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ondary branches and thin fringes), 2(1), 3(1), 
4(1, thin), 5 (3b), 6(1), 7(1), 10(1). Segment 
2: 0(1, minute), 1(3, 4b), 2(1), 3(1), 4(2, 3b), 
5(1), 6(1, reaching apex of next tergite), 7(1, 
ventral), 10(2b, ventral), 12(1, lightly pig- 
mented), l4(not seen). Segment 3: hair 0(1, 
minute), l(l-3b), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1, 2b), 5(1, 2b), 
6(1, 2b), 7(1), 8(1), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 14(1, 
minute). Segment 4: hair 0(1, minute), 1(2, 
3b), 2(1), 3(2, 3b), 4(2b), 5(1), 6(2, 3b), 7(1), 
8(3b), 10(2b,f), 11(1, 2b), 12(1), 14(1, min- 
ute). Segment 5: hair 0(1, minute), 1(1, 2b), 
2(1), 3(1), 4(2, 3b), 5(1), 6(1, 2b), 7(1), 8(1, 
3b), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 14(1, minute). Seg- 
ment 6: hair 0(1, minute), 1(1, sometimes 
with long thin fringes), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1, 2b), 
5(1), 6(1), 7(1), 8(2, 3b), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 
14(1, minute). Segment 7: hair 0(1, minute), 
1(1), 2(1), 3(1), 4(1), 5(1), 6(2b), 7(6-8b), 
8(1, 2f), 10(1), 11(1), 12(1), 14(1, minute). 
Segment 8: 0(1), 5(1, reaching about halfway 
down paddle), 7(12, 13b), 14(1, minute). Seg- 
ment 9: dorsal lobe extending to 0.38 of 
paddle, hair 1 apparently not developed. Pad- 
dle width about 0.65 length; very lightly 
pigmented; midrib broad and strongly sclero- 
tized at base, evanescent apically; margin with 
several dorsal rows of distinct long spicules 
from base externally around apex to basal 
third internally; hairs absent. Male genital 
lobe extending to about 0.75 of paddle. 
larva. — Head: 0.84 mm. Siphon: 0.60 
mm. Anal saddle: 0.25 mm. 
Head: Width about 1.05 of length, widest part 
caudad of eye; pigmentation a dark blackish 
brown, rather mottled; sculpturing indistinct; 
mental plate black, large, with about 22 teeth, 
median three strongly projecting from re- 
mainder; gula short, very broad caudally, 
maxillary sutures strongly diverging. Hairs of 
head capsule same color as integument or 
darker. Chaetotaxy as in melanesiensis except 
as noted; hair 5(1, not as strong, more cephalic 
and mesal, almost in line with hair 1), 6(1, 
heaviest hair on dorsum, more mesal), 7(2b, 
shorter), 8(2b), 9(3b), 11(1, strong black 
spike), 12(2b, shorter), 13(1, strong, long, 
closer to 12 than 11), I4(2b, slender), 15(1, 
2f, b). Antenna about 0.3 of head, apex pro- 
duced on mesal angle; width at middle about 
O. 16 of length; shaft hair at about 0.72; pig- 
mentation as on head capsule, sculpturing 
more distinct. Antennal hairs lighter than on 
head capsule; all hairs single; 6-A short, 
slender, reaching to 0.7 of transparent part 
of 5-A. 
Thorax: Integument completely unpigmented: 
hairs very darkly pigmented a blackish brown; 
tubercles lighter, distinct only for 1-3-P, 5,6- 
P, 9-12-P, 2-M, 5-M, 6,7-M, 9-12-M, 7-T, 9- 
12-T, 13-T; stellate hairs not developed, or re- 
duced, corresponding hairs simple or with at 
most 6,7 short branches (except 13-T); large 
simple hairs swollen a short distance from base 
and with distinct fringes on enlargement; hair 
arrangement generally as in melanesiensis ex- 
cept as noted. Prothorax: 0(4, 5b, stellate but 
short and inconspicuous) , 1 (3b, apices sharply 
pointed, longer than 3-P, arising in deep 
alveolus on edge of tubercle of 2-P), 2(1, 
about as long as 1-P, apex attenuate), 3(3, 4b, 
apices attenuate), 4(2, 3b, apices sharply 
pointed or fringed, about as long as 3-P), 
5(1, long, over 0.5 mm., enlargement near 
base, on common tubercle with 6), 6(1, long, 
about 0.66 of 5), 7(3b, a little longer than 1; 
close to 6), 8 (3b, about equal to 3, more 
ventral than in melanesiensis ), 9(2, 3b), 10(1), 
1 1 (2b, short), 12(1), 13(3, 4b), 14(5, 6b). Me- 
sothorax: 1 (1— 3b, minute to short), 2(1, long), 
3(1, more cephalic than in melanesiensis') , 4(1, 
medium), 5(1, longest dorsal hair, with en- 
largement near base), 6(1), 7(1, with en- 
largement near base), 8(2, 3b), 9(4b), 10(1), 
11(1), 12(1), 13(3, 4b), 14(1-3, 4b, minute to 
small). Metathorax: 1-4(1), 5 (1— 3b, small), 
6(1), 7(1, hairlike not spinelike, sharply at- 
tenuate, short, spiculate), 8(2, 3b), 9(4, 5b), 
10(1), 11(1, 2b), 12(1, medium), 13(7b, large, 
with branches of uneven lengths). 
Abdomen: Pigmentation as on thorax; tuber- 
cles distinct for 6,7-1,11 and 6-III-VI; stellate 
hairs undeveloped or inconspicuous, cor- 
