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and with an interrupted subcostal luteous streak. Hind wings blackish 

 along the exterior border. Length of the body 12 — 13 lines. 



a. Para. From Mr. Stevens' collection. 



b, c. Ega. Presented by W. W. Saunders, Esq. 

 d, e. Ega. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



55. Spiniger bipustulatus. 



Mas. Ater, fere linearis; caput prothnracis lobo antico duplo longius ; 

 prothoracis lobus anticus sulcatus, lobo postico mullo brevior, spinis 

 duabas disealibus erectis, angulis anticis aculis prominulis ; lobi 

 postici anguli spiniformes oblique asrendentes ; scutellum rufum, 

 spina ascendenle armntum, venter luteus, earinalus, apice niger ; 

 corium macula apicali transversa lutea. 



Male. Deep black, dull, nearly linear, shining beneath. Head fusi- 

 form, about twice as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular 

 part a li i tie shorter than ihe post-ocular. First joint of the autennae a little 

 longer than the ante-ocular head. Fore lobe of the prothorax furrowed, 

 much shorter than the hind lobe, with prominent acute fore angles and 

 with two erect spines on the disk. Hind angles of the hind lobe pro- 

 longed into obliquely ascending spines. Scutellum red, with an ascending 

 spine. Abdomen beneath luteous, keeled, black at the tip. Legs slender; 

 four anterior tibia; furrowed beneath at the tips. Corium with a transverse 

 luteous spot near the tip. Length of the body 6| lines. 



a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner's collection. 



56. Spiniger pulchelltjs. 



Mas et fcem. Niger, fere linearis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico mullo 

 longius, antice luleuin; antennarum articulus 2us ochraceus, apice 

 niger; prothoracis lobus anticus lobo postico brevior, tuberculis 

 quutuor spinisque duabus erectis luleis ; lobus posticus vitlis tribus 

 spini^que duabus oblique ascendentibus luleis; scutelli spina lutea, 

 longa, erecla ; femora qualuor anteriora sublus ferruginea ; femora 

 antica subtus spinulosa ; ala anticce villa coslali fasciaque luteis. 



Male and female. Black, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, much 

 longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax, luteous above between the eyes 

 and in front ; ante-ocular part much longer than the post-ocular. Antenna? 

 somewhat shorter than the body; first joint a little longer than the ante- 

 ocular head; second ochraceous, black at the tip, nearly thrice as long as 

 the first; third much shorter than the second ; fourth much shorter than 

 the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax somewhat shorter tliau the hind lobe, 

 with a large luteous tubercle on each side of the fore border, with two erect 

 luteous spines in the disk and on each side with a little luteous tubercle, 

 the latter in a transverse liue with the spines. Hind lobe with three 

 luteous stripes and on each side with a long obliquely ascending luteous 

 spine. Scutellum with a long erect luteous spine. Pectus «ith two erect 

 spines in the disk, not prominent on each side of ihe fore border. Hind 

 lobe with a luteous band, which is slightly dilated on each side and is 

 attenuated in the pectus ; a long obliquely ascending spine on each side, 



