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black towards the tip. Scutellum with a long erect spine. Abdomen 
testaceous beneath. Four anterior femora ferruginous beneath; fore femora 
with minute spines beneath; furrow beneath the fore tibie not more than 
one-third as long as the latter. Fore wings with a luteous costal stripe, 
which extends from the base to the middle, and is there connected with a 
luteous band. Length of the body 7} lines. 
a. St. Paulo. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
b. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
57. SPINIGER PARDALINUS. 
Mas. Luteus, longi-subfusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico multo 
longius ; antennarum articulus lus fuscescente fasciatus, prothoracis 
lobus anticus lobo postico brevior, quadrispinosus, nigro bistrigatus ; 
lobus posticus nigro octostrigatus, spinis duabus lateralibus nigris 
oblique ascendentibus ; scutelli spina oblique ascendens; segmenta 
ventralia nigro fasciata ; pedes rufi, nigro fasciali ; ale anlice nigro 
maculate. 
Male. Luteous, elongate-subfusiform., Head subfusiform, much longer 
than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part somewhat longer than 
the post-ocular. First joint of the antenne with a brownish band, a little 
Jonger than the ante-ocular head. Fore lobe of the prothorax rather shorter 
than the bind lobe, with an acute tubercle on each side of the fore ridge, 
with two nearly erect spines in the disk and with an oblique very short 
spine on each side; a short black streak on the outer side of each middle 
spine. Hind lobe with three black marks on the fore border, with three 
on the hind border, and with two in the disk; lateral spines long, black, 
obliquely ascending. Scutellum with an obliquely ascending spine. 
Abdomen beneath with a black band on the fore burder of each segment. 
Legs red; two bands on the femora, knees, and one band on the four 
anterior tibia, black; furrow of the fore tibie not more than one-fourth 
as long as the latter. Fore wings with some oblong black spots. Length 
of the body 9% lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
58. SPINIGER DECOLORATUS. 
Mas et fem. Ferrugineus, longi-subfusiformis, spinis testaceis armatus ; 
caput prothoracis lobo antico duplo longius ; lobus anticus lobo 
postico permulto brevior, valde convecus, spinis duabus discalibus 
ascendentibus ; lobus posticus spinis duabus lateralibus longis oblique 
ascendentibus ; scutellum unispinosum ; venter basi carinatus; tibie@ 
Sulve ; ale antice luride. Var. B —Corpus, spine et pedes picea. 
Male and female. Ferruginous, elongate-subfusiform. Head sub- 
fusiform, about twice as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular 
part somewhat longer than the post-vcular. First joint of the antenne a 
hitle longer than the apte-ocular head. Fore lobe of the prothorax hardly 
more than half as long as the hind lobe, highly convex, with a prominent 
tubercle on each side of the fore ridge, and with two pale testaceous 
ascending and diverging spines in the disk. Hind lobe with a long oblique 
