Uranotaenia in Solomon Islands — Belkin 
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Segi Pt., lM(Be-54a) (C. O. Berg) [USNM]; 
Munda Pt., lOM, 20F(F-21) Dec. 1943; 4M, 
2F, 7L, 2P(F-70) Feb. 14-17, 1944 (J. G. 
Franclemont) [USNM, JNB]. Bougainville: 
Empress Augusta Bay, IM, 2F (C. R. Bruck) ; 
9M, 9F(B-18) Mar. 4, 1944 (C. R. Bruck); 
IF, 1944 (W. G. Downs); 2M, 4F(NMSS- 
29-1) Dec. 18, 1943 (Weathersby) ; 1L(G-175) 
Feb. ■ 3, 1944; lL(G-226) Feb. 19, 1944; 
lF(G-247) Feb. 22, 1944; 7M, 2F, IL, 4P 
(G-269n) Mar. 6, 1944; 17L(G-306) Mar. 29, 
1944; 18L(G-310) Apr. 3, 1944; 1M(G-341); 
lF(G-387) ; 2M, IF, 9L(G-388) May 22, 1944; 
4M, 4F(G-402) June 14, 1944; lF(G-404a) 
July 1, 1944; 1F(G-412) June 19, 1944; 2M, 
3F(G-436); lF(G-438) (A. B. Gurney) 
[USNM, JNB]. 
5. Uranotaenia sexaueri Belkin n. sp. 
Plates 9, 10 
1944. Uranotaenia nivipes (Theobald) . Knight, 
Bohart, and Bohart, Keys Mosq. Aus- 
tralasian Reg. p. 15 {partim). 
Diagnosis 
ADULT. — Head entirely white-scaled dor- 
sally; small dark patch laterally; few erect 
verticals; frontal tuft conspicuous. Lower part 
of scutum and upper part of pleura white, 
including around the front, with extensive 
white-scaling; apn.ppn, and stp each with large 
patch of broad white scales; lower half of stp 
with dark scales. Hind tarsus white-scaled 
from about 0.5 of segment 3; fore and mid 
tarsi light on segments 3-5. Wing with con- 
spicuous black and white pattern. Abdominal 
tergite 1 white-scaled, tergites 2-7 with apical 
transverse white bands, broader on basal seg- 
ments. Male legs without striking modifica- 
tions. 
PUPA.— Trumpet length 3.5 median width; 
tracheoid extending to about 0.4; dark on 
tracheoid, golden brown beyond; slit in mea- 
tus. Hair l-II 6-7b, all primary; 4-V-VII 
4-6b, slightly longer than following tergite. 
Paddle serrations very indistinct, restricted to 
extreme apex on external margin. 
LARVA. — Head markedly longer than wide; 
hairs 5, 6-C strong spikes; 4-C moderate 2b 
(2-3); 7-C 4b(3-5); 9-C long 4b(2-5). An- 
tennal hairs simple; 1-A very short, near mid- 
dle. Thorax and abdomen with well-developed 
dorsal and ventral hairs. Thoracic hair 10-P 
well developed; 9-P short 4b (4-6); 9-M, T, 
8-M, 7-T long, multiple, barbed; 4-P 2b; 7-P 
2b(2-4); 14-P very strong (12-l6b); long sin- 
gle hairs with apices blunt or frayed. Abdom- 
inal hairs 6-III-VIII stellate, much shorter 
than 6-1, II, without basal tubercles; l-I, II 
7-9b(7-ll); 6-1,11 2b, branches uneven; 
6-III, IV 7-8b(7-ll). Comb plates separate; 
scales fringed basally only, one or two median 
ones enlarged. Siphon index about 5.5; pec- 
ten extending to about 0.3; pecten teeth nar- 
row, fringed apically and laterally; valves long; 
hair 1-S moderate, 7, 8b(6-9); 9-S weak, 
straight, inconspicuous; 13-S long, strong, 
twisted at base. Anal segment moderate; sad- 
dle margin with numerous moderate, narrow, 
apical spines; gills about 0.5 of saddle length; 
hair 1-X 6, 5b, moderate; 2-X 3b(2-4); 3-X 
2b; 4a-X 3b; 4b-X 2b. 
Description 
FEMALE (713-15).— Wing: 1.55 mm. Ab- 
domen: 1.10 mm. Proboscis: 1.15 mm. Front 
femur: 1.15 mm. 
Head: Vertex with decumbent scales all white; 
central and caudal scales with faint iridescence; 
scales elongate but rounded apically; frontal 
tuft present but largely missing in specimen; 
erect occipital scales missing in specimen; in- 
ner orbital bristle absent, outer orbitals three. 
Postgena with an orbital patch of dark scales 
below orbital bristles, followed by grayish- 
brown scales. Clypeus dark brown. Palpus 
about 0.05 of proboscis, with small scales and 
long hairs. Proboscis slightly swollen on ex- 
treme apex; dark-scaled, lighter ventrally; 
shaft with short hairs laterally; just before 
apex a few long hairs, apex with numerous 
hairs; labella brown, with vestiture of light 
hairs. Antenna about 1.2 of proboscis; torus 
light brown, with a few short hairs dorsally 
