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in front. Hind lobe with a black middle line, and on each side with 
a black obliquely ascending spine and with two black spots. Scutellum 
with an obliquely ascending black spine, which is ochraceous at the base. 
Abdomen beneath with three black spots on each side near the base. 
Fore femora with two spines beneath. Furrow beneath the fore tibiae 
not more than one-fourth as long as the latter; corium with two black 
spots, one in the disk, the other apical. Hind wings and membrane 
of the fore wings cinereous. Var. (3. — Second joint of the antennae 
luteous, black at the tip. Hind lobe of the pro thorax with a black spot on 
each side of the disk. Connexivuin with black spots. Length of the body 
10 lines. 
a, b. Brazil. 
51. Spiniger basalis. 
Fcem. Ferrugineus, long i-subfusifor mis ; caput prothoracis lobo anlico 
multo longius ; antennce rufce , articulo 2 o apice nigro ; prothoracis 
lobus anlicus lobo postico paullo brevior, spinis duabus discalibus 
ereclis ; posticus spinis duabus lateralibus oblique ascendentibus ; 
scutellum spina erecta armatum ; abdominis discus dorsalis nigricans ; 
pedes ruji ; aloe anticce fuscce, teslaceo venosce , apiece cinerece. 
Female. Ferruginous, elongate-subfusiform. Head subfusiform, much 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-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 prothorax a 
little shorter than the hind lobe, with two erect spines in the disk and with 
a prominent tubercle on each side of the fore ridge. Hind lobe with an 
obliquely ascending spine on each side. Scutellum with an erect spine. 
Abdomen blackish iu 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 lobo anlico multo longius , collo coccineo ; antenna nigree , 
articulo 2 o 3 oque basi Jlavis ; prothoracis lobus anlicus bispinosus , 
poslici dimidio cequilongus , angulis anlicis acutis prominulis ; lobus 
posticus bispinosus ; scutellum spina erecta armatum; femora antica 
sublus bispinulosa. 
Crimson, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, black except the neck, 
much longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular part as long 
as the post-ocular. Antennae black, more than half as long as the body; 
first joint longer than the ante-ocular head; second 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 fore angles and with 
two long ascending and diverging spines. Hind lobe with two long 
more diverging spines. Scutellum with a long erect spine. Fore 
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