532 TERMITIDES. 



Genus 4. OLYNTHA. 



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

 tennae 30-articulatae. Tarsi 3-articulati, articulo lo maximo. 

 Alarum venae omnes corneae, venis recurrentibus inter se junctae. 



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



1. OLYNTHA BRASILIENSIS. 



Piceo-nigra ; prothorace femoribusque anterioribus ochraceis ; an- 

 tenna apice albce ; alee albo vittatce, cercis flavis. Long. 

 7* lin. 



Olyntha 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. Children's collection. 



2. OLYNTHA BUFICAPILLA. 



Fusca ; capite et prothorace rujis ; alee albo striata, cercis fuscis. 

 Long. 3^ lin. 



Olyntha 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 somewhat 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: antennae mutilated; 



