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pale testaceous spine on each side. Scutellum with an oblique pale testa- 

 ceous spine. Abdomen keeled towards the base benenth. Tibiae tawny; 

 furrow beneath the fore tibiae very short. Wings lurid. Hind wings 

 broadly bhickish-bordered. Var. /3. — Body, spines and legs piceous. 

 Length of the body 10—10^ lines. 



a, b. ? 



59. Spiniger naboides. 



Mas. Niger, fusif or mis ; caput prothoracis lobo anlico paullo longius ; 

 antenna picece ; prothoracis lobus anticus lobo pnstico mullo longior; 

 lobi poslici anguli spiniformes, subascendentes ; scutelli spina apicaHs 

 longa, oblique ascendens ; ennnexivum teslaceo maculatum ; pedes 

 fulvi, longi, graciles, femoribus anticis piceis robustis ; ala anticce 

 fusca, basi lestaceo unistrigata, apices versus cinerea. 



Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head fusiform, a little 

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

 the post-ocular. Antennae piceous, longer than the head and the prothorax 

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

 than the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax much longer than the hind lobe, 

 rounded and not prominent on each side in front. Hind lobe with the hind 

 angles forming slightly ascending spines. Scutellum with a long obliquely 

 ascending spine. (Jonn^xkum with testaceous spots. Legs tawny, long, 

 slender; fore femora piceous, stout. Fore wings brown, mostly cinereous 

 towards the tips, with a testaceous streak extending from the base along 

 the clavus. Length of the body 3£ lines. 



a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



Eastern Isles. 



B. Scutellum with one spine. 



a. Fore wings with luteous veins. - hieroglyphicus. 



b. Fore wings with a luteous streak. ... linibifer. 



c. Fore wings with two yellow streaks. - conficitus. 



60. Spiniger hieroglyphicus. 



Mas. Luteus, longi-subfusiformis. subtus niger ; caput prothoracis lobo 

 antico longius; anlenn<e nigra, corporis dhnidio lonyiores ; pro- 

 thoracis lobus anticus nigro quinque strigalus, lobo postico paullo 

 brevior ; lobus posticus bispiuosus, nigro macu/alus ; scutellum 

 nigrum, unispinosum ; pectus et connexivum nigro muculata ; femora 

 nigra, luteo unifasciata ; tibia qualuor anteriures piceo unifasciata ; 

 ala antica luteo venosa. 



Male. Luteous, elongate-subfusiform, black beneath. Head sub- 

 fusiform, rather longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular 

 part a little shorter than the post-ocular. Antennae black, more than half 

 as long as the body ; first joint as long as ihe head ; second much longer 

 than the first; third rather longer than the second; fourth a little shorter 

 than the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little shorter than the hind 

 lobe, with five black streaks, of which the middle one is broad and dilated 



