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Segment VIII: A very long, plumose, seven- to 
fourteen-branched, averages eleven-branched; 
a' medium, simple or two-forked near middle. 
Paddle: Oval, length always exceeding width by 
one-fourth; margin very slightly and finely ser- 
rate laterally, smooth medially; midrib strong, 
dividing paddle almost equally, but medial face 
slightly wider than lateral face; terminal seta 
strong, plumose, usually three-branched, occa- 
sionally as many as six-branched. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of eleven males and ten females from Waga- 
Waga, Hilimoi, and KanaKope, Milne Bay, 
Papua, and Mios Woendi, Dutch New Guinea. 
Fig. 42. Aedes albolineatus: dorsal aspect of right 
half of abdomen of male from Mios Woendi, Dutch 
New Guinea. 
Subgenus Aedimorphus Theobald 
Diagnosis. — Dorsal seta (8) of cephalo- 
thorax placed between or slightly behind the 
bases of the trumpets. Seta B comparatively 
short on all abdominal segments, never reach- 
ing posterior margin of the following segment; 
setae B and C either branched or forked on most 
of the segments. 
Aedes (Aedimorphus) vexans (Meigen) 
1830 
Fig. 43 
Pupa never fully described heretofore al- 
though brief notes and illustrations of parts 
of it have been included in papers by several 
authors including Mitchell (1907: 257), How- 
ard, Dyar, and Knab (1912-1917 [vol. 2]: fig. 
702; [vol. 4J: 694), Buxton and Hopkins 
(1927: 91), Matheson (1944: 27), and Bo- 
hart and Ingram (1946: 15). 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 small, 
simple; 2 medium, simple or two-forked; 3 
medium, two-forked. 
Anterothoracic: 4 medium, two-forked near 
apex; 5 medium, two- or three-forked; 6 small, 
simple or two-forked; 7 medium, two- or three- 
branched. 
Dorsal: 8 medium, two- or three-forked. 
Supra-alar: 9 medium, two-forked. 
Metanotum: 10 medium, four- to six-branched; 
11 medium, simple; 12 medium, simple to 
three-forked. 
Trumpet: Funnel-shaped, short, length about 
two and one-half times greatest diameter of 
meatus; pinna equal to about one-fourth of 
total length; uniformly dark pigmented. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: h small, simple; K 
medium, simple; L very small, two- to five- 
branched; M very small, simple or three-forked; 
S long, simple; T medium, two- or three-forked 
near middle; U very small, simple. 
Segment II: A small, simple spine; B medium, 
simple; C medium, four- to seven-branched; c' 
small, simple spine on this and all following 
segments; 1 medium, two- or three-forked near 
basal one-third; 2 long, simple; 3 medium, 
