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black towards the tip. Scutellum with a long erect spine. Abdomen 

 testaceous beneath. Four anterior femora ferruginous beneath ; fore femora 

 with ininiite spines beneath: furrow beneath the fore i ibiae not more than 

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

 which extends from the base to the midille, and is there connected with a 

 luteous band. Length of the body 1\ lines. 



o. St. Paulo. From Mr. Bates' collection. 



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



57. SprNIGER PARDALINUS. 



Mas. Luleus, longi-subfusiformis ; caput prnthoracis lolo anlico multo 

 lonyius ; anlennarum artiiulus \us fmcescente fasciatus, protkoracis 

 lobus anlicus lobo poslico brevior, quadrispinosus, nigro bistrigatus ; 

 lobus posticus nigro octostrigatus, spinis duabus luleralibus nigris 

 oblique ascendentibus ; scutelli spina oblique ascendens ; tegmenta 

 venlralia nigro fasciata ; pedes ruji, nigro jasciali ; alee antiae nigro 

 maculalce. 



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

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

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

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

 than the hind lobe, with an acute tubercle on each side of the fore ridtie, 

 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. Bind lobe with three black marks on the fore 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 tibia, black; furrow of the fore tibia; not more than one-fourth 

 as long as the latter. Fore wings with some oblong black spots. Length 

 of the body y| lines. 



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



58. Spiniger decoloratus. 



Mas et foem. Ferrugineus, longi-subfusiformis, spinis testaceis armatus ; 

 caput protkoracis lobo anlico duplo longius ; lobus amicus lobo 

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

 ascendentibus ; lobus posticus spinis duabus lateralibus longis oblique 

 ascendentibus; scutellum unispinosum ; venter basi carina t us; tibia 

 fulva ; alte antica luridce. Var. /3 — Corpus, spina et pedes picea. 



Male and female. Ferruginous, elongate-subfusiform. Head sub- 

 lusifonn, about twice as long as the fore lobe of the proihorax; ante-ocular 

 part somewhat longer than the post-ocular. First joint of the antenna a 

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

 more than half as long as the bind lobe, highly convex, with a prominent 

 tubercle on each side of the lore ri.^e, and with two pale testaceous 

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



