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CHARACTERISTICS 15<br />

Uniting <strong>the</strong> bases <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> side-pieces on <strong>the</strong> ventral side is<br />

<strong>the</strong> interbasal fold (I.F.). From each side <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> interbasal<br />

fold arises a small organ, <strong>the</strong> claspette (Cs.). It consists <strong>of</strong><br />

a slender, cylindrical stem, bearing at its apex an articulated<br />

broad, leaf-like expansion -<strong>the</strong> filament <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> claspette (F.cs).<br />

FIGURE 6. Hypopygium <strong>of</strong> Aedes stimztlans. A.L. apical lobe; B.L.<br />

basal lobe; B.P. basal plate; C. claw <strong>of</strong> clasper; Cl. clasper; Cs. claspette;<br />

F.cs. filament <strong>of</strong> claspette; I.F. interbasal fold; Lg. lobes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ninth<br />

tergite; P. paramere; S.P. side-piece; 10s. tenth sternite; gT. ninth<br />

tergite.<br />

Lying in <strong>the</strong> median plane, directly above and extending be-<br />

yond <strong>the</strong> lobes <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> ninth tergite and within <strong>the</strong> cavity formed<br />

by <strong>the</strong> ninth segment and <strong>the</strong> side-pieces are <strong>the</strong> chitinized<br />

parts <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> genital orifice and <strong>the</strong> anal appendages. Owing<br />

to <strong>the</strong> torsion <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong>se parts <strong>the</strong> anal opening is below that <strong>of</strong>

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