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  NOTES 
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  III. 
  97 
  

  

  posterior 
  third 
  mostly 
  dark 
  -scaled 
  except 
  on 
  and 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum. 
  A 
  patch 
  

   of 
  erect 
  flat 
  scales 
  a 
  little 
  in 
  front 
  of 
  the 
  root 
  of 
  each 
  wing, 
  the 
  anterior 
  ones 
  white, 
  

   the 
  posterior 
  ones 
  black. 
  Prothoracic 
  lobes 
  with 
  black 
  and 
  white 
  flat 
  scales 
  ; 
  pro- 
  

   epimera 
  with 
  narrow 
  whitish 
  scales 
  ; 
  no 
  post-spiracular 
  scales 
  ; 
  sternopleura 
  and 
  

   mesepimeron 
  each 
  with 
  two 
  patches 
  of 
  flat 
  white 
  scales 
  ; 
  no 
  lower 
  mesepimeral 
  

   bristle. 
  Abdomen 
  blackish-scaled 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  all 
  the 
  tergites 
  with 
  basal 
  white 
  bands 
  

   which 
  are 
  broadened 
  in 
  the 
  middle, 
  especially 
  in 
  the 
  £ 
  ; 
  tergites 
  5-8 
  with 
  narrow 
  

   apical 
  creamy 
  banding, 
  sometimes 
  hardly 
  perceptible 
  ; 
  tergites 
  6-8 
  in 
  <J, 
  7-8 
  in 
  §, 
  

   with 
  the 
  sides 
  continuously 
  white. 
  Venter 
  white, 
  with 
  two 
  large 
  black 
  spots 
  on 
  each 
  

   sternite, 
  sometimes 
  uniting 
  to 
  form 
  a 
  band. 
  Hypopygitim 
  : 
  side-pieces 
  uniformly 
  

   hairy 
  ; 
  lobe 
  small, 
  with 
  two 
  short, 
  pointed 
  spines, 
  but 
  no 
  distinct 
  leaf 
  ; 
  clasper 
  short, 
  

   rather 
  stout, 
  sickle-shaped. 
  Tenth 
  sternites 
  broad, 
  rather 
  short, 
  with 
  a 
  large 
  terminal 
  

   patch 
  of 
  fine 
  hair, 
  not 
  spines 
  ; 
  no 
  basal 
  arm. 
  Lobes 
  of 
  mesosome 
  with 
  two 
  distinct 
  

   divisions 
  ; 
  upper 
  division 
  broad, 
  with 
  one 
  long 
  downwardly 
  directed 
  point, 
  and 
  one 
  

   shorter 
  one 
  nearer 
  the 
  base 
  ; 
  lower 
  division 
  a 
  simple 
  outwardly-directed 
  sickle. 
  

   Legs 
  : 
  femora 
  mottled, 
  the 
  dark 
  scales 
  predominating 
  on 
  the 
  front 
  and 
  middle 
  pair, 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  paler 
  ; 
  small 
  but 
  distinct 
  knee-spots 
  present. 
  Tibiae 
  dark, 
  with 
  narrow 
  

   pale 
  tips 
  ; 
  middle 
  and 
  hind 
  pairs 
  with 
  narrow 
  anterior 
  and 
  broader 
  posterior 
  white 
  

   stripes. 
  Tarsi 
  with 
  rather 
  broad 
  white 
  rings 
  at 
  the 
  bases 
  of 
  the 
  first 
  four 
  segments, 
  

   the 
  white 
  not 
  extending 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  of 
  the 
  preceding 
  segment 
  ; 
  on 
  the 
  hind 
  legs 
  the 
  

   ring 
  on 
  the 
  third 
  segment 
  is 
  slightly 
  broader 
  than 
  the 
  others 
  and 
  occupies 
  nearly 
  

   one-third 
  of 
  the 
  segment 
  ; 
  the 
  fifth 
  segment 
  also 
  has 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  basal 
  ring. 
  

   Wings 
  with 
  the 
  scales 
  all 
  dark 
  ; 
  outstanding 
  ones 
  linear 
  ; 
  base 
  of 
  upper 
  fork-cell 
  

   slightly 
  nearer 
  wing-base 
  than 
  that 
  of 
  lower. 
  Wing-length, 
  3-5-5 
  mm. 
  

  

  Queensland: 
  Townsville, 
  in 
  house, 
  9-10.vi.1920 
  (G. 
  F. 
  Hill), 
  6<J 
  (including 
  

   tvpe), 
  6 
  $, 
  presented 
  by 
  the 
  Imperial 
  Bureau 
  of 
  Entomology 
  ; 
  Eidsvold, 
  xi.1911 
  

   (Dr. 
  T. 
  L. 
  Bancroft), 
  14^, 
  1 
  $, 
  presented 
  by 
  Mr. 
  F. 
  V. 
  Theobald. 
  

