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rather long, the pedicel about as long as the two following joints together, the third a 

 little longer than the fourth, none of the funicle joints being at all strongly transverse. 

 Thorax duller than the head, similarly sculptured, the propodeum and pronotum sub- 

 equal, the former widening posteriorly and impressed along its front margin. Abdomen 

 much more shining than the thorax and as long or rather longer than the head and 

 thorax together. Length, % 4-25 mm. 



Hab. Kauai, 4000 ft. 



(2) Scleroderma poc diodes, sp. no v. 



Head dark brown, pronotum yellow, rest of thorax dull brown, the propodeum 

 more or less yellowish. Abdomen brown at base and apex, the intermediate segments 

 black or nearly so, the apical margins being pale, the basal segment yellowish at the 

 sides basally. Legs with the femora and tibiae brown, more or less yellow-tinged, the 

 tarsi paler, yellowish. Antennae yellow, the flagellum with the joints more or less 

 sordid or darkly annulate. 



Head shining, much wider than the thorax, with very fine reticulate sculpture of 

 the surface, the eyes about half as long as the distance from their upper margin to the 

 occiput ; antennae stout, the pedicel about as long as the two first funicle joints, the 

 funicle joints short and most of them strongly transverse. Thorax much duller than 

 the head, similarly but rather more strongly sculptured, and like it sparsely pilose, the 

 proportion of the parts much as in 6'. ejtprepcs ; abdomen shining, with very fine but 

 evident sculpture of the surface, as long or rather longer than the head and thorax 

 together. Length, % 3 mm. 



Hab. Oahu ; near Honolulu, 1500 ft. 



(3) Scleroderma chlorodes, sp. nov. 



Head yellowish brown or testaceous, the thorax a little paler, yellow, legs entirely 

 pale, concolorous with the thorax or almost so. Abdomen with the basal and apical 

 segments more or less pale, being brown or rufescent, the intermediate segments black 

 or blackish brown with pale apical margins. Scape and pedicel of the antennae yellow, 

 the rest also yellowish, but infuscