532 TERMITIDES. 



Genus 4. OLYNTHA. 



Labium profunde bifidum, palpis 3-articulatis instructum. An- 

 tenna? 30-articulata?. Tarsi 3-articulati, articulo lo maximo. 

 Alarum venae omnes corneae, venis recurrentibus inter se junctge. 



Olyntha, Gray, Griff. Anim. Kingd, xv. ; IVestiv. ; Burm. 



1. Olyntha Brasiliensis. 



Piceo-nigra ; prothorace femoribusque anterioribus ochraceis ; an- 

 tenna apice alba ; alee albo vittata, cercis Jlavis. Long. 

 1\ lin. 



Olyntba Brasiliensis, Gray, Griff. Anim. Kingd. xv. 347, pi. 72, 

 f. 2. Westw. Trans. Linn. Soc. xvii. 373, pi. 2, f. 3. Burm. 

 Handb. Ent. ii. 2, 770, 1. 



a. Brazil. From Mr. Cbildren's collection. 



2. Olyntha ruficapilla. 



Fusca ; capite et prothorace rufis ; ala albo striata, cercis fuscis. 

 Long. 3^ lin. 



Olyntba ruficapilla, Burm. Handb. Ent. ii. 2, 770, 2. 

 Brazil. 



3. Olyntha staphilinoides. 



Piceus, testaceo varius ; caput antice ferrugineum ; pedes testacei, 

 femoribus piceo strigatis. 



Larva? — Piceous, sublinear, slender, flat, dull, pubescent: 

 head somewbat conical, ferruginous in front, not longer than broad, 

 much broader than the thorax; a transverse suture between the eyes 

 forms a very obtuse angle, from whence a longitudinal suture pro- 

 ceeds to the hind border: clypeus pale brown, shining; eyes of 

 moderate size: ocelli none: palpi brown: antenna? mutilated; 



