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III; malar space 1.0 MOD; subantennal space 1.4 MOD; TFC irreg- 
ular, midocellar area depressed, limited below; mesopleuron tri- 
dentate below areolate scrobal sulcus; propodeal projection with a 
slanting apical truncation (fig. 6); T-II and III weakly ridged at 
middle; T-III with a low basolateral convexity, pit row hardly 
indented, pits nearly obsolete, postpit area well punctured (fig. 6), 
apical rim convex; S-II spots weakly defined, well separated. 
Female holotype. Jackkalwater, “Bushmanland,” Namaqua- 
land, South Africa, Lightfoot Coll. (Transvaal Museum, Pretoria). 
Discussion. The short malar space, unbanded tibiae, and dis- 
crete microridging of the scapal basin place postpunctata in the 
pleuralis group. As in poly chroma, the face is all coppery, but the 
nearly obsolete pit row, well punctate postpit area (fig. 6), and all 
coppery terga are distinguishing. 
Spintharina kimseyae Bohart, new species 
Holotype female. Length 6 mm. Head and thorax green, terga 
purple, sterna brown and purple, legs purple to green, wings faintly 
stained; pubescence pale, inconspicuous; punctation moderately 
coarse, less so on head, outer fourth of scapal basin finely punctate, 
middle half microridged (fig. 1); F-I 2.9X as long as broad, nearly 
twice as long as pedicel, F-I or II; malar space 1.1 MOD; subanten- 
nal space 1.7 MOD; TFC broadly M-shaped, not strong; midocellar 
area weakly depressed, hardly limited; mesopleuron tridentate 
below coarsely punctate scrobal sulcus; propodeal projection emar- 
ginate truncate (fig. 1). T-III straight basolaterally, pit row well 
indented, pits large and nearly round, apical rim slightly angled but 
rounded at tip (fig. 1); S-II spots slightly separated, not clearly 
defined. 
Female holotype. Worcester, Karoo Gardens, Cape Province, 
South Africa, IX-29-75, R. M. Bohart (U. C Davis). 
Discussion. The short malar space, unbanded tibiae, and micro- 
ridged middle half of the scapal basin place kimseyae in the pleuralis 
group. The T-III roundly pointed shape is much like that of pleura- 
lis and polychroma, both of which have the thorax bicolored copper 
and green instead of green and a little purple as in kimseyae. The 
species is named for Lynn Kimsey, who has contributed a great deal 
to our knowledge of Chrysididae. 
