HOTEA. 65 



Division TETYRARIA. 



Tetyraria, Stal, En. Hem. ill, p. 3 (1873), 



Thorax and scutellum at base conjointly and gi'adually longitu- 

 dinally convex, seldom slightly convesly inclined ; base of pronotum 

 somewhat posteriorly produced between the basal angles of the 

 scutellum. 



This division is largely distributed in the Ethiopian Eegion, but 

 its two Old- World genera are both represented in the Indian 

 fauna. 



A. Head long, central lobe acuminately produced. 



Lateral prouotal angles produced and more or 



less acmninate Hotea, p. 65. 



B. Head with the central lobe not acuminately 



produced. Lateral pronotal angles not pro- 

 duced Deroplax, p. 66. 



Genus HOTEA. 



Hotea, Amtj. (^ Serv. mm. p. 41 (1843) ; Dull. List Hem. i, p. 5 

 (1851) ; St8,l, Hem. Afr. i, pp. 35 & 53 (1864) ; id. En. Hem. iii, 

 p. 24 (1873). 



Type, H. gambUe, Westvv. An African species. 



Distribution. India, Burma, Malay Peninsula, China, Malayan 

 Archipelago, Central and South Africa, and Madagascar. 



Body convex both above and beneath ; head convex, with the 

 median lobe produced at apex; second and third joints of the 

 antennae subequal in length or the second a little longer than 

 the third ; pronotum sexangular, its anterior lateral margins 

 sinuate, the lateral angles produced and more or less acuminate, 

 the posterior angles rounded, posterior margin straight ; scutellum 

 as broad as the abdomen, rounded at the apex ; prosternum rounded 

 anteriorly and covering the base of the antennae, sternum shghtly 

 sulcated ; upper surface of the tibiae flat. 



122. Hotea curculionoides, Herr.-Sch. (Pachyooris) Wanz. Ins. iii, 

 p. 106, f. 331 (1835); Dall. List Hem. i, p. 39. 1 (1851); St&l 

 (Tylonca), En. Hem. iii, p. 25. 4 (1873) ; Dist. A. M. N. H. (7) iv, 

 p. 45 (1899). 



Pachycoris punctidatus, Germ. Zeitschr. i, p. 105. 48 (1839). 



Hotea nasuta, Walk. Cat. Het. i, p. 58. 9 (1867). 



Ochraceous, thickly, coarsely, and darkly punctate ; central lobe 

 to head, lateral margins and three indistinct longitudinal fascise 

 to pronotum, a central longitudinal line to scutellum terminating 

 in an apical spot, and a curved anterior discal area paler or 

 levigate ; head and lateral pronotal angles beneath piceous ; 

 antennae ochraceous, fourth joint (excluding apex) and the whole 

 of the apical joint piceous. 



Length 8 to 9| ; breadth between pronotal angles 6 millim. 



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