  

  G. 
  — 
  A 
  New 
  Armigeres 
  from 
  the 
  New 
  Guinea 
  Region. 
  

  

  Armigeres 
  lacuum, 
  sp. 
  n. 
  

  

  Head 
  mostly 
  black-scaled 
  in 
  $, 
  with 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  border 
  to 
  the 
  eves 
  and 
  a 
  

   small 
  white 
  spot 
  on 
  the 
  vertex 
  ; 
  in 
  <$ 
  the 
  white 
  markings 
  are 
  more 
  extensive, 
  and 
  

   the 
  black 
  is 
  less 
  intense. 
  Clypeus 
  in 
  £ 
  apparently 
  bare 
  ; 
  in 
  $ 
  with 
  two 
  patches 
  of 
  

   small 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Tori 
  with 
  small 
  flat 
  white 
  scales. 
  Palpi 
  blackish, 
  about 
  

   one-fifth 
  as 
  long 
  as 
  the 
  proboscis 
  in 
  $, 
  a 
  little 
  longer 
  than 
  the 
  proboscis 
  in 
  <J. 
  Proboscis 
  

   shorter 
  than 
  the 
  front 
  femora 
  in 
  both 
  sexes, 
  but 
  in 
  the 
  $ 
  it 
  is 
  more 
  slender 
  than 
  

   usual 
  in 
  this 
  genus. 
  Thorax 
  blackish 
  brown 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  a 
  narrow 
  white 
  margin 
  of 
  

   narrow 
  scales, 
  more 
  distinct 
  in 
  <$ 
  than 
  in 
  $ 
  ; 
  in 
  $ 
  also 
  there 
  is 
  a 
  whitish 
  mark 
  on 
  the 
  

   mid 
  lobe 
  of 
  the 
  scutellum, 
  extending 
  forwards 
  a 
  short 
  distance, 
  which 
  is 
  not 
  present 
  

   in 
  $. 
  Prothoracic 
  lobes 
  and 
  pro-epimera 
  with 
  narrow 
  white 
  scales, 
  broader 
  below 
  

   than 
  above, 
  and 
  broader 
  in 
  <$ 
  than 
  in 
  $. 
  Abdomen 
  blackish 
  dorsally 
  ; 
  tergites 
  1-7 
  

   with 
  large 
  rounded 
  lateral 
  white 
  spots 
  ; 
  tergite 
  8 
  with 
  a 
  dorsal 
  white 
  spot. 
  Venter 
  

   white, 
  sternites 
  mostly 
  with 
  narrow 
  apical 
  black 
  bands. 
  Male 
  hypopygium 
  : 
  side- 
  

   pieces 
  rather 
  stout, 
  pointed 
  ; 
  basal 
  lobes 
  not 
  prominent, 
  represented 
  by 
  a 
  dense 
  

   tuft 
  of 
  moderately 
  long 
  hairs, 
  four 
  or 
  five 
  of 
  the 
  most 
  apical 
  of 
  which 
  are 
  thickened, 
  

   almost 
  spine-like. 
  Claspers 
  slender, 
  slightly 
  curved, 
  slightly 
  tapering 
  at 
  the 
  tip, 
  

   with 
  about 
  20 
  equal-sized 
  teeth. 
  Tenth 
  sternites 
  moderate, 
  simple, 
  pointed. 
  Lobes 
  

   of 
  mesosome 
  scarcely 
  crenulate 
  apically. 
  Legs 
  blackish 
  ; 
  femora 
  white 
  beneath 
  ; 
  

   hind 
  femora 
  white 
  to 
  the 
  tip 
  on 
  the 
  outer 
  side 
  ; 
  all 
  tibiae 
  about 
  equal 
  in 
  length 
  ; 
  

   first 
  hind 
  tarsal 
  segment 
  about 
  one-third 
  shorter 
  than 
  the 
  tibia. 
  Claws 
  normal, 
  

   the 
  middle 
  pair 
  in 
  the 
  # 
  being 
  small, 
  equal 
  and 
  toothed. 
  Wings 
  normal. 
  Wing- 
  

   length, 
  3-5-4 
  mm. 
  

  

  He 
  des 
  Lacs, 
  E. 
  of 
  New 
  Guinea 
  {Bird, 
  1900-1901). 
  

  

  Type 
  $ 
  in 
  Budapest 
  Museum 
  ; 
  paratypes, 
  1 
  (J 
  (without 
  abdomen) 
  23 
  $, 
  in 
  Budapest 
  

   Museum 
  and 
  British 
  Museum. 
  

  

  (6160) 
  g 
  

  

  