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TERMITIDES. 



2. Embia Latreillii. 



Oligotoma Saundersii, Westiv. P 



Embia Latreillii, Rami. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 312, 2. 



Bombay ; Isle of France ; Madagascar. 



E. Latreillii ? Ferrugineus, gracilis, pubescens; prothorax sulcatus ; 

 pedes testacei, femoribus tibiisque latis ; alee subfuscce, albido 

 strigatce. 



Pale ferruginous, slender, pubescent, like a Raphidia, and may 

 serve as a connecting link thereto from the Termitina ; head sub- 

 fusiform, broader than the thorax: eyes with large facets : ocelli 

 none : mandibles testaceous, short, tridentate : palpi short : an- 

 tennae very pubescent: prothorax longer than broad, nearly obconi- 

 cal, with a slight longitudinal furrow : abdomen linear, shorter than 

 the thorax, with two short articulated filaments at the tip : legs tes- 

 taceous, rather short ; femora and tibiae broad : wings pale brown 

 with whitish streaks, a little shorter than the body ; veins pubescent, 

 much like those of Oh/ntha Brasiliensis in structure. Length of 

 the body 2^ lines ; of the wings 4^ lines. 



From Mr. Children's collection. 



3. Embia Klugi. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; abdominis seice sat longce ; pedes dilatati. 



Embia Klugi, Ramb. Hist. Nat. Ins. Neur. 313, 3. 



Ferruginous-brown, nearly the size of E. Suvignyi : head 

 ovate ; hind part moderately contracted : prothorax narrower than 

 the head, narrower in front, with a transverse furrow before its fore 

 border: abdominal appendages rather long ; last joint longer than 

 the first: legs dilated. 



Brazil. 



