160 CATALOGUE OF 
each side of the disk. Hind lobe with a long obliquely ascending spine 
on each side and with an orange band on the fore border, this band dilated 
semicircularly hindward in the middle. Scutellum with a long nearly erect 
spine. Furrow of the fore tibia not more than one-fourth as long as 
the latter. Length of the body 7}—8 lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
b, St. Paulo. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
49, SPINIGER LUTESCENS. | 
Mas. Niger, fere linearis, spinis luteis armatus ; caput prothoracis lobo 
antico multo longius ; antenne lulee, corporis dimidio longiores, 
articulis 20 basi logue nigris: prothoracis lobus anticus lobo postico 
brevior, spinis duabus discalibus erectis; posticus spinis duabus 
lateralibus oblique ascendentibus ; scutellum spina erecta longissima 
basi nigra ; ale antice luride. 
Mas. Black, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, much longer than 
the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part with prominent angular 
cheeks, somewhat longer than the hind lobe. Eyes very prominent. 
Antenne luteous, more than half as long as the body; first joint black, 
longer than the ante-ocular head ; second black at the base, nearly thrice 
as long as the first; third shorter than the second. Spines of the thorax 
yellow. Fore lobe of the prothorax shorter than the hind lobe, with two 
erect moderately long spines in the disk. Hind lobe with a long, slightly 
ascending spine on each side. . Scutellum with an erect very long spine, 
which is black towards the base. Furrow of the fore tibie Jess than half 
as long as the latter, Fore wings lurid. Hind wings blackish, with an 
irregularly bread lurid streak along the middle part of the costa. Length 
of the body 103—12 lines. 
a,b, ———? 
50. SprnicER Picrus. 
Fem. Ochraceus, fere linearis; caput prothoracis lobo antico permulto 
longius ; eollum nigro bimaculatum ; antenne nigre; prothoracis 
lobus anticus lobo postico multo brevior, spinis quatuor nigris 
armatus; posticus linea media, maculis quatuor spinisque duabus 
lateralibus oblique ascendentibus nigris; scutellum spina nigra 
oblique ascendente basi ochracea ; venter nigro sexmaculatus ; femora 
antica subtus bispinosa; corium nigro bimaculatum; membrana 
cinerea. War. B.—Antennarum articulus 2us luteus, apice niger ; 
prothoracis lobus posticus nigro bimaculalus; connexivum nigro 
maculalum. 
Female. Ochraceous, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, very much 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; cheeks not prominent; ante- 
ocular part as long as the post-ocular, where there is a black spot on each 
side of the neck. Antenne black, longer than the bead and the prothorax 
together; first joint longer than the ante-ocular head ; second nearly twice 
as Jong as the first; third a little shorter than the second; fourth much 
shorter than the third. Fore lube of the prothorax much shorter than the 
hind lobe, with two black erect spines in the disk, with a black spot on 
each side in front, and with an acute tubercle on each side of the ridge 
