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CATALOGUE OF 
each side of the disk. Hind lobe with a long; obliquely ascending; spine 
on each side and with an orange band on the foie border, this band dilated 
semicircularly hindward in the middle. Soutellmn with a long nearly erect 
6pine. Furrow of the fore tibiae not more than one-fourth as long as 
the latter. Length of the body 7£ — 8 lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
b. St. Paulo. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
49. Spiniger lutescens. 
Mas. Niger , fere linearis, spinis luteis armatus ; caput prothoracis lobo 
antico multn longius ; antennce lulece , corporis dimidin longiores , 
articulis 2 o basi 1 oque nigris : prothnracis lubus anticus lobo pnslico 
brevior, spinis duubus discalibus erectis ; posticus spinis duabus 
laterulibus oblique ascendenlibus ; scutellum spina erecla longissima 
basi nigra ; alee anticce turidee. 
Alas. Black, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, much longer than 
the fore lobe of the prothorax ; anie-ocular pari with prominent angular 
cheeks, somewhat longer than the hind lobe. Eyes very prominent. 
Antennae luteous, 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 prothorax shoiter than the hind lobe, with two 
erect moderately long spines in the disk. Hind lobe with a long, slightly 
ascending spine on each side. Scutellum with an erect very long spine, 
which is black towards the base. Furrow of the fore tibiae 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 costa. Length 
of the body 10£ — 12 lines. 
a, b. ? 
50. Spiniger pictus. 
Foem. Ochraceus , fere linearis ; caput prothnracis lobo antico permulto 
longius; collum nigro bimaculatum ; antennce nigree ; prothnracis 
lobus anticus lobo pnslico multo brevior , spinis quatuor nigris 
armatus; posticus linea media , maculis quatuor spinisque duabus 
laterulibus oblique ascendenlibus nigris ; scutellum spina nigra 
oblique ascendente basi ochracea ; venter nigro sexmaculatus ; femora 
autica subtus bispinosa ; corium nigro bimaculatum ; membrana 
cinerea. Yar. /3. — Anlennarum articulus 2 us luteus , apice niger ; 
prothnracis lobus posticus nigro bimaculalus ; connexivum nigro 
maculatum. 
Female. Ochraceous, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, very much 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; cheeks not prominent; ante- 
ocular part as long as the post-ocular, where there is a black spot on each 
side of the neck. Antennae black, longer than the head and the prothorax 
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 prothorax much shorter than the 
hind lobe, with two black erect spines in the disk, with a black spot on 
each side iu front, and with an acute tubercle on each side of the ridge 
