tripteroides (Tripteroides) bimaculipes 
(Theobald) 1905 
Fig. 13 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 very long, 
twice length of trumpet, two-branched, slightly 
plumose; 2 long, two-branched; 3 long, two- 
branched. 
Anterothoracic: 4 medium, two-branched; 5 me- 
dium, two-branched; 6 small, simple; 7 medium, 
two-branched. 
Dorsal: 8 long, two-thirds length of trumpet, 
two-branched. 
Supra-alar: 9 medium, simple or two-forked. 
Metanotum: 10 small, two-forked; 11 long, 
stout, simple; 12 long, stout, plumose, simple or 
occasionally two- or three-forked near apex. 
Trumpet: Short, length about four times its 
greatest diameter; pinna about one-fourth of 
total length; tracheoid area represented by only 
two or three rings at base; darkest pigment 
near center, both ends lighter. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: h small, simple; K 
long, stout, simple; L small, two-branched, rarely 
simple or three-forked; M small, usually two- 
branched, range from simple to four-branched; 
S and T long, simple, subequal to each other; 
U small, simple. 
Segment II: A small, simple; B long, stout, sim- 
ple; C small, two-branched, occasionally simple 
or three-branched; C f small, simple; 1 small, 
simple; 2 long, stout, simple, subequal to B in 
length; 3 small, two-branched or rarely three- 
branched; 4 small, two-branched, occasionally 
simple or three-branched; 5 minute, simple on 
this and all following segments. 
Fig. 13. Tripteroides bimaculipes: dorsal aspect of 
right half of abdomen of female from Amsterdam 
Island, Dutch New Guinea. 
