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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. Sculelluui 

 with an obliquely ascending black spine, which is oehraceous 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 tibiae 

 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. /3. — Second joint of the antennae 

 luteous, black at the lip. Hind lobe of the pro thorax wiih a black spot on 

 each side of the disk. Connexivum with black spots. Length of the body 

 10 lines. 



a, b. Brazil. 



51. Spiniger basalis. 



Fcem. Ferrugineus, longi-subfusiformis; caput prothoracis lobo anlico 

 multo longius ; antennae rufce, articnlo 2o apice nigro ; prothoracis 

 lobus anticus Libo postico paullo brevior, spinis duabus discalibus 

 erectis ; posticus spinis duabus laleralibus oblique ascendenlibus ; 

 Seidell tun spina erecta ar malum ; abdominis discus dorsatis nigricans ; 

 pedes rufi ; alee unlicae fusca?, testaceo venosce, apica cinerece. 



Female. Ferrugiuous, elongate-subfusiform. Head subfusiform, much 

 longer than the lore lube of the prothorax; ante-ocular part longer than 

 the post-ocular. Antennae 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 limes as long as the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax a 

 little shorter than the hind lobe, with iwo erect spines iu the disk and with 

 a prominent tubercle on each side of the fore rMge. 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 tibiae 

 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. 



62. SpiNIGEB ROTILAN3. 



Coccineus, fere linearis ; caput, clavus et membrano nigra ; caput pro* 



thoracis lobo anlico multo longius, collo coccineo ; antenna nigrae, 



articulo 2<> 3oque ba*i Jlavis ; prothoracis lobus anticus bispinosus, 



poslici dimidio cequilongus, angulis anticis aculis prominulis ; lobus 



posticus bispinosus ; scutellum spina erecta armulum ; 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 posi-ocular. Antenna? black, more than half as long as the body; 



first joint longer thin the ante-ocular head; second and third yellow at tLe 



base; second about twice as long as the first; third longer than the 



second; fourth shorter than the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax full 



half as long as the hind lobe, with acutely prominent fore angles and with 



two long ascending and diverging spines. Hind lobe with two long 



more diverging spines. Scutellum with a long erect spine. Fore 



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