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simple; 5 minute, simple on this and all fol- 
lowing segments. 
Segment III: A small, simple spine; B medium, 
stout, simple; C long, stout, simple; c' small, 
simple spine on this and all following segments; 
1 small, simple; 2 small, simple or rarely two- 
forked; 3 represented only by its socket; 4 small, 
simple spine. 
Segment IV: A small, simple spine; B long, stout, 
simple; C small, two-forked or occasionally sim- 
ple; 1 small, simple or rarely two-forked; 2 
small, simple or occasionally two-forked; 3 rep- 
resented only by its socket; 4 small, four- or five- 
forked, rarely six-forked. 
Fig. 45. Aedes aurimargo: dorsal aspect of right 
half of abdomen of male from Draeger Harbor, 
Northeast New Guinea. 
Segment V: A small, simple spine; B long, stout, 
simple; C medium, simple; 1 small, simple; 2 
small, five- or six-forked, occasionally tw r o- to 
four-forked; 3 represented only by its socket; 
4 small, two-forked or simple. 
Segment VI: A small, simple; B medium, stout, 
simple; C small, simple, stout; c' small, stout 
spine, simple or rarely two-forked at apex; 1 
small, simple; 2 small, two- to four-forked near 
middle; 3 absent; 4 small, simple, stout, rarely 
two-forked at apex. 
Segment VII: A long, stout, black, plumose, two- 
to four-branched; B small, simple or occasionally 
two-forked near middle; C small, simple; 1 
small, three-forked, rarely two-forked; 2 small, 
simple or two-forked; 4 small, simple. 
Segment VIII: A very large, black, stout, plu- 
mose, five- to nine-branched, usually nine; a' 
long, simple. 
Paddle: Long, narrow oval, apically with a blunt 
point; margin slightly serrate laterally becom- 
ing coarser near apex; midrib strong basally, 
declining apically, dividing paddle unequally, 
the lateral face being nearly twice the width 
of the medial face; terminal seta stout, black, 
usually two-branched or forked, rarely simple 
or three-forked. 
Specimens examined. — The pupal exuviae 
of four males and two females from Draeger 
Harbor, Northeast New Guinea. 
Genus ARMI GERES Theobald 
Diagnosis. — Trumpets of moderate length, 
tracheoid portion obsolete, pinna very oblique. 
Dorsal seta (8) of cephalothorax placed far 
posterior to trumpets. Setae H and K close to- 
gether, well separated from L and M. Seta A a 
small simple spine on segments II— VI, but a 
strong plumose tuft on VII and VIII; seta B 
a long simple seta on segments II-V, same 
length throughout but closer to lateral margin 
on the posterior segments; seta c a small tuft 
on segments II— VII. Paddles fringed with long 
hairs around apical one-half of margin, with an 
irregular line of black pigment at base; midrib 
strongest on basal one-third; terminal seta 
strong, accessory seta absent. 
