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Segment IV: A very small, simple; B long, stout, 
simple; C small, three- or four-branched, rarely 
five-branched; 1 small, two- or three-branched; 
2 small, two-branched or occasionally simple 
or three-branched; 4 small, two- or three- 
branched, range from simple to four-branched. 
Segment V: A very small, simple; B long, stout, 
simple; C small, three- or four-branched; 1 
small, two- or three-branched; 2 small, three- 
branched, range from two- to four-branched; 
4 small, simple. 
Segment VI: A very small, simple; B long, stout, 
simple; C small, three-branched or occasionally 
two- or four-branched; 1 small, two- or three- 
Fig. 14. Tripteroides hrevipalpis: dorsal aspect of 
right half of abdomen of female from Mios Woendi, 
Dutch New Guinea. 
branched; 2 small, three-branched, range from 
simple to three-branched; 3 absent; 4 small, 
simple. 
Segment VII: A large, conspicuous, fan-like, ten- 
to seventeen-branched, plumose tuft, usually 
thir teen-branched; B very long, stout, simple; 
C small, two- to four-branched; 1 small, stout, 
four- or five-branched, occasionally three- or 
six-branched; 2 small, simple or occasionally 
two-branched or forked; 4 small, simple or 
occasionally two-branched or forked. 
Segment VIII: A large, conspicuous, fan-like, 
fifteen- to twenty-one-branched, plumose tuft 
exceeding the apices of the paddles in length, 
usually twenty-branched; a' small, simple. 
Paddles: Short, generally blunt-tipped and not 
exceeding the branches of A- VIII in length; 
margins smooth; without terminal setae; mid- 
rib not quite reaching apex, dividing the paddle 
unequally, the lateral face being about three 
times the width of the medial face. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of four males and four females from Mios 
Woendi, Dutch New Guinea. 
Genus H ARP AGO MY I A De Meijere 
Diagnosis. — Trumpet very short, with small, 
almost circular opening; outer wall wholly 
reticulate, the thin inner wall more obviously 
separated from the outer wall than usual, its 
basal part with some annular ridges. Upper 
postocular seta ( 1 ) of cephalothorax very long, 
split to the base into two equally stout 
branches; dorsal seta (8) placed well behind 
trumpets. Abdomen with setae H and K not far 
apart, K long and simple, all the other setae 
(including s) quite small. Setae A and B on 
segment II long and simple; C not quite so long, 
forked above base. Setae A and C on III— VI 
small; B long and simple, increasing in length 
from segment III to VI. Setae A-VII and A-VIII 
forming large fan-shaped tufts, largest on VIII 
and slightly shorter than paddle in length. Pad- 
dles small, broad at base and pointed at tip, 
without terminal setae, medial face rather nar- 
row. 
