50 
finely toothed near apex on some specimens; 
midrib strong, dividing paddle almost equally 
but lateral face may be slightly wider than 
medial face; terminal seta medium, simple. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of two males and one female from Hilimoi, 
Milne Bay, Papua. 
Aedes (Finlaya) papuensis (Taylor) 1914 
Fig. 35 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 small, two- 
or three-forked near base; 2 medium, two- 
forked near base; 3 small, two- or three-forked 
basally. 
Ant eroth oracic: 4 medium, three- or four-forked 
near base, rarely two- or five- forked; 5 medium, 
two- to four-forked; 6 small, simple or two- to 
three-forked near base; 7 medium, two-forked 
near base or rarely three-forked. 
Dorsal: 8 long, about three-fifths length of 
trumpet, usually two-forked near base, less often 
three-forked or simple. 
Supra-alar: 9 long, simple or infrequently two- 
forked near base. 
Metanotum: 10 long, two- to five-forked near 
base; 11 long, simple; 12 medium, usually two- 
or three-forked, rarely simple or four-forked. 
Trumpet: Short, funnel-shaped, the length being 
about two and one-half times greatest diameter 
of meatus; pinna long, slightly less than one- 
half the length of the trumpet; uniformly dark- 
pigmented. 
Abdomen. — Segment 1 : h small, simple or 
rarely two-forked; K long, simple or two-forked, 
rarely slightly plumose; L small, usually two- 
forked near base or occasionally three- or four- 
forked; M small, three- to six-forked near base; 
S medium, simple or rarely two-forked; T me- 
dium, usually two-forked near base, rarely sim- 
ple or three-forked; U small, simple. 
Segment II: A small, simple spine; B long, sim- 
ple, stout; C medium, two- or three-branched, 
rarely simple or four-branched; c' small, simple 
on this and all following segments; 1 medium, 
simple or two- to three-forked, rarely four- 
forked; 2 medium, simple or rarely two-forked; 
3 medium, simple or two-forked; 4 small, two- 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. Ill, January, 1949 
to five-branched; 5 minute, simple on this and 
all following segments. 
Segment III: A small, simple spine; B long, 
reaching to posterior margin of segment IV, 
simple; C medium, simple or two-branched; 1 
medium, two-forked or simple; 2 small, two- 
or three-forked near base, rarely simple; 3 rep- 
resented only by its socket; 4 medium, simple 
or two-forked. 
Segment IV: A small, simple spine; B long, 
simple or rarely two-branched; C medium, two- 
branched or rarely simple; 1 medium, simple 
or two- to three-forked near apex; 2 small, 
two-forked near base or simple; 3 represented 
only by its socket; 4 small, two- or three-forked 
near base, rarely simple. 
Segment V: A small, simple spine; B long, sim- 
ple; C medium, two-forked near base or simple; 
1 medium, simple or two-forked; 2 small, two- 
to five-forked; 3 represented only by its socket; 
4 medium, two-forked or rarely simple. 
Segment VI: A small, simple spine; B long, 
simple; C small, two-forked or simple; 1 me- 
dium, simple; 2 small, two- to four-forked near 
base or simple; 3 absent; 4 small, simple or 
rarely two-forked. 
Segment VII: A medium length, stout, plumose, 
four- to six-branched, rarely two-branched; B 
medium, simple or rarely two- to three-forked 
near apex; C small, two-forked or simple; 1 
medium, similar to A and subequal to it, plumose, 
three- to six-branched, rarely two-branched; 2 
medium, simple or two-forked; 4 small, simple 
or two-forked. 
Segment VIII: A medium length, stout, plumose, 
six- to eleven-branched, usually nine-branched; 
A' medium, simple. 
Paddle: Almost round, width usually slightly 
exceeding the length, apex rounded and appear- 
ing sometimes as a more or less blunt edge; 
margin sometimes very finely toothed laterally, 
smooth medially; midrib not strong, dividing 
paddle unequally, the lateral face being some- 
what wider than medial face; terminal seta 
medium length, simple or rarely two-forked 
near basal one-fourth. 
