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femora with two minute spines beneath. Furrow of the fore tibiae short. 
Clavus and membrane black. Length of the body 9 lines. 
a. Constancia. Presented by the Rev. H. Clark. 
53. Spiniger umbriff.r. 
Mas. Albido‘testaceus,fere linearis ; caput prolhnracis lobo antico mullo 
longius, laleribus anticis piceis ; antenna nigra , arliculo lo basi 
testaceo , 2 o testaceo-fasciato ; prolhoracis lobus anticus quadri- 
spinosus , nigro oclofasciatus ; posticus ferrugineo quinque villains, 
spinis duabus lateralibus oblique ascendentibus ; scutelli spina longa, 
erecta ; abdomen apice nigrum ; femora fuscescente fasciata ; corium 
fusco slrigalum ; membruna cinerea , nigricante venosa. 
Male. Whitish testaceous, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, much 
longer than the fore lobe of the proihorax ; ante-ocular part piceous on 
each side, longer than the post-ocular. Antenme black, longer than the 
head and the thorax together; first joint luteous towards the base, a little 
longer than the ante-ocular head ; second nearly thrice as long as the first, 
with a testaceous band near the tip ; third rather shorter than the second. 
Fore lobe of the prothorax with two nearly erect spines in the disk and with 
a diverging spine on each side; eight black stripes, of which the two inner 
pairs are very short; the third pair are interrupted and the fourth complete; 
fore ridge with a conical lubercle on each side. Hind lobe with five ferru- 
ginous stripes and with three longitudinal furrows; an obliquely ascending 
spine on each side. Scutellum with a long erect spine. Abdomen black 
towards the tip. Femora with irregular pale brown bands. Furrow of 
the fore tibiae very short. Fore wings with a few diffuse brown streaks. 
Membrane cinereous, with blackish veins. Length of the body 7 \ — 10 
lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
b. Para. From Mr. Wallace’s collection. 
c. St. Paulo. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
54. Spiniger maculifer. 
Fcem. A ter, longi-subfusiformis ; caput prolhoracis lobo antico multo 
longius ; prothoracis lobus anticus luteo quudriplagiatus , lobo postico 
mullo longior ; venter f asciis interrupts strigisque laleribus longi- 
tudinalibus luleis ; alee anticoc lurido picecc, lilura basali costali 
slriguque inlerrupta subcostali luleis. 
Female. Deep black, elongate-suhfusiform. Head subfusiform, much 
longer than the fore lobe ol the prothorax ; ante-ocular part much longer 
than the post-ocular. Antennte longer than the head and the prothorax 
together; first joint as long as the ante-ocular head; second joint more 
than twice as long as the first; third a little shorter than the second. Fore 
lobe of the prothorax much shorter than the hind lobe, with two luteous 
patches on each side. Abdomen beneath with luteous interrupted 
bands, and on each side with short longitudinal luteous streaks. Furrow 
beneath the fore tibiae somewhat less than half the length of the latter. 
Wings lurid piceous. Fore wings with a luteous costal mark at the base 
