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or two-forked; 3 represented only by its socket; 
4 small, two- or three-forked near base. 
Segment IV: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
reaching to middle of segment VI, two-forked 
near basal one-third, plumose apically; C me- 
dium, two- or three-forked near base; 1 small, 
simple or two-forked near apex; 2 small, simple; 
3 represented only by its socket; 4 small, two- 
or three- forked near apex. 
Segment V: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
equal to B-IV in length, two-forked near basal 
one-third, plumose apically; C medium, two- or 
three-forked near middle; 1 medium, simple or 
two-forked; 2 small, three- or four-forked near 
middle; 3 represented only by its socket; 4 
medium, two-forked near apex. 
Segment VI: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
but shorter than B-V, simple or two-forked at 
apex, plumose apically; C small, two-forked near 
apex; 1 medium, simple; 2 small, two- or three- 
forked near middle; 3 absent; 4 medium, two- 
forked apically or simple. 
Segment VII: A medium length, two- or three- 
forked apically; B small, simple or two- to three- 
forked; C small, simple; 1 small, simple or two- 
to three-forked near middle; 2 medium, simple 
or two-forked near middle; 4 small, simple. 
Segment VIII: A long, large, conspicucous, plu- 
mose, eleven- to fifteen-branched tuft, most 
often thirteen-branched; a' medium, simple. 
Paddle: Elongate oval; margin very finely ser- 
rate from extremity of buttress around to middle 
of medial margin; midrib strong, not reaching 
apex, dividing paddle almost equally; pigment 
present on only one specimen which had a 
small spot of black near the base of each pad- 
dle; terminal seta small, simple. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of two males and three females from Hilimoi, 
Milne Bay, Papua. 
Aedes (Finlaya) kochi ( Donitz ) 1901 
Fig. 33 
Pupa partially described by Brug (1932: 22), 
who included figures of the trumpet and pad- 
dles as A. poi cilia, and completely described and 
figured by Marks ( 1947^: 16). 
Diagnosis. — Distinct in having the paddle 
serrate^ and apically notched and most of the 
smaller abdominal setae simple. 
Cephalothorax. — Post ocular: 1 medium, 
two- or three-forked; 2 medium, two- to four- 
forked; 3 very long, two-branched. 
Anterothoracic: 4 medium, two-forked; 5 me- 
dium, two-forked usually but eight-forked on 
one side of one of the specimens examined; 6 
medium, two- or three-forked; 7 medium, two- 
to four-forked. 
Dorsal: 8 medium, equal to greatest diameter 
of trumpet, two-forked. 
Supra-alar: 9 medium, usually simple, occasion- 
ally two- or three- forked. 
Metanotum: 10 long, two-forked; 11 long, sim- 
ple, occasionally slightly plumose; 12 long, 
usually five-forked near base, occasionally two- 
or three-forked. 
Trumpet: Funnel-shaped, length about three 
times the greatest diameter of meatus; pinna 
equal to about one-third of total length; trach- 
eoid portion darker than rest. 
Pigmentation: Abdominal segment I darkly pig- 
mented overall, extending posteriorly, but 
lighter, to the center of segments II and III. 
Metanotum darkly pigmented overall, extend- 
ing anteriorly onto dorsal thorax but fading 
before reaching trumpets. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: H small, simple; K 
long, simple; L small, usually simple or occa- 
sionally two-, four-, or five-forked; M small, two- 
to five-forked near middle; S long, usually sim- 
ple, rarely three-forked near base; T long, two- 
forked near middle or simple; U small, simple. 
Segment II: A small, simple spine; B long, sim- 
ple; C small, simple, rarely three-branched; c' 
small, stout, simple on this and all following 
segments; 1 medium, usually simple or occa- 
sionally two- or three-forked; 2 medium, usually 
simple, occasionally two- or three-forked; 3 
small, three- or four-forked, occasionally simple 
or two-forked near base; 4 medium, two- or 
three-forked near base, occasionally simple; 5 
minute, simple on this and all following seg- 
ments. 
