126 Mr. E. Saunders’ Synopsis of 
Connexivum spotted with black. Antenne: first joint 
pale, the rest black, narrowly pale at their bases. 
Length 6 lines. 
Common by sweeping, &c. 
3. vernale, Wolff. Fig. Panz. Faun. Germ. 113—6. 
Greenish-brown ; closely punctured with black punc- 
tures. Legs and underside very shortly pubescent; sides 
of the thorax and apex of scutellum narrowly pale. Con- 
nexivum scarcely projecting beyond the elytra; black, 
with narrow, pale, transverse spots. Antenne: first 
three joints pale ; fourth and fifth black at the apex. 
Length 44 lines. 
Very rare ; Weston-super-Mare. 
4, juniperinum, Linn. Fig. Panz. Faun. Germ. 33, 14. 
Green, rather dark; sides of the thorax and the apex 
of the scutellum pale. Elytra narrowly pale behind the 
shoulders. Connexivum scarcely visible. Surface densely 
punctured. Scutellum and thorax in front transversely 
rugose. Antenne black at the apex; legs the same 
colour as the body. 
Length 54 lines. 
Junipers ; Mickleham, Caterham, &c. 
5. viridissima, Poda. Fig. (dissimile) Dougl, & Scott, 
Brit. Hem. pl. iu. fig. 1. 
Paler green than the last; flatter. Connexivum pro- 
jecting considerably. Body above entirely green; the 
apex of the scutellum alone slightly paler. Beneath: 
legs and antennz pale; apical joint of the latter and a 
band on the fourth nearly black. 
Length 54—6 lines. 
Not uncommon, by sweeping, &c. 
PIEZODORUS. 
1. lituratus, Fab. Fig. (purpureipennis) Dougl. & 
Scott, Brit. Hem. pl. ii. fig. 9. 
Green; base of the thorax, clavus and corium, except 
the exterior margin, often red or purplish. Antenne 
reddish. Beneath pale green. Surface regularly punc- 
tured with round black punctures; posterior angles of the 
thorax obtuse, not produced. Connexivum pale. Abdo- 
men above black. 
Length 53—6 lines. 
Common, by sweeping, &c., especially on furze. 
