442 Rev. F. W. Hope on some new Insects collected in Assam 



HEMIPTERA. 



NepadjE. Leach. 



Cheirochela*. 



Forma elongato-ovata. Totum corpus depressum. 



Caput antic^ rotundatum, postic^ angustius, oculis rectis et ovalibus. 



Antennce minutoe, 4-articulat0e, articulis fer^ sequalibus. 



Thorax fer^ trigonus, anticfe valdfe emarginatus, postic^ dilatatus, rect^ trun- 



catus, utrinqu^ spinosus spinls aciitis. 

 Scutellum magnum, tdgonum, et aequilaterale. 

 Elytra anticfe abdomini fer^ sequalia, e medio disci sensim attenuata, posticfe 



abdomine minora. 

 Corpus infra depressum, segmentis abdominis extern^ spinosis. 

 Pedes compressi, tibils anterioribus dilatatis, mediis posticfe latioribus, posticis 



elongatis. Tarsi articulis fer^ sequalibus, chelisque acutis. 

 Habitat in India Orientali. 



Cheirochela Assamensis. 



Long. lin. 10. Lat. lin. 6. 



Fusca, ecaudata ; thorace antic^ vald^ emarginato posticfe spinoso, elytris pos- 

 tic^ abdomine brevioribus rugosis, lineis binis elevatis obliquis insignitis. 

 Corpus infra flavescens, pedibus concoloribus. Tibice anticce valdfe dila- 

 tatse et compressse, medice ciliatse, et ad apicem aureo-spongiosee. 



The peculiarities of this genus consist first in its very flattened form, and in 

 the great size of the anterior femora. The anterior tibise and tarsi are con- 

 fluent, forming a hook. The singular shape of the hemelytra, destitute of 

 apical membrane, and void of wings, is also worthy of observation. 



* Cheirochela is derived from the Grfeek x'^'ip, tlie Imnd, and x'7^')' " claw. 



