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each side of the disk. Hind lobe wilh 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. Scutellum with a long nearly erect 

 6pine. Furrow of the fore tibia? not more than one-fourth as long as 

 the latter. Length of ihe 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 luleis armalus ; caput prothoracis lobo 

 antico multn longius ; anlennce lutece, corporis dimidio longiores, 

 arliculis '2o basi \oque nigris : prothoracis lubus anticus lobo po.siico 

 brevior, spinis duabus discalibus erevlis ; posticus spinis duabus 

 lateralibus oblique ascendenlibus ; scutellum spina erecla longissima 

 basi nigra ; alee antica luridce. 



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

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

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

 Antenna? luleous, more than half as long: 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 protliorax shoiter than the bind lobe, with two 

 erect moderately lony: spines in the disk. Hind lobe wilh a long, slijjhtly 

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

 which is black towards the base. Furrow of the fore tibia? 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. Spixigeb pictus. 



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

 longius; collum nigro bimaculatum ; antenna; nigra;; prothoracis 

 lobns anticus lobo poalico multo brevior, spinis quatuor nigris 

 armatus ; posticus linea media, maculis quatuor spinisque duabus 

 lateralibus oblique ascendenlibus nigris; scutellum spina nigra 

 oblique ascendente basi ovhracea ; venter nigro sexmaculutus ; femora 

 antica subtus bispinosa ; corium nigro bimaculatum ; membrana 

 cinema. Var. /3. — Antennarum 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 pmthorax; cheeks not prominent; ante- 

 ocular part as long as the posi-ocular, where there is a black spot on each 

 side of the neck. Antenna? black, longer than the head and the pmthorax 

 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 protliorax much shorter than the 

 hind lobe, with two black erect spines in the disk, with a black spot on 

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



