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black towards the tip. Scntellnm with a Ion* erect spine. Abdomen 

 testaceous beneath. Four anterior femora ferruginous beneath ; fore femora 

 with minute spines beneath; furrow beopath the fore tibiae not mure than 

 one-third as long as the latter. Fore wings with a luteous costal stripe, 

 which extends from ihe 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. Luleus, longi-subfusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico multo 

 lonyius ; antennarum articulus \us fuscescente fasciatus, prothoracis 

 lobus anlicus lobo postico brevior, quadrispinosus, nigro bistrigatus ; 

 lobus posticus nigro octoslrigatus, spinis duabus lateralibus nigris 

 oblique ascendenlibus ; sculelli spina oblique ascendens ; segmcnta 

 venlralia nigro fasciata ; pedes ruji, nigro fasciati ; alee antica nigro 

 maculata. 



Male. Luteous, elongate-subfusiform. Head subfusi form, much longer 

 than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part somewhat longer titan 

 the post-ocular. First joint of the antennae with a brownish band, a little 

 longer than the ante-ocular head. Fore lobe of the prothorax rather shoiter 

 than the hind 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 lore 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 border of each segment. 

 Legs red; two bands on the femora, knees, and one band on the four 

 anterior tibiae, black; furrow of the fore tibiae 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 fcem. Ferrugineus, longi-subfusiformis, spinis testaceis armatus ; 

 caput prothoracis lobo antico duplo longius ; lobus anticus lobo 

 postico permu/to brevior, valde convexus, spinis duabus discalibus 

 ascendenlibus ; lobus posticus spinis duabus lateralibus longis oblique 

 ascendentibus ; scutellum unispinosum '; venter basi carinutus; tibia? 

 fulvce ; ala? anticce luridce. Var. /3 — Corpus, spina 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-ocular. First joint of the antennae a 

 little longer than the ante-ocular head. Fore lobe of the prothorax hardly 

 more than half as long as the hind lobe, highly convex, with a promineut 

 tubercle on each side of the fore rid-je, and with two pale testaceous 

 ascending and diverging spines in the disk. Hind lobe with a long oblique 



