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in front. Hind lobe with a black middle line, and on each side with 
a black obliquely ascending spine and with two black spots. Scutellum 
with an obliquely ascending biack spine, which is ochraceous at the base. 
Abdomen beneath with three black spots on each side near the base. 
Fore femora with two spines beneath. Furrow beneath the fore tibie 
not more than one-fourth as long as the latter; corium with two black 
spots, one in the disk, the other apical. Hind wings and membrane 
of the fore wings cinereous. Var. 8.— Second joint of the antenne 
luteous, black at the tip. Hind lobe of the prothorax with a black spot on 
each side of the disk. Connexivum with black spots. Length of the body 
10 lines. 
a, 6. Brazil. 
51. SPINIGER BASALIS. 
Fem. Ferrugineus, longi-subfusiformis; caput prothoracis lobo antico 
multo longius ; antenne rufa, articulo 20 apice nigro ; prothoracis 
lobus antieus lobo postico paullo brevior, spinis duabus disealibus 
erectis; posticus spinis duahbus lateralibus oblique ascendentibus ; 
sculedlum spina erecta armatum ; abdominis discus dorsalis nigricans ; 
pedes rufi; ale untice fusce, lestaceo venose, apice cinerea. 
Female. Ferruginous, elongate-subfusifurm. Head subfusiform, much 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part longer than 
the post-vcular, Antenne red, longer than the head and the thorax 
together; first joint as long as the ante-ocular head; second black at the 
tip, about four times as long as the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax a 
little shorter than the hind lobe, with two erect spines in the disk and with 
a prominent Lubercle on each side of the fore ridge. Hind lobe with an 
obliquely ascending spine on each side. Scutellum with an erect spine. 
Abdomen blackish in the disk above. Legs red; furrow of the fore tibia 
very short. Fore wings brown; veins testaceous; apical part cinereous. 
Hind wings blackish, testaceous towards the base. Length of the body 
8 lines. 
a. Brazil. 
52. SPINIGER RUTILANS. 
Coceineus, fere linearis ; caput, clavus et membrano nigra; caput pro- 
thoracis lobo antico multo longius, collo coccineo ; antenne nigra, 
articulo 20 30que basi flavis; prothoracis lobus anticus bispinosus, 
postict dimidw aequilongus, angulis anticis aculis prominulis; lobus 
posticus bispinosus ; sculellum spina erecta armatum; femora antica 
subtus bispinulosa. 
Crimson, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, black except the neck, 
much longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part as long 
as the post-ocular. Antenne black, more than half as long as the body; 
first joint longer than the ante-ocular head; second and third yellow at the 
base; second about twice as long as the first; third longer than the 
second; fourth sborter than the second, Fore lobe of the prothorax full 
half as long as the hind lobe, with acutely prominent fore angles and with 
two lung ascending and diverging spines. Hind lobe with two long 
more diverging spines. Scutellum with a long erect spine. Fore 
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