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apically and medially; midrib strong, dividing 
paddle unequally, the lateral face about one-half 
the width of the medial face; with an irregular 
bar of black pigment across the base of the 
paddle; terminal seta minute, very difficult to 
see on some specimens, simple; accessory seta 
absent. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of six males and eleven females from Gamadodo, 
WagaWaga, and Hilimoi, Milne Bay, Papua. 
Uranotaenia ( Uranotaenia ) neotibialis King 
and Hoogstraal 1947 
Pupal trumpet described and figured by King 
and Hoogstraal (1947: 590) from Hollandia, 
Dutch Mew Guinea, as follows: "Moderately 
long, length .46 mm., diameter .043 at narrow- 
est point, pigmented apically and on basal half.” 
Uranotaenia ( Uranotaenia ) setosa King and 
Hoogstraal 1947 
Pupal trumpet described and figured by King 
and Hoogstraal (1947: 585) from Hollandia, 
Dutch New Guinea, as follows: "Long and slen- 
der (length .58 mm.; width at narrowest point 
.028 mm.), somewhat flared at tip, pigmented 
apically and on basal two-fifths.” 
Uranotaenia (Uranotaenia) tibioclada King 
and Hoogstraal 1947 
Pupal trumpet described and figured by King 
and Hoogstraal ( 1947 : 593 ) from Dobodura, 
Northeast New Guinea, as follows: "Very long 
and slender, length 1.05 mm., diameter .05 at 
narrowest point; pigmented on basal half and at 
apex.” 
Genus FICALBIA Theobald 
Diagnosis. — According to Edwards (1941: 
374) the species of Ficalbia are so diverse in the 
pupal stage that it is difficult to give an adequate 
generic diagnosis that will apply to all of them. 
Two characters common to all known species 
are: trumpets with at least the basal one-half 
(usually much more) tracheoid; paddles narrow 
at the base and without buttress. 
Subgenus Mimomyia Theobald 
Diagnosis. — The following characters are 
common to all known species. Trumpets long, 
with more than proximal one-half tracheoid. 
Float-hair fully developed or reduced but al- 
ways branched. Dorsal seta (8) of cephalo- 
thorax not stout, usually multiple and always 
inserted far behind the trumpets. Main abdom- 
inal setae sometimes forming large tufts but not 
conspicuously black. On segments III— VII, seta 
c' is on the margin internal to C; on VII, setae 
2 and 4 are both absent. Segment VIII is longer 
than in most culicine pupae, being almost as 
long as broad; seta A- VIII very small and incon- 
spicuous. 
The pupae of the two species recorded from 
New Guinea remain unknown. 
Subgenus Etorleptiomyia Theobald 
Diagnosis. — In all the four known species 
of this subgenus the trumpets are very long, 
slender, and flexible, and are tracheoid for more 
than three-fourths of their length. The dorsal 
seta (8) of cephalothorax is placed far behind 
the base of the trumpets as in the subgenus Mi- 
momyia, but it is stout or very stout in Etorlep- 
tiomyia. The float-hair is reduced to a small, 
stout, simple seta. The abdomen has many 
strong black tufts, including A-VIII. The pad- 
dles are at least five times as long as their great- 
est width with both margins strongly denticu- 
late and with no setae at tip. On segments IV— 
VI, seta c' is on the posterior margin between B 
and C. 
Ficalbia (Etorleptiomyia) elegans (Taylor) 
1914 
Fig. 19 
The pupa was described without figures by 
Taylor ( 1929: 271 ) from Townsville, Aus- 
tralia. 
Cephalothorax. — Post ocular: 1 medium, 
simple; 2 small, simple; 3 long, simple. 
Anterothoracic: 4 small, simple; 5 small, simple; 
6 very long, simple; 7 small, simple. 
Dorsal: 8 medium, stout, black, far behind 
trumpets. 
