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Bo hart — African Chrysis 
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rounded; mesopleuron edentate, episternal sulcus strong, scrobal 
sulcus weak and incomplete; propodeal projection sharp, incurved 
behind. No T-II midline; T-III evenly convex before well-indented 
pitrow, lateral margin straight, 4 distal teeth of which outer pair are 
obtuse (Fig. 14), inner pair sharp but short; S-II spots oval, widely 
separated. 
female: About as in male; F-I 2X as long as broad, F-I-II green in 
front; malar space 2 MOD. 
Male holotype (GRAHAMSTOWN), SOUTH AFRICA: Cape 
Prov., Hilton, XI-9-75 (F. W. Gess). Paratypes, one male, 4 females, 
topotypical, X and XI (GRAHAMSTOWN, DAVIS); female, 
SOUTH AFRICA: Cape Prov., Rooiheuwell (R. H. Watmough, 
PRETORIA-NC), female, ZIMBABWE: Bulawayo, VIII-5-23 (R. 
Stevenson, CAPE TOWN). 
discussion: Among the few known South African cerastes group 
species in which both male F-I and F-II are shorter than III (Fig. 
14), stevensoni is distinguished by its blue to purple color, small size, 
weak TFC and faintly impressed scrobal sulcus. The species is 
named for R. Stevenson, who collected many Zimbabwan chrysidids. 
Chrysis tesserops Bohart, new species 
holotype male: Length 6.5 mm. Body medium slender, blue- 
green with ocellar triangle and midscutum partly purple, F-I-II 
green in front, III-X reddish brown, tarsi light brown, wings nearly 
clear. Punctation moderately coarse, a little spaced. F-I twice as 
long as broad (Fig. 15), II 1.2X and in some views faintly shorter 
than III; scapal basin finely punctate in outer two-fifths, mostly 
polished in middle one-fifth; TFC prominent, recurved, spectacle- 
like, enclosed “eyes” punctate but brightly reflective (Fig. 15). 
Malar space 1.2 MOD (ocellus small); subantennal space 1.6 MOD. 
Pronotum shorter than scutellum, median groove well marked; 
metanotum rounded; mesopleuron edentate, scrobal and episternal 
sulci shallow but distinct; propodeal projection pointed, nearly 
straight behind. No T-II midline; T-III evenly curved before pit row, 
lateral margin straight, pit row hardly indented but pits distinct, 4 
sharp distal teeth, outer pair obtuse, inner pair acute, median notch 
deeper than submedian (Fig. 15); S-II spots large, long oval, nar- 
rowly separated. 
