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Psyche 
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Discussion. This is the only South American Amisega species 
with dark antennae, strongly bicolored legs, non-metallic abdomen 
and sparse transverse striation on the thorax. 
Amisega similis Kimsey, new species 
Holotype male. Body length 3 mm. Scapal basin with dense fine 
transverse striae; rest of head densely punctate without striation; 
malar space 1.3 MOD long; eye in lateral view widest below midline; 
F-I length 3.5X breadth; F-II length 2.2X breadth; pronotum, scu- 
tum and scutellum without striation; notauli complete; mesopleural 
anterior half punctate, posterior part smooth and impunctate; 
propodeal enclosures smooth; terga with dense small punctures; 
head and thoracic dorsum blue; terga dorsally bright blue; antenna 
dark brown; fore and midfemora and hindlegs dark brown, fore and 
mid tibiae and tarsi pale yellowish brown; wing membrane 
brown-stained. 
Female. Unknown. 
Holotype male — BRAZIL. Guanabara, Represa Rio Grande, 
March 1972, F. M. Oliveira (GAINESVILLE). Paratypes— 26 
males, same data as type except various dates between 1968 and 
1972; 1 male — Rio de Janeiro, Mangaratiba; 6 males — Rio de 
Janeiro, Guanabara; 1 male — Minas Gerais, Pedra Azul; 7 males — 
Pernambuco, Carvary; 5 males — Bahia, Encruzilhada. 
Discussion. The most distinctive features of this species are the 
bright blue terga, and bicolored fore and midleg. Otherwise, similis 
closely resembles aeniceps. 
Amisega striata Kimsey, new species 
(Fig. 4) 
Holotype female. Body length 4 mm. Face (fig. 4) short and 
broad, 1.1X as broad as long, with fine striatiform punctures; face 
and vertex finely cross-striate; scapal basin finely cross-ridged with 
striatiform punctures laterally; malar space 1 MOD long; eye in 
lateral view broadest at midline; F-I length 3X breadth; F-II length 
twice breadth; thoracic dorsum completely transversely striate with 
sparse striatiform punctures; mesopleuron sparsely striate below 
wing base, otherwise smooth with dense punctures along anterior 
half; propodeal enclosures striate; scutum with notauli obsolescent; 
