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and with an interrupted subcostal luteous streak. Hind wings blackish 
along the exterior border. Length of the body 12 — 13 lines. 
ft. Para. From Mr. Stevens’ collection. 
b , c. Ega. Presented by W. YV. Saunders, Esq. 
d , e. Ega. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
55. Spiniger bipustulatus. 
Mas. A ter, fere linearis ; caput prolhoracis lobo antico duplo longius ; 
prnlhnracis lobus anticus su/catus , lobo postico multo brevior , spinis 
duabus disealibus erectis , angulis anlicis acutis prominulis ; lobi 
postici angnli spiniformes oblique ast-endentes ; scutellum rufuin, 
spina ascendente ar malum , venter Inteus , carinatus , a pice niger ; 
corium macula apicali transversa lutea. 
Male. Deep black, dull, nearly linear, shining beneath. Head fusi- 
form, about twice as long as the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular 
part a little shorter than the post-ocular. First joint of the antennae a little 
longer than the ante-ocular head. Fore lobe of the prothorax furrowed, 
much shorter than the hind lobe, with prominent acute fore angles and 
with two erect spines on the disk. Hind angles of the hind lobe pro- 
longed into obliquely ascending spines. Scutellum red, with an ascending 
spine. Abdomen beneath luteous, keeled, black at the lip. Legs slender; 
four anterior tibiae furrowed beneath at the tips. Corium with a transverse 
luteous spot near the tip. Length of the body 6£ lines. 
a. Columbia. From Mr. Turner’s collection. 
56. Spiniger pulchellus. 
Mas et foem. Niger, fere linearis ; caput prolhoracis lobo antico multo 
longius, antice l it leu in ; antennarum arliculus 2us ochraceus, apice 
niger i prolhoracis lobus anticus lobo postico brevior, tuberculis 
quatuor spinisque duabus erectis luteis ; lobus posticus vittis tribus 
spinisque duabus oblique ascendentibus luteis; sculelti spina lutea , 
long a , ere eta ; femora quatuor anteriora subtus ferruginea ; femora 
antica subtus spinulosa ; alee anticce vitta costali fasciaque luteis. 
Male and female. Black, nearly linear. Head subfusiform, much 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax, luteous above between the eyes 
and in front ; ante-ocular part much longer than the post-ocular. Antennae 
somewhat shorter than the body; first joint a little longer than the ante- 
ocular head ; second ochraceous, black at the tip, nearly thrice as long as 
the fi rst; third much shorter than the second ; fourth much shorter than 
the third. Fore lobe of the prothorax somewhat shorter than the hind lobe, 
with a large luteous tubercle on each side of the fore border, with two erect 
luteous spines in the disk and on each side with a little luteous tubercle, 
the latter in a transverse line with the spines. Hind lobe with three 
luteous stripes and on each side with a long obliquely ascending luteous 
spine. Scutellum with a long erect luteous spine. Pectus with two erect 
spines in the disk, not prominent on each side of the fore border. Hind 
lobe with a luteous band, which is slightly dilated on each side and is 
attenuated in the pectus; a long obliquely ascending spine on each side, 
