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Related to granulata but differing in its smaller head, more rounded sides of the prothorax, more punctulate abdomen and smaller size.



As represented by the European longinscula Grav. and nitidula Kr., Liogluta is allied somewhat to Stethusa in the more widely separated middle coxæ, with the mesosternal process rather wide and abruptly arcuato-truncate at tip; it differs from Stethusa in its much smaller eyes, smaller prothorax and generally black coloration. The basal joint of the hind tarsi is equal to the second or a little longer; the infra-lateral carinæ of the head are feebly developed and abbreviated. The following American species agrees very well in structure with the European, except that the metasternal projection is longer and more angulate:

Differs from vicina and nitidula in its broader abdomen, from the former also in its larger head and prothorax; the antennæ, also, are more rapidly and strongly incrassate than in either. In the