324 
Hairs 5, 6-C developed into heavy spikes; 
hair 1-A short or minute, never reaching 
apex of antenna; hair 1-S distinctly shorter 
than siphon; pecten not extending beyond 
0.5 of siphon. 3 
3. Hairs 2-4-A leaf-like; hair 4-C long, sim- 
ple; hair 9-C short, half or less of 8-C; hair 
2- X 4, 5b; siphon index 3-5, valves very 
long; hairs 1-P, 5-M frayed apically 
U. harnesi n. sp. 
Hairs 2-4-A simple, acute; hair 4-C short, 
branched; hair 9-C about as long as 8-C; 
hair 2-X with no more than three branches; 
siphon index 4 or more, valves moderate; 
hairs 1-P, 5-M simple and acute apically. .4 
4. Hair 14-P single; either anal gills short, 
rounded, hardly longer than wide or hair 
6-1, II 3b 5 
Hair 14-P multiple; anal gills long, bluntly 
tapered, at least four times as long as wide; 
hair 6-1, II 2b 6 
5. Hair 6-1, II 2b; hair 11-C 2, 3b; hair 3-P 
3- 5b; hair 7, 9-P single; hair 3-VIII 4, 5b; 
hair 2-X 2b; anal gills short, rounded, 
hardly longer than wide; head poorly pig- 
mented, spikes poorly developed 
U. atra Theobald 
Hair 6-1, II 3b; hair 11-C 4-6b; hair 3-P 
6-lOb; hair 7, 9-P 2, 3b; hair 3-VIII 3b; 
anal gills about four times as long as wide, 
bluntly tapered apically; head heavily pig- 
mented, spikes heavy. . . .U. solomonisn. sp. 
6. Hair 14-P 12-l6b; hair 1-A less than dia- 
meter of antenna in length; hair 9-C 4b; 
hair 11-C 8, 9b; hair 4-P 2b; hair 9-P 4, 
5b; hair 3-VIII 7, 8b; middle scale of comb 
enlarged U. sexaueri n. sp. 
Hair 14-P 5-8b; hair 1-A about twice dia- 
meter of antenna in length; hair 9-C 2, 3b; 
hair 11-C 3-6b; hair 4-P 3b; hair 9-P 2, 3b; 
hair 3-VIII 4-6b; middle scale of comb 
not enlarged. U. civinskii n. sp. 
PACIFIC SCIENCE, Vol. VII, July, 1953 
CONSIDERATION OF SPECIES 
1. Uranotaenia atra Theobald, 1905 
Plates 1, 2 
1905. Uranotaenia atra Theobald, Budapest. 
Magyar Nemzeti Muz., Ann. Hist. Nat. 
3: 114. Type: E; Muina [Muima, near 
Madang], New Guinea, 1900 (Biro) 
[Budapest. Magyar Nemzeti Muzeum]. 
1905 . Uranotaenia coeruleocephala lateralis Lud- 
low, Canad. Ent. 37: 385-386. Types: 
4E; Cottabatto, Mindanao, P. I., 25 
Jun. 1905 (E. B. Vedder) [USNM].~ 
1922. Edwards, Indian Jour. Med. Res. 
10: 460 (syn.). 
I9O8. Uranotaenia cancer Leicester, Kuala 
Lumpur. Inst. Med. Res., Studies 3(3): 
215-217. Types: M and E; Port Swet- 
tenham and Klang, Malay Penin. (Lei- 
cester) [BMNH]. — 1922. Edwards, In- 
dian Jour. Med. Res. 10: 460 (syn.), 
1910. Uranotaenia ceylonica Theobald, Monog. 
Cul. World 5: 503-505. Type: E; Galle, 
Ceylon (B. Eletcher) [BMNH]. -1913. 
Edwards, Bui. Ent. Res. 4: 238 (syn.). 
1914. Uranotaenia propria Taylor, Roy. Ent, 
Soc. London, Trans. 61(1913): 704- 
705. Type: M; Townsville, Queensland 
(H. Priestley) [Sydney Univ..^]. — 1922. 
Edwards, Indian Jour. Med. Res. 10: 
460 {? syn.), — 1924. Edwards, Bui. Ent. 
Res. 14: 357-358 (syn.). 
1919. Uranotaenia cairnsensis Taylor, Linn. 
Soc. N. S. W., Proc. 43: 839- Type: 2E; 
Cairns, Queensland, July 1917 (E. H. 
Taylor) [Sydney Univ.?]. — 1924. Ed- 
wards, Bui. Ent. Res. 14: 357-358 
(syn.). 
1934. Uranotaenia atra Theobald. Barraud, 
Eauna Brit. India. Diptera v.5 Eamily 
Culicidae, Tribes Megarhinini and Cu- 
licini pp. 12-1 A: (Eig.: M legs p. 73, 
clasper p. 79; larval head, comb plate, 
pecten teeth p. 58). 
1935. Uranotaenia atra Theobald. Baisas, 
Philip. Jour. Sci. 57: 65-66 (Pig.: M 
