HEMIPTERA HETEROPTERA. 1G1 



in front. Hind lobe with a black middle line, and on each side with 

 a Mack obliquely ascending spine and wiilj iwo black spots. Scutellum 

 with an obliquely ascending black spine, which is ochraceous at i he base. 

 Abdomen beneaih with three black spois on each side near the base. 

 Fore femora with two spines beneaih. Furrow beneaih the fore tibiae 

 not more than one-fourth as long as the latter; curium with two black 

 spots, one in the disk, the other apical. Hind wings and membrane 

 of the fore wings cinereous. Var. j3. — Second joint of the antennae 

 luteous, black at the tip. Hind lobe of ihe prolhorax with a black spot ou 

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

 10 lines. 



a, b. Brazil. 



51. Spiniger basalis. 



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

 multo lougius ; anlennce rufce, articulo '2o apice nigro ; prothoracis 

 tabus anticus tuba postico paullo brevior, spinis duabus discalibus 

 erectis ; posticus spinis duabus lateralibus oblique ascendentibus ; 

 sculellum spina erecta armatum ; abdominis discus dorsal.is nigricans ; 

 pedes rufi ; alee untica? fuscce, lestaceo venosa, apica? cinerea. 



Female. Ferruginous, elongate-subfusifurm. Head subfusiform, much 

 longer than the lore lobe of the prolhorax; aute-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 prolhorax a 

 little shorter than the hind lobe, with two erect spines in the disk and wilh 

 a prominent tubercle on each side of the fore riiige. Hind lobe wilh an 

 obliquely ascending spine on each side. Sculellum 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. 



52. Spiniger rutilans. 



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

 thoracis lubo antico multo longius, collo coccineo ; antenna nigra, 

 articulo 2o 3oque bad Jlavis ; prothoracis lobus anticus bispinosus, 

 poslici dimidio cequilongus, angulis anlicis aculis /irominulis ; lobus 

 posticus bispinosus ; scutellum spina erecta armatum; femora antica 

 subtus bispinulosa. 



Crimson, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, black except the neck, 

 much longer than the fore lobe of the prolhorax; ante-ocular part as long 

 as the post-ocular. Antennae black, more than half as long as the body; 

 first joint longer than the auie-ocular head ; secoud and third yellow at the 

 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 fure angles and wilh 

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

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



