100 SCUTATINA. 



Species 1. — Piezodorus purpureipennis. 



? CiMEX PUKPUiiEiPENNis, De 0. iii, 258, 5, t. 13, fig. 15 (1773). 



— PKASiNUs, Schr. F. B. 73, 1105 (1801), nee Lin. 

 Pentatoma purpureipennis, Uahn, Wanz. ii, 62, t. 51, fig. 151 (1831). 



— JuNiPEEiNA, L. Biif. Rech. Hem. 28 (1833). 

 CiMEX alliaceus. Germ, Taun. Ins. ix, 14. 



— INCARNATUS, Germ. Paun. Ins. iv, 23. 



— LiTUiiATUS, {King), Burm. Handb. 365, 3 (1835). 

 Raphigaster purpureipennis, Ramb. Faun. And. ii, 125, 1 (1838). 



— INCARNATUS, Koloi. Mcl. Eut. iv, 56, 1S3 (1846). 



Piezodorus De Geeri, Fieb. Europ. Hem. 320 (1861). 



Above, deeply, finely, distinctly black-punctured, slightly shining, 

 pale green, or with the coriuin and the base of the pronotum 

 purplish ; beneath entirely pale green or yellowish ; abdomen 

 above black ; legs yellow. 



Head. — AntenncB reddish, base paler; Eyes and Ocelli brown. 



Thorax. — Pronotum ; lateral margins reflexed, yellow ; on the 1st 

 third of the disk two transverse, narrow, irregular, smooth, annular 

 spaces, punctured within ; sometimes almost obliterated. Ehjtra : 

 Corium, except the anterior portion, punctured finer than the pro- 

 notum or scutellum ; anterior margin at the base yellowish ; Mem- 

 brane reaching beyond the abdomen, colourless, transparent. Wings 

 colourless, transparent. Legs yellow or greenish. 



Abdomen, above black ; Connexiviim greenish or yellowish, in- 

 teriorly narrowly black. Underside yellowish, greenish, or ochreous, 

 the punctures shallow, confluent ; Stigmata black ; the recurved 

 spine on the 2nd segment reaching to beyond the 2nd pair of coxae. 



Length, 5 — 6 lines. 



Common on furze and broom bushes, in the autumn. 



Ge?ms 3. — Acanthosoma, Curt. 



Head rather narrow, gradually less from the eyes to the apex ; 

 central lobe as long or longer than the side lobes, widest at the 

 extremity, AntenncB slender; tubercle very short ; 1st joint as long 

 or longer than the bead. Eyes small. Ocelli small, distant. Bos- 



