Uranotaenia in Solomon Islands — Belkin 
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swelling near base; width approximately 0.2 
of length; very lightly and uniformly pig- 
mented; shaft smooth, without spicules. An- 
tennal hairs all lightly pigmented and incon-- 
spicuous; relative position, length, and degree 
of development as figured; all single except 
1-A which is 3-branched and almost as long 
as antenna. 
Thorax: All hairs and tubercles very lightly 
pigmented, slightly darker than head inte- 
gument and hairs; relative position, length, 
and degree of development of hairs as fig- 
ured; apices of long hairs attenuated and very 
elongate; barbs when present very slender and 
sparse; hair 5-P about 2.0 of head length. 
Prothorax: hair 0(3, 4b, all primary), 1 (broken 
off), 2(1), 3(13, 14b, with broad fan-like 
asymmetrical base), 4(2b), 5(1), 6(1), 7(2, 3b, 
third branch smaller), 8(4, 5b), 9(2b, one 
branch very small), 10(1), ll(2f), 12(3, 4f), 
14(1, 2f, slightly thickened, with minute 
barbs). Mesothorax: hair l(4b), 2(2, 3b), 3(1, 
2f), 4(4f), 5(broken off), 6(broken off), 7(1), 
8(4b), 9(5b), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(moder- 
ately dendritic tuft of 15-17 branches), 14 
(moderately dendritic tuft of 18-19 branches). 
Metathorax: hair l(3b), 2(2f), 3(3b), 4(2f), 
5 (2b), 6(2f), 7(6b), 8(8, 9b, all primary), 
9(5b), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 13(5b). 
Abdomen: Hairs and tubercles of segments I, 
II lightly pigmented as on thorax; hairs of 
following segments considerably darker, par- 
ticularly stellate tufts; relative position, length, 
and degree of development as figured; barbs 
when present very slender, short and incon- 
spicuous. Stellate hairs (1, 6, 13) with branch- 
es of two lengths; 4-II a forked hair, not 
stellate. Segment I: hair l(3b), 2(1), 3(1, 2f), 
4(7, 9b), 5(2, 3b), 6(2b), 7(1), 8(2b), 9(5, 6b), 
10(4b), 12(1), 13(2, 3f). Segment II: hair 0(1), 
l(3b), 2(1), 3(3, 4b), 4(2, 3f), 5(3b), 6(bro- 
ken off), 7(1), 8(1), 9(1), 10(2f), ll(2f), 
12(2f), 13(4b). Segment III: hair 0(1), l(3b), 
2(1), 3(3f), 4(2f), 5(2b), 6(3b), 7(6, 7b), 
8(2b), 9(1, 2f)., 10(2f), 11(2, 3f), 12(2b), 13(3, 
4b), 14(1). Segment IV: hair 0(1), 1(2, 3b), 
2(1), 3(1), 4(2, 3f), 5(3, 4b), 6(4b), 7(6b), 
8(2f), 9(1, 2b), 10(2, 3f), 11(1, 2b), 12(1, 2b), 
13(3, 4b), 14(1). Segment V: hair 0(1), l(3b), 
2(1, 2b), 3(3b), 4(2f), 5(2, 3f), 6(4, 5b), 7(4, 
5b), 8(2b), 9(2f), 10(2f), 11(1), 12(2f), 
13(4b), 14(1). Segment VI: hair 0(1), l(2b), 
2(1, 2b), 3(2, 3f), 4(2, 3f), 5(3, 4b), 6(4b), 
7(5b), 8(2b), 9(2b), 10(2, 3b), ll(2f), 12(2f), 
13(15, I6d), 14(1). Segment VII: hair 0(1), 
1(2, 3b), 2(1), 3(3, 4b), 4(1), 5(1), 6(4b), 
7(2f), 8(4b), 9(4b), 10(1, 2f), ll(2b), 12(1), 
13(4b), 14(1). Segment VIII: comb plate 
heavily sclerotized, moderately pigmented, 
ornamented with numerous lines of minute 
'Spicules; comb scales 8-8, uniform in size, 
with inconspicuous fine lateral fringes as fig- 
ured; hair 0(1), l(2f), 2(2, 3f), 3(4, 6b, con- 
spicuously barbed), 4(2f), 5 (4b, conspicuous- 
ly barbed), l4(2f). Siphon: as figured; length 
3.0 median width; moderately pigmented, or- 
namented with numerous lines of minute spic- 
ules; pecten extending to 0.8, teeth 21-20 
with lateral and apical fringe as figured; valves 
as figured; hair l(4b, two long, two short, 
lightly barbed, slightly longer than siphon), 
2(1, slender), 3, 4(minute), 6(1, longer than 
valve), 7 (not seen), 8(1, weaker than 6, as 
long as valve), 9(strong, hook-like), 10-12 
(not seen), 13(1, weak, twisted bristle). Seg- 
ment X: saddle uniformly and lightly pig- 
mented, ornamented with numerous lines of 
minute spicules; median width 0.65 of length; 
caudal margin with several rows of long, 
apically fringed spines as in figure; gills 1.6 
length of saddle, narrow, blunt apically; hair 
l(2b, about 1.2 length of saddle, uneven), 
2 (3b, about 4.0 length of saddle), 3 (broken 
off), 4a(2b, about 4.2 length of saddle), 4b 
(2b, about 4.0 length of saddle), 4c(l, about 
3.8 length of saddle), 4d(l, about 3.8 length 
of saddle), 4e(l, about 2.8 length of saddle). 
Types 
USNM No. 61,421 (holotype, allotype, pa- 
ratypes) . Paratypes to be deposited in BMNH, 
CU, and CSIR (Canberra); also in coll. JNB. 
HOLOTYPE FLP(932-103) and allotype 
MLP(932-102), Guadalcanal: Tenaru, Mar. 
28, 1945 (JNB, M. Cohen, E. Winkler). 
