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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. Scu tell urn with a long nearly erect 

 spine. Furrow of the fore tibiae not more than one-fourth as long as 

 the latter. Length of the body 1\ — 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 multn longius ; antennce lulece, corporis dimidio longioret, 

 articulis 2o basi ]ogue nigris : prothoracis lobus ariticus lobo pastico 

 brevior, spinis duabus discalibus erectis ; posticus spinis dun but 

 laleralibus oblique ascendrnlibus ; sculellum spina erecta longissima 

 basi nigra ; alee anticce luridce. 



Mas. Black, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, much longer than 

 the fore lobe of the prolhorax ; ante-ocular part with prominent angular 

 cheeks, somewhat longer than the hind lobe. Eyes very prominent. 

 Antennae luleous, more than half as lornr as the body; fir.-t 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 prolhorax shoiter than the hind lobe, with two 

 erect moderately long spines in the disk. Hind lobe with a long, slightly 

 ascending spine on each side. Sculellum with an erect very long spine, 

 which is black towards the base. Furrow of the fore tibiae less than half 

 as long as the latter. Fore wings lurid. Hind wings blackish, with an 

 irregularly broad lurid streak along the middle part of the cosla. Length 

 of the body 10£ — 12 lines. 



a, b. ? 



50. Spiniger pictus. 



Fcem. Ochraceus, fere linearis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico permulto 

 longius; collum nigra bimaculalum ; antennce nigrce ; prothoracis 

 lobus unlicus lobo pastico multo brevior, spinis quatuor nigris 

 armatus; posticus linea media, macu/is quatuor spinisque duabus 

 laterulibus oblique ascendentibus nigris ; sculellum spina nigra 

 oblique ascendenle basi ochracea ; venter nigra sexmaculatus ; femora 

 antica subtus bispinosa ; corium nigra bimaculalum ; membrana 

 cinerea. Var. /3. — Anlennarum articulus 2us luteus, a pice 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. Antennas black, longer than the head and the prothorax 

 together; first joint longer than the ante-ocular head ; second nearly twice 

 as long as the first; third a little shorter than the second; fourth much 

 shorter than the third. Fore lobe of the piotborax much shorter than the 

 hind lobe, with two black erect spines in the disk, with a black S|>ot on 

 each side in front, and with an acute tubercle on each side of the ridge 



