244 HOMOPTERA 



241. GENUS OTINOTOIDES DISTANT 



Otinotoides Distant, Rhynch. Notes 320 (igi6). 

 Otinoides (error) Distant, Ann. Mag. Nat. Hist. XVII : 32i (1916). 



Characters : This is a large and well known genus which was originally founded to accom- 

 modate a nuinber of Papuan species which resembled Buckton's genus Otiiwtm but differed principally 

 in the structure of the posterior process. The genus proves, however, to have other very distinct 

 characters and to have a very wide distribution. It is most easily recognized by the strong spreading 

 suprahumeials, the long sinuate posterior process lying close to the scutellum, the smooth pronotum 

 and the five apical cells of the tegmina. Flead subtriangular, about as broad as long; base highly 

 arcuate and lightly sinuate; eyes large, ovate and protruding; ocelli large, conspicuous, a Httle farther 

 from each other than from the eyes and situated slightly above a line drawn through centers of eyes; 

 inferior margins of genae sloping, sinuate, with edges projecting forward ; clypeus narrow, projecting 

 for half its length below inferior margins of genae, tip pointed. Pronotum convex, gibbous, bearing a 

 pair of short, sharp suprahumerals and a long sinuate posterior process; metopidium vertical, broader 

 than high; median carina strongly percurrent; humeral angles large, heavy, triangular and blunt; 

 suprahumeral horns strong, triquerate, as long orlonger than the distance between their bases, extending 

 outward and upward; posterior process long, sinuate, tectiform, very close to scutellum and impinging 

 on tegmina, tip acuminate and almost reaching the tips of the tegmina; scutellum narrowly exposed on 

 each side. Tegmina broad, hyaline; basal and costal areas broadly coriaceous and punctate; veins 

 heavy; five apical and two discoidal cells; tiprounded; apical limbus well developed. Legs simple; 

 femora cylindrical : tibiae triquerate and finely spined; hind tarsi longest. 



Type pallipes Walker. 



Geograpliical distribution : This genus has a very wide distribution over Asia, Africa and 

 Oceanica. 



1. albidits Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. X : 188 (1868). New Guinea, Mysol. 



2. australis Distant. Rhynch. Notes 40 (1916). Queensland. 



3. brevivitliis Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. X : i85 (1868). New Guinea. 



4. bruniteus Funkhouser, Rec.Aus. Mus. XV : 309 (1927). SolomonIslands,Guadaleanar. 



5. bulbosa Funkhouser. Treubia XV : i. 124 (igSS). New Guinea. 



6. dorsata p-unkhouser, Rev. Suisse de Zool. XLIII : 2. 192 (1936). Bougainville. 



7. elevatus Funkhouser, Journ. N. Y. Ent. Soc. XLIII : 4. 4^1 (i935). Solomon Islands. 



8. intermediiis Distant, Rhynch. Notes 41 (1916). South AustraUa, Largo Bay, 



Queensland, Gayndah, Peak 

 Downs, Kei Islands. 



9. wj!««/;W«w Funkhouser,Journ. N.Y.Ent.Soc.XLIII : 4.431 (1935). Solomon Islands. 



10. pallipes Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. X: 188 (1888). New Guinea, Batchian,Mysol. 



tibiahs Walker, Joiirn. Linn. Soc. Zool. X : 188 (1868). 

 ramivitia Walker MS? (fidt Distant). 

 semiclusus Walker MS? (fide Distant). 



11. ^m6«««s Funkhouser, Phil. Journ. Sci. XL : 115(1929). Amboina. 



12. semilucidus Walker, Journ. Linn. Soc. Zool. X : 186 (1868). New Guinea, Waigiou. 



