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Key to Species of Armigeres 
Setae B and C on segment II placed close to- 
gether; C-II a small three- or four-branched 
tuft; paddle not notched at apex (Fig. 46) 
.A. breinli 
Setae B and C on segment II placed relatively 
far apart; C-II a conspicuous five- or six- 
forked tuft; paddle notched at apex (Fig. 
47) . A. milnensis 
Armigeres breinli (Taylor) 1914 
Fig. 46 
Cephalothorax.— Postocular: 1 small, five- 
or six-branched; 2 long, two- or three-branched; 
3 long, two-branched. 
Anterothoracic: 4 small, three- to five-forked; 5 
small, five- or six-forked; 7 small, two-forked 
or rarely simple; 6 long, stout, pale, simple. 
Dorsal: 8 medium, five-forked. 
Supra-alar: 9 small, three-forked. 
Metanotum: 10 medium, four-branched; 11 
long, stout, simple; 12 small, six-branched. 
' Trumpet : Short, length about twice the greatest 
diameter of meatus; pinna long, about one-half 
the total length of trumpet; tracheoid area obso- 
lete; uniformly light-pigmented. 
Abdomen. — Segment 1 : H medium, stout, 
simple; K long, stout, plumose, simple; L very 
small, simple; M small, six-branched; S me- 
dium, three-branched; T medium, five- or six- 
branched; u very small, simple. 
Segment II: A small, simple spine; B long, sim- 
ple, plumose; c small, three- or four-branched; 
1 small, four- or five-branched; 2 very small, 
three-branched; 3 very small, four- to six- 
branched; 4 medium, simple; 5 minute, simple 
on this and all following segments. 
Segment III: A small, simple spine; B long, 
simple, plumose; C very small, three- or four- 
branched; c' small, simple on this and all fol- 
lowing segments; 1 very small, two- or three - 
branched; 2 very small, three-branched; 3 rep- 
resented only by its socket; 4 small, three- 
branched. 
Segment IV: A small, simple spine; B long, sim- 
ple, plumose; C small, five-branched; 1 very 
.small, simple or two-forked; 2 small, three- to 
five-forked; 3 represented only by its socket; 
4 small, three-forked. 
Segment V: A small, simple spine; B long, sim- 
ple, plumose; C small, five-branched; 1 small, 
simple to four-branched; 2 small, two- to 
four-forked; 3 represented only by its socket; 
4 small, three- or four-forked. 
Segment VI: A small, simple spine; B -long, two- 
branched, plumose; c small, three-branched; 1 
small, two- or three-forked, mesad of B in posi- 
tion; 2 small, two- to five-forked; 3 absent; 
4 small, four- to seven-forked, mesad of c in 
position. 
Fig. 46. Armigeres breinli: dorsal aspect of right 
half of abdomen of female from Mios Woendi, Dutch 
New Guinea. 
