In 1929 the writer described a British Columbian blackfly pupa with most unusual characteristics—unique among North American species in that the customary slender respiratory filaments are replaced by a closed, ringed, club-like horn with tw-o short, curved basal spurs. An examination of the literature at our disposal of the pupae known from Europe, Africa, Asia, Australasia and South America, indicates that a number of other unusual forms have been described, especially from Africa. Although the valid species of Simuliidae in the world fauna probably number more than three hundred and fifty, only about twelve of the known pupae of which we have records have breathing organs that are not of the filamentous type. In Northern Europe, Simulium equinum L., as described by Edwards and Puri, has breathing organs consisting of wide, thin-walled tubes, the basal and main branches of which form a ring on the thorax.