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from evansi by the long malar space and pale female scape and legs 
basally. 
Amisega flavicrus Kimsey, new species 
(Figs. 5, 7) 
Holotype female. Body length 3.5 mm. Face long and narrow (fig. 
5), appearing granular, with fine contiguous punctures; scapal basin 
finely cross-ridged; malar space 1.3 MOD; eye in lateral view widest 
slightly above midline (fig. 7); F-I 4X as long as broad; F-II length 
2X breadth; postocellar region transversely striate with small punc- 
tures 2-4 PD apart; pronotum more coarsely transversely striate, 
becoming smooth along posterior margin, punctures small and 
scattered 1-4 PD apart; scutum with some cross-striate between 
notauli and parapsides, notauli strong posteriorly and faint ante- 
riorly, punctures 1-2 PD apart; scutellum smooth, punctures 2-5 
PD apart; propodeal enclosures smooth and impunctate; mesopleu- 
ron smooth with punctures clumped along anterior half, nearly con- 
tiguous; T-I with transverse band of small punctures before 
posterior margin; T-II with large anteromedial zone of small punc- 
tures; T-III-IV with transverse band of small punctures before pos- 
terior margin; T-II with large anteromedial zone of small punctures; 
T-III-IV with transverse band of dense small punctures along poste- 
rior margin. Face green with brassy tints medially, thorax with 
greenish tints; terga blackish, except lateral triangular spot on T-I 
bluish; scape dorsobasally dark brown; remainder of scape, pedicel 
and F-I-III yellow, apical flagellomeres dark brown; legs, including 
coxae yellow; wings brown-tinted. 
Male. Same as female except body color darker, and antenna and 
legs dark brown. 
Holotype female— TRINIDAD: W. I. Curepe, CIBC lab. 
grounds, 14-28 May 1974, E. D. Bennett (OTTAWA). Paratypes: 
75 males, 46 females; same data as type, except dates between Janu- 
ary 1974 and January 1977 (57 males, 42 females); St. Augustine (2 
males); Simla, 5 mi. n. Arima (3 males, 3 females); Morne Bleu (3 
males); Curepe (2 males); Piarco (2 males), Arima Ward, Aripo 
Valley (1 male), Trinidad (6 males, 2 females). 
Discussion. A. flavicrus females are distinctly colored and can be 
immediately recognized by the brassy green head and thoracic color, 
and yellow legs and scape to F-III. Both sexes have a long narrow 
