530 TERMlTlDfiS. 



2. EMBIA LATREILLII. 



Oligotoma Saundersii, Wcstw. ? 



Ernbia Latreillii, Ramb. 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^nd 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 Olyntha Brasiliensis in structure. Length of 

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



-? From Mr. Children's collection. 



3. EMBIA KLUGI. 



Ferrugineo-fusca ; abdominis seice sat longa ; pedes dilaiati. 

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



Ferruginous-brown, nearly the size of E. Savignyi : 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. 



