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pale testaceous spine on each side. Scutellum with an oblique pale testa- 
ceous spine. Abdomen keeled towards the base beneath. Tibiae tawny; 
furrow beneath the fore tibiae very short. Wings lurid. Hind wings 
broadly blackish-bordered. Var. (3. — Body, spines and legs piceous. 
Length of the body 10 — 10£ lines. 
a, b. ? 
59. Spiniger naboides. 
Mas. Niger, fusiformis ; caput prothoracis lobo anlieo paullo longius ; 
antenna picea ; prothoracis lobns anticus lobo postico multo longior ; 
lobi postici anguli spinifurmes , subascendenies ; scutelli spina apicalis 
longa , oblique ascendens ; cnnnexivum testaceo maculutum ; pedes 
fulvi, lonyi, graciles, femoribus anticis piceis robustis ; ala anlica 
fusca, basi testaceo unistrigata, apices versus cinerea. 
Male. Black, fusiform, smooth, shining. Head fusiform, a little 
longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax ; ante-ocular part shorter than 
the post-ocular. Antennae piceous, longer than the head and the prothorax 
together; first joint longer than the ante-ocular head ; second much longer 
than the first. Fore lobe of the prothorax much longer than the hind lobe, 
rounded and not prominent on each side in front. Hind lobe with the hind 
angles forming slightly ascending spines. Scutellum with a long obliquely 
ascending spine. Connexhum with testaceous spots. Legs tawny, long, 
slender; fore femora piceous, stout. Fore wings brown, mostly cinereous 
towards the tips, with a testaceous streak extending from the base along 
the clavus. Length of the body lines. 
a. Amazon Region. From Mr. Bates’ collection. 
Eastern Isles. 
B. Scutellum with one spine. 
a. Fore wings with luteous veins. 
b. Fore wings with a luteous streak. 
c. Fore wings with two yellow streaks. - 
60 . Spiniger hieroglyphicus. 
Mas. Luteus, longi-subfusifnrmis, subtus niger ; caput prolhoracis lobo 
antico longius; antenna nigra , corporis dimidio longiores ; pro- 
thoracis lobus anticus nigro quinque strigatus, lobo postico paullo 
brevier ; lobus posticus bispinosus, nigro maculatus ; scutellum 
nigrum, unispinosum ; pectus et connexivum nigro maculala ; femora 
nigra , luteo unifasciata ; tibia qualuor anteriores piceo unifasciata ; 
ala anlica luteo venosa. 
Male. Luteous, elongate-subfusiform, black beneath. Head sub- 
fusiform, rather longer than the fore lobe of the prothorax; ante-ocular 
part a little shorter than the post-ocular. Antennae black, more than half 
as long as the body ; first joint as long as the head ; second much longer 
than the first; third rather longer than the second; fourth a little shorter 
than the second. Fore lobe of the prothorax a little shorter than the hind 
lobe, with five black streaks, of which the middle one is broad and dilated 
hieroglyphicus. 
limbi fer. 
conficitus. 
