1987] 
Bo hart — African Chrysis 
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Chrysis namibica Bohart, new species 
holotype male: Length 5 mm. Body slender, blue-green with 
green and purple tinges, a laterobasal purple spot on T-II, F-I 
weakly green, wings clear. Punctation moderate and close. F-I 3.4X 
as long as broad (Fig. 10). Scapal basin punctate and silver haired 
on lateral one-third, polished and microridged in central one-third; 
TFC M-like (Fig. 10); midocellus lidded; malar space 2.2 MOD; 
subantennal space 1 MOD. Pronotum a little shorter than scutel- 
lum, median groove weak; metanotum rounded, mesopleuron 
edentate, mesopleural and scrobal sulci shallow; propodeal projec- 
tion sharp, incurved behind. Midline of T-II a faint welt; T-III evenly 
convex before moderately deep and large pit row, lateral margin 
straight, 4 sharp but short distal teeth (Fig. 10); S-II spots large, 
quadrate, practically touching. 
female: About as in male. T-III saddled, slightly bent out medio- 
laterally, S-II spots small, nearly touching. 
Male holotype (DAVIS), NAMIBIA: Namib Desert Park, 
Gobabeb, 11-12-74 (M. E. Irwin). Paratype female, same data as 
holotype (L. Lyneborg, COPENHAGEN). 
discussion: The long F-I, clear wings, polished and microridged 
middle of the scapal basin (Fig. 10), and lidded midocellus are dis- 
tinctive for this slender species. The species group appears to be 
comparata-scutellaris, but the long and slender F-I is atypical (Fig. 
10 ). 
Chrysis rhinata Bohart, new species 
holotype female: Length 5.5 mm. Body moderately slender, 
greenish-blue with purple in ocellar area, midscutum and in sublat- 
eral basal spots on T-I-II; F-I-II green in front, wings lightly stained. 
Punctation moderately coarse and close. F-I 2.3X as long as broad; 
scapal basin punctate in outer two-fifths, microridged in middle 
one-fifth (Fig. 11); TFC a slightly irregular downcurved crescent; 
midocellus narrowly lidded; malar and subantennal space each 
about 1 MOD. Pronotum about as long as scutellum, median 
groove weak; metanotum rounded; mesopleuron edentate, scrobal 
and episternal sulci distinct; propodeal projection sharp, incurved 
behind. No midline on T-II; T-III nearly straight before pit row in 
