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Segment VI: A small, simple spine; B long, two- 
branched; C long, simple or occasionally two- 
branched; 1 long, simple; 2 small, simple to 
four-forked; 3 absent; 4 small, simple or two- 
forked. 
Segment VII: A medium length, stout, plumose, 
three- to five-branched; B small, simple or occa- 
sionally two-branched; C small, two-branched or 
occasionally three-branched; 1 very small, three- 
to five-branched; 2 small, simple to four-forked; 
4 small, two-forked. 
Segment VIII: A medium length, stout, plumose, 
five- to eight-branched, usually six-branched; 
A' small, two-forked near middle. 
Segment IX: v small, stout, simple spine. 
Paddle: Elongate oval; margin smooth; midrib 
dividing the paddle unequally, the lateral face 
a little wider than the medial face; medial face 
entirely dark-brown pigmented, the brown pig- 
ment extending somewhat less intensely into 
the apical third of the lateral face; terminal seta 
small, simple or rarely two-forked at apex; acces- 
sory seta absent. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of eight males and four females from Gama- 
dodo, WagaWaga, and KanaKope, Milne Bay, 
Papua. 
Culex (Culex) sitiens Wiedemann 1828 
Fig- 57 
Pupa partially described without figures by 
Edwards (1941: 417) and Taylor (1943: 99); 
Hill (1925: 73) and Buxton and Hopkins 
(1927: 79) included figures of the paddles 
and trumpets without accompanying descrip- 
tions. 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 medium, 
three- to five-forked; 2 medium, two-forked; 
3 long, two-forked. 
Anterothoracic: 4 long, three-forked or occa- 
sionally two-forked; 5 medium, two- or three- 
forked; 6 small, three-forked or occasionally 
simple or two-forked; 7 medium, two-forked 
or occasionally three-forked. 
Dorsal: 8 long, half length of trumpet, two- 
branched. 
Supra-alar: 9 long, two-branched. 
Metanotum: 10 long, plumose, five-branched or 
occasionally two- to four-branched; 11 long, 
plumose, two-forked; 12 long, three-forked or 
occasionally two-forked. 
Trumpet: Fairly long, length about five times 
greatest diameter of meatus; tracheoid portion 
fairly well developed, dark-pigmented; pinna 
long, about one-third of total length of trumpet. 
Abdomen. — Segment 1 : h small, simple; K 
long, two-forked near base; L small, two-forked 
near base or occasionally simple or three- forked; 
M small, five- or six-forked near base; S long. 
Fig. 57. Culex sitiens: dorsal aspect of right half 
of abdomen of male from Amsterdam Island, Dutch 
New Guinea. 
