Uranotaenia in Solomon Islands — Belkin 
migeres larvae also, spending most of the time 
at the bottom, coming to the surface only 
rarely, and moving with the same sinuous 
undulations of the body. They rest suspended 
down from the surface and not parallel to it 
as do ground-breeding Uramtaenia. The lar- 
vae are extremely large in comparison with 
the size of the adults. The extremely long 
sausage-shaped gills will separate them in the 
field from all forms found in similar habitats, 
except for Armigeres. Grossly they can be told 
from the latter by the much greater propor- 
tionate size of the head and the presence of 
long, lateral, abdominal hairs on the first four 
segments. 
The pupae of U. quadrimaculata are also 
very different from those of other Uramtaenia 
as the trumpets are very short and relatively 
broad. The wide spacing of the trumpets will 
aid in recognizing them in the field from 
other species in similar habitats. 
Adults are often seen in great numbers rest- 
ing among coconuts on the ground and in 
their other breeding places. They have not 
been collected at lights. 
Distribution 
Solomon Islands, San Cristobal: Malau- 
paina. Sept. 4, 1928 (R. W. Paine) [Paine and 
Edwards, 1929]. Guadalcanal: Rere, Aug. 19, 
1928; Ilu, Aug. 26, 1928 (R. W. Paine) [Paine 
and Edwards, 1929]; generally distributed 
throughout the year on north-central and 
northwest coast (JNB et al., J. G. Francle- 
mont, K. L. Knight, A. B. Gurney, H. E. 
Milliron et al., P. W. Oman, Lechner, Haage) 
[USNM, CU, JNB]. Russell: Banika, 1 adult, 
2L, 2P, Mar. 20, 1943 (W. G. Downs) 
[USNM]. New Georgia: Segi Pt., 4 adults 
(B-3), 5L(B-33), 2L(B-77), 4 adults (B-130) 
(C. O. Berg); Munda Pt., 21 adults, 33L, 
5P(F-69); 2M, 1F(F-18); 15M, 12F(F-19) (J. 
G. Franclemont) [USNM, CU, JNB]. Treas- 
ury: 11 adults (P-34) May-June, 1944 (J. H. 
Paullus) [USNM]. Bougainville: Empress Au- 
gusta Bay, lL(W-4) Dec. 12, 1943; l6L(W-5) 
Nov. 17, 1943 (Weathersby and Koch); 9 
381 
adults, Jan. 28, 1944 (C. R. Bruck); 3 adults, 
3L, lP(G-230) Feb. 19, 1944; 6 adults (G-329) 
Apr. 16, 1944; 12 adults (G-341) Apr. 23, 
1944; 1 adult (G-421) Jun. 27, 1944; 63 adults 
(G-433) (A. B. Gurney) [USNM]. 
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