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

 ceous spine. Abdomen keeled towards the base beneath. Tibia? tawny; 

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

 broadly blackish-bordered. Var. /3. — Body, spiues and legs piceous. 

 Length of the body 10 — 10f lines. 



a,b. ? 



59. Spiniger naboides. 



Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo anlico paullo longius; 

 antenna picea ; prothoracis lobus anticus lobo postico mullo longior ; 

 lobi postici anguli spiniformes, subascendenies ; scutelli spina apicads 

 longa, oblique ascendens; cannexivum testaceo maculatum ,• pedes 

 fulvi, tonyi, graciles, femoribus unticis piceis robustis ; ala antica 

 fusva, bast testaceo unislrigala, 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. Antenna; 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. Him! lobe with the hind 

 angles forming slightly ascending spines. Scutellum with a long obliquely 

 ascending spine. Conm-xivum with testaceous spots. Legs tawny, long, 

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

 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. ... hieroglypbicus. 



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



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



60. Spiniger hieroglyphicus. 



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

 antico longius; antenna nigra, corporis dimidio longiores ; pro- 

 thoracis lobus anticus nigro quinque slrigatus, lobo postico paullo 

 brevior ; lobus posticus bispinosus, nigro maculatus ; scutellum 

 nigrum, unispinosum ; pectus et connexivum nigro maculala ; femora 

 nigra, luteo unifasciala ; tibia quatuor 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. Antennas 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 



