allied to the IFhite Ants. 371 



details with which I had ilhistrated the figure in question (published from my 

 drawing) remain unpublished. These, tlierefore, I have introduced into my 

 Plate. 



The third species has been unnoticed by entomologists ; and it is to the 

 liberality of W. W. Saunders, Esq., F.L.S., &c. (by whom it was captured in 

 India,) that I am indebted for my specimen, which was the only one in his 

 collection. When first examined the wings were matted upon the abdomen, 

 and the insect had all the appearance of a small earwig : this similarity is not 

 merely external, since the structure of the mouth is nearly identical. 



Genus. Embia. Latr. 



Character Generis. 

 Corpus elongatum 



Thora.v elongatus. 



-4l(c abdomine baud longiores. 



Femora antica et postica dilatata. 



Tarsorum anticorum articulus lus dilatatus. 



Descriptio Generis. 



Corpus elongatum, depressum, sequfe latum. 



Caput ovatum, postice paullo angustius, thoracis latitudine, depressum. Oculi 

 lateraliter antici, ovales, antice subemarginati. Ocelli 0. Antenna' fili- 

 formes, ante oculos (in sinu) insertae, longitudine varise, articulis 11, 15 

 aut 32, basilari crassiori, 2do breviori, 3tio paull6 longiori. Lahrum breve, 

 transversuni, angulis anticis rotundatis, ciliatum, integrum, clypeo trans- 

 versa affixum. Mandihuhp corneee, mediocres, elongato-trigonse, dentibus 

 duobus aut tril)us brevibiis, acntis apicalibus. Maxillie lobo externo galei- 

 formi gracili, ad basin subarticulato, intils subexcavato, lobo interno majori 

 arcuato, apice acuto, bidentato, intus ciliato. Palpi maaillares maxillis 

 paulli) longiores, filitbrmes, articulis 4 aut 5, articulis brevibus, ultimo 

 paullo longiori, apice subacuminato. Moitum transverso-quadratum, co- 

 riaceum. Labium membranaceum, menti longitudine, apice quadrifidum, 

 laciniis externis magnis, rotundatis, depressis, ciliatis, internis brevibus 

 acutis. Palpi labiates breves, triarticulati, articulo ultimo longiori. 



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