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forked; 5 minute, simple on this and all follow- 
ing segments. 
Segment III: A small, simple spine; B long, sim- 
ple; C medium, simple or occasionally two- or 
three-forked; 1 medium, simple or rarely two- 
forked near apex; 2 small, two-forked or occa- 
sionally three-forked or simple; 3 represented 
only by its socket; 4 medium, simple. 
Segment IV: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
stout, simple; C long, simple or two-forked; 1 
medium, simple or rarely two-forked near apex; 
2 small, simple or two-forked; 3 represented 
only by its socket; 4 medium, three- or two- 
forked. 
Segment V: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
Fig. 30. Aedes notoscriptus: dorsal aspect of right 
half of abdomen of male from Draeger Flarbor, 
Northeast New Guinea. 
stout, simple; C long, simple or occasionally 
two-forked; 1 long, simple or rarely two-forked; 
2 small, usually three-forked near middle, occa- 
sionally two- or four-forked or simple; 3 repre- 
sented only by its socket; 4 long, simple or two- 
forked near apex. 
Segment VI: A small, simple spine; B long, sim- 
ple; C medium, simple or occasionally two- 
forked; 1 long, simple or occasionally two- 
forked; 2 medium, usually two-forked, occa- 
sionally simple or three-forked; 3 absent; 4 
medium, simple. 
Segment VII: A medium, stout, plumose, two- 
branched or rarely three-forked near base; B 
medium, simple; C medium, simple or rarely 
two-forked; 1 medium, stout, plumose, usually 
two-branched, occasionally simple or three- 
branched; 2 medium, simple; 4 medium, simple 
or rarely two-forked. 
Segment VIII: A long, stout, plumose, three- to 
five -branched; a' medium, simple. 
Paddle: Roughly oval, a little longer than wide, 
with a notch at the end of the midrib; margin 
serrate around apical half excepting the notch; 
midrib strong, dividing the paddle almost 
equally, but medial face slightly wider than 
lateral face; terminal seta medium, simple; one 
specimen with an irregular line of black pig- 
ment across the base of one paddle, all others 
non-pigmented. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of nine males and fifteen females from Gama- 
dodo, WagaWaga, and Hilimoi, Milne Bay, 
Papua; Draeger Harbor, Northeast New Guinea; 
and Amsterdam Island, Dutch New Guinea. 
Aedes (Finlaya) keefei King and Hoogstraal 
1946 
Fig. 31 
Diagnosis. — D iffering from all other New 
Guinean species of Finlaya, except perhaps qua- 
sirubrithorax, in having the paddles distinctly 
produced into an apical point. 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 long, two- 
to four-forked; 2 long, simple or two-forked, 
rarely three-forked; 3 long, two-forked or occa- 
sionally three-forked. 
