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simple or occasionally two-forked; T long, sim- 
ple or rarely three-forked near apex; u small, 
simple. 
Segment II: A small, simple spine; B medium, 
two-branched; C small, four- to seven-forked; 
cf. small, simple, laterad of B in position; 1 me- 
dium, simple or two-forked; 2 long, two-forked 
near base or occasionally simple; 3 medium, 
four- or three-forked; 4 medium, five-forked 
or occasionally three -forked; 5 minute, simple 
on this and all following segments. 
Segment III: A small, simple spine; B long, two- 
branched; c long, three- or four-branched; c' 
small, simple, placed mesad of c on this and all 
‘ following segments; 1 medium, two-forked or 
occasionally simple; 2 small, three- to five- 
forked; 3 represented only by its socket on this 
and segments IV and V; 4 medium, five-forked 
or occasionally four-forked. 
Segment IV: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
exceeding posterior margin of segment V, three- 
branched; C long, two-branched or occasionally 
three- to four-branched; 1 medium, two-forked 
or occasionally simple; 2 small, simple or occa- 
sionally two- or three-forked; 4 small, three- to 
five-forked. 
Segment V: A small, simple spine; B very long, 
exceeding posterior margin of segment VI, two- 
branched; C long, simple or two-branched; I 
very long, simple; 2 small, two- to four-forked 
near middle; 4 medium, two- or three-forked 
near base. 
Segment VI: A small, simple spine; B long, 
slightly plumose, two-branched; C long, simple 
or two-branched; 1 long, simple; 2 small, two- 
to four-forked; 3 absent; 4 small, two-forked. 
Segment VII: A fairly long, stout, plumose, 
three-branched or occasionally four-branched; B 
medium, simple; C medium, two-branched; 1 
small, three-forked or rarely simple or four- 
forked; 2 medium, two-forked or occasionally 
three-forked; 4 small, three-forked or occasion- 
ally simple or two-forked. 
Segment VIII: A fairly long, stout, plumose, 
eight-branched or occasionally three-branched; 
A' medium, simple or two-forked. 
Segment IX: v very small, simple spine on only 
30 per cent of the specimens examined. 
Paddle: Rounded, length not greatly exceeding 
width as in other species of the subgenus Culex; 
margin smooth; midrib dividing the paddle un- 
equally, the lateral face a little wider than medial 
face; terminal seta small, simple; accessory seta 
small, simple. 
Specimens examined.- — The pupal exuviae 
of 25 males and 16 females from Hilimoi and 
KanaKope, Milne Bay, Papua, and Amsterdam 
Island, Dutch New Guinea. 
Culex (Culex) annulirostris Skuse 1889 
Fig. 58 
Pupa heretofore undescribed, although Bux- 
ton and Hopkins (1925: 79) included it in a 
key to the Culex pupae of Samoa and the New 
Hebrides and gave a figure of the trumpet. 
Cephalothorax. — Postocular: 1 medium, 
four- or five-branched; 2 medium, four-branched, 
range from two- to five-branched; 3 medium, 
four-branched, range from two to five. 
Anterothoracic: 4 medium, five-branched, range 
from two to six; 5 small, four- or three-forked; 
6 small, three-branched, occasionally two- or 
four-branched; 7 medium, two-branched. 
Dorsal: 8 long, over one-half the length of 
trumpet, two- to five-branched. 
Supra-alar: 9 small, two- to five-branched. 
Metanotum : 10 medium, ten-to twelve-branched, 
occasionally seven- to nine- branched; 1 1 me- 
dium, plumose, two-forked or occasionally three- 
forked; 12 medium, usually three-forked, range 
from two to six. 
Trumpet: Fairly long, length about five times 
greatest diameter of the meatus; tracheoid por- 
tion fairly well developed, dark pigmented; 
pinna a little more than one-fourth of the total 
length. 
Abdomen. — Segment I: h small, simple; K 
long, two-forked near base, plumose; L small, 
six- to eight-forked near middle, occasionally 
three- to five-forked; M small, seven- to eleven- 
branched; s very long, simple; T long, two- 
