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small, simple; 1 medium, three-branched; 2 
small, simple; 4 medium, four- or five-forked 
near middle. 
Segment V : A small, simple spine; B very long, 
exceeding posterior margin of segment VI, three- 
branched; c similar to B but shorter, four- 
branched; c' very small, simple; 1 medium, 
three-branched; 2 small, three- or four-forked 
near apex; 4 small, simple. 
Segment VI: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
equal to B-V, three-branched; C long, equal to 
C-V, four-branched; c' very small, simple; 1 me- 
dium, three-branched; 2 medium, simple or 
three-forked near apex; 3 absent; 4 medium, 
simple. 
Fig. 17. Uranotaenia albescens: dorsal aspect of 
right half of abdomen of male from WagaWaga, 
Papua. 
Segment VII: A medium, simple; B very long, 
similar to B-VI, two- or three-branched; c long, 
four-branched; c' very small, simple; 1 small, 
four-forked near middle; 2 long, simple or three- 
forked near apex; 4 small, three- or four-forked 
near apex. 
Segment VIII: A medium, stout, four- or five- 
branched; a' medium, four-forked near middle. 
Segment IX: v small, stout, simple. 
Paddle: Long, oval; margin of apical two- thirds 
serrate laterally, only apical one-third serrate 
medially; midrib strong, dividing paddle un- 
equally, the lateral face a little more than one- 
half as wide as the medial face; terminal seta 
minute, simple; accessory seta absent. 
Specimen examined. — The pupal exuvium 
of a single male from WagaWaga, Milne Bay, 
Papua. 
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) argyrotarsis 
Leicester 1908 
Fig. 18 
This pupa was partially described, without 
figures, by Paine and Edwards (1929: 312) 
from the Solomon Islands. 
Cephalothorax. — Post ocular: 1 long, 
seven- or eight-forked near base, rarely less; 2 
long, slightly shorter than 1, usually eight- 
forked near base, rarely six-forked; 3 long, usu- 
ally six-forked near base, rarely three-forked. 
Anterothoracic: 4 long, six- or five-forked near 
base; 5 medium, four-forked near base; 6 very 
long, stout, exceeding length of trumpet, simple; 
7 medium, two- or three-forked near middle. 
Dorsal: 8 very long, about equal to trumpet in 
length, five- to eight-forked near base. 
Supra-alar: 9 small, three- to five-forked near 
base. 
Metanotum: 10 small, three- to four-forked near 
base; 11 small, two-forked near middle; 12 long, 
three- to five-forked near base. 
Trumpet: Moderately long, total length about 
four and one-half times greatest diameter of 
meatus; uniformly dark pigmented. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: h medium, simple; 
K medium, three-forked near base; L small, 
