294 Mr. DA Saunders’ Synopsis of 
no} ) 
12. chloropterus, Kirsch. Fig. Ent. Month. Mag. vol. iv. 
plaitial ay a. 
$ = bicolor, Dougl. & Scott. 
Green, clothed with black hairs, intermixed with occa- 
sional inte silvery ones; in the é the head, thorax, scu- 
tellum, clavus and inner “apical angle of corium are grey- 
brown; head very wide across the 3 vertex ; thorax shorter 
and wider than in most of the species, membrane dusky, 
iridescent. Antenne: third joint as long as the second ; 
fourth about a third the length of the third. 
Length 2 lines. 
On furze, &c. ; common and generally distributed. 
The ? is somewhat like concolor ; but may be distin- 
guished by its much wider head, shorter form and smaller 
size, and also by the yellow colour of the head. 
13, rubidus, Put. Fig. Ann. Soc. Franc. 5th ser. iy. 
pl. vu. fio. 2 2. 
Obscurely red or green (var. Moncreaffi), clothed with 
black hairs mixed with short silvery ones. In looking 
closely at the red specimens it will be seen that the ground 
colour of the surface is of a lurid pink, speckled all over 
with brighter red spots; the cuneus is of a deeper red, 
membrane slightly dusky, nerves pale. Antenne: third 
joint four-fifths the length of second, fourth two-thirds as 
Jong as third. 
Length 1}—2 lines. 
Parianioutl on Salicor nid, August to October, and by 
searching amongst Arenaria mar itima, &c. at Worthing ; 
not uncommon, but scarcely mature early in J une—both 
vars. 
14. ertcetorum, Fall. 
Bright green, somewhat shining, sides of the corium, 
the cuneus and the veins of the membrane yellow ; after 
death the head, front of thorax and scutellum become of 
the same colour; surface clothed with black hairs, sides 
of the elytra with finer pale ones, membrane dusky ; hind 
thighs much enlarged. 
Length 2 lines. 
Common on E rica, &c., by sweeping, and generally 
distributed. 
