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black towards the tip. Scutellum with a long erect spine. Abdomen 
testaceous beneath. Four anterior femora ferruginous beneath ; fore femora 
will) minute spines beneath; furrow beneath the fore tibiae not more than 
one-third as long as the latter. Fore wings with a luteous costal stripe, 
which extends from the base to the middle, aud is there connected with a 
luteous band. Length of the body 7% lines. 
a. St. Paulo. From Mr. Rates’ collection. 
b. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
57. Spiniger pa rd alin us. 
Mas. Luteus, longi-subfusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo antico multo 
lonyius ; antennarum articulus 1 usfuscescenle fasciatus, prothoracis 
lobus unlicus lobo postico brevior, quadrispinosus , nigro bistrigatus ; 
lobus posticus nigro octostrigalus , spinis duabus lateralibus nigris 
oblique ascendenlibus ; scutelli spina oblique ascendens ; segmcnta 
venlralia nigro fasciata ; pedes ruji , nigro fasciati ; alee anticce nigro 
maculatce. 
Male. Luteous, elongate-subfusiform. Head subfusiform, much longer 
than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part somewhat longer than 
the post-ocular. First joint of the antennae with a brownish band, a little 
longer than the ante-ocular head. Fore lobe of the prothorax rather shorter 
than the hind lobe, with an acute tubercle on each side of the fore ridge, 
with two nearly erect spines in the disk and with an oblique very short 
spine on each side; a short black streak on the outer side of each middle 
spine. Hind lobe with three black marks on the fore border, with three 
on the hind border, and with two in the disk; lateral spines long, black, 
obliquely ascending. Scutellum with an obliquely ascending spine. 
Abdomen beneath with a black band on the fore border of each segment. 
Legs red; two bands on the femora, knees, and one band on the four 
anterior tibiae, black; furrow of the fore tibiae not more than one-fourth 
as long as the latter. Fore wings with some oblong black spots. Length 
of the body 9^ lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
58. Spiniger decoloratus. 
Mas et foem. Ferrugineus, longi-subfusiformis , spinis teslaceis armatus ; 
caput prothoracis lobo antico duplo longius ; lobus anticus lobo 
postico permullo brevior , valde convexus , spinis duabus discalibus 
ascendenlibus ; lobus posticus spinis duabus lateralibus longis oblique 
ascendenlibus; scutellum unispinosum ; venter basi carinutus; tibiae 
fulvee ; alee anticce luridee. Var. /3. — Corpus , spince et pedes picea. 
Male and female. Ferruginous, elongate-subfusiform. Head sub- 
fusiform, about twice as long as the fore lobe of the proihorax; ante-ocular 
part somewhat longer than the post-ocular. First joint of the antennae a 
little longer than the ante-ocular head. Fore lobe of the prothorax hardly 
more than half as long as the hind lobe, highly convex, with a prominent 
tubercle on each side of the lore ridge, and with two pule testaceous 
ascending and diverging spines in the disk. Hind lobe with a long oblique 
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