Uranotaenia in Solomon Islands — Belkin 
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ment X: saddle moderately pigmented, darker 
dorsad; median width 0.73 of length; imbri- 
cations weaker than on comb plate except 
caudally; caudal margin with sparse spines of 
varying length, proximal ones arising from 
imbrications; gills slender, about 0.6 of saddle 
length; hair l(5b, about 0.5 of saddle length), 
2 (3b, about 3.0 of saddle length), 3 (broken 
off), 4a-d (broken off), 4e(l, about 0.2 of 
saddle length). 
Types 
USNM No. 61,418 (holotype, allotype, pa- 
ratypes) . Paratypes to be deposited in BMNH, 
CU, and CSIR (Canberra); also in collection 
JNB. 
HOLOTYPE FLP (504-44) and allotype 
MLP (504-45) Guadalcanal: Bonegi River 
valley, 2 miles from coast, July 18, 1944 (L. 
J. Lipovsky, S. Civinski, H. F. Sexauer). 
PARATYPES (57M; 56F; 61P; 146L; 9 indi- 
vidual rearings), all collected on Guadalcanal, 
as follows: llL (14-3) Doma Cove, Still River 
area, Oct. 25, 1943 Q'HB et aL) \ 1FLP(64-31), 
lM(64-3) Wrights Creek, Nov. 27, 1943 
(JNB etaL)\ 2MLP(83-21, 22), 5M, 7L(83-3) 
Matanikau River valley, Dec. 5, 1943 (JNB); 
1F(86) White River, Dec. 6, 1943 (S. Civin- 
ski); 2L(96-2) La Sage Creek, Pt. Cruz, Dec. 
13, 1943 (S. Civinski); IM, lF(296-3) Chacon 
swamp. Mar. 4, 1944 (L. J. Lipovski, F. B. 
Wysocki); 2FLP(397-21, 22), 2L(397-2) Kiwi 
Creek, Kukum, May 23, 1943 (V. R. Roa, 
F. B. Wysocki); lF(4ll-3) Burns Creek, Lun- 
ga. May 27, 1943 (V. R. Roa, F. B. Wysocki); 
6L(455) Sally Creek, Doma Cove, June 14, 
1944 (JNB); IM, 2F, IL, 1P(472-1) Poha 
River valley, Jul. 6, 1944 (JNB et al.)\ 
IF (490-3) between Poha and Bonegi rivers, 
Jul. 14, 1944 (M. Cohen, F. B. Wysocki); 
1LP(5 58-21) Matanikau Village, Aug. 4, 
1944 (J. J. Cuccio, E. J. McCormick); IMLP 
(561-15), 1FLP(561-14), 4M, 6P, 3L, 3P 
(561-1) Matanikau River valley, south of 
village, Aug. 4, 1944 (L. J. Lipovsky); 4L 
(574-3) Matanikau River valley, 2 miles south 
of village, Aug. 6, 1944 (JNB, M. Cohen); 
1LP(577-31) Matanikau River valley, 3 miles 
south of village, Aug. 6, 1944 (JNB, M. 
Cohen); 1LP(581-21) Matanikau River val- 
ley, 1 mile south of village, Aug. 6, 1944 
(JNB, M. Cohen); 1FLP(592-21) Kokum- 
bona, Aug. 11, 1944 (J. J. Cuccio, E. J. Mc- 
Cormick); 2F, 2L(621-2) Matanikau River 
valley, 1 mile south of village, Aug. 22, 1944 
(JNB); IM, 1F(654) West Poha swamp. Sept. 
23, 1944 (V. R. Roa, F. B. Wysocki); 2M, 
lF(66l-2) Poha River, Sept. 23, 1944 (M. 
Cohen, J. J. Cuccio, E. J. McCormick); 
1L(676) West Poha swamp, Oct. 16, 1944 
(JNB, J. Laffoon); 1M(713-1) West Poha 
swamp. Sept. 23, 1944 (V. R. Roa, F. B. 
Wysocki); 2M, lF(66l-2) Poha River, Sept. 
23, 1944 (M. Cohen, J. J. Cuccio, E. J. Mc- 
Cormick); 1L(676) West Poha swamp, Oct. 
16, 1944 (JNB, J. Laffoon); 1M(713-1) West 
Poha swamp, Nov. 3, 1944 (L. J, Lipovsky 
et aL)\ 7M, 7F, 15L, 22P(764-3) Matanikau 
River valley, 1 to 3 miles south of village, 
Dec. 2, 1944 (JNB et al.)\ lF(770-2) Mata- 
nikau River valley, Dec. 8, 1944 (J. J. Cuccio, 
E. J. McCormick, F. B. Wysocki); 3F(771-2) 
Poha River, near mouth, Dec. 8, 1944 (M. 
Cohen); 2M, 2F, 9L, 5P(775-3) Matanikau 
River valley, 1 mile south of village, Dec. 9, 
1944 (JNB et all)\ lF(776-2) same data as 
775-3 but in tree hole (JNB et all)\ 2M, 5L, 
3P(782-4) Tyler Creek, Matanikau valley, 
Dec. 21, 1944 (F. B. Wysocki, Shaw); IM, 
2F, 6L, 8P(787-3) Wrights Creek, Matanikau 
valley, Dec. 20, 1944 (M. Cohen, F. B. Wy- 
socki); IF, 2L(796-3) White River, Dec. 27, 
1944 (F. B. Wysocki, Shaw); 8L, 7P(827-2) 
Matanikau River valley, 1 mile south of vil- 
lage, Jan. 18, 1945 (M. Cohen, F. B. Wy- 
socki et al)\ IF, 10L(828-2) Manatikau Vil- 
lage (M. Cohen, F. B. Wysocki et al.)\ IM, 
2F, 6L(829-2) same as 828-2; lMLP(850-23), 
lF(850-2), lM(850-3), 1M(850) Lankford 
swamp, Feb. 2, 1945 (Hawkins, Dimard); 
6M, 4F(863-4) first tributary south of Poha 
Village, Feb. 12, 1945 (JNB et aL)\ IM, IF, 
10L(864-3) stream between Poha Villages, 
Feb. 12, 1945 (JNB et al.)\ 1M(921) West 
