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ally two-branched; 1 small, four-forked near 
middle or rarely three-forked; 2 medium, simple 
or two-branched; 4 medium, two-forked. 
Segment VIII: A medium, stout, six- to ten- 
branched, plumose; a' medium, simple or two- 
forked near middle. 
Segment IX: v small, simple spine. 
Paddle: Elongate oval shaped, length roughly 
about one-fourth greater than width; margin 
smooth; midrib strong, reaching apex; terminal 
seta short, simple; accessory seta short, simple. 
Specimens examined.— The pupal exuviae 
of four males and three females from Gamadodo 
and Hilimoi, Milne Bay, Papua. 
Culex ( Culiciomyia ) pullus Theobald 1905 
Fig- 53 
Pupa heretofore undescribed, although Hill 
(1925: 74) included figures of the paddles and 
trumpet of specimens from Rabaul, New Bri- 
tain. 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 medium, 
four- or three-branched; 2 medium, two- 
branched; 3 medium, three-branched or occa- 
sionally two-branched. 
Anterothoracic: 4 medium, three- or four- 
branched, rarely five- or six-branched; 5 small, 
two- or three-forked; 6 small, simple or two- 
forked; 7 medium, two- or three-forked. 
Dorsal: 8 medium, one-half length of the trum- 
pet, two-branched or occasionally four-branched. 
Supra-alar: 9 medium, two-branched. 
Metanotum: 10 medium, five- to eight-branched, 
plumose; 11 medium, two-forked near base, 
rarely four-forked, plumose; 12 medium, two- 
to four-forked. 
Trumpet: Length equal to five or six times the 
greatest diameter of the meatus; pinna short, 
roughly equal to the greatest diameter of the 
meatus; tracheoid portion darkly pigmented. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: h small, stout, simple 
or rarely two-forked near apex; K long, two- 
branched; L small, two- to six-forked; M small, 
four- to six-forked; s long, simple; T long, two- 
forked near base; U small, simple or rarely two- 
forked. 
Segment II: A small, simple spine; B long, two- 
forked near base or occasionally simple; C me- 
dium, fifteen- to twenty-branched tuft; c' small, 
simple on this and all following segments; 1 
medium, two-forked near base or occasionally 
three-forked or simple; 2 long, simple; 3 small, 
three-forked or rarely simple or two-forked; 4 
medium, four- or five-forked, rarely two- or 
three-forked; 5 minute, simple on this and all 
following segments. 
Segment III: A small, simple spine; B long, two- 
forked near base, plumose; C long, six- or seven- 
branched, only occasionally five- or nine- 
branched, plumose; 1 medium, two-forked or 
Fig. 53. Culex pullus: dorsal aspect of right half 
of abdomen of male from Hilimoi, Papua. 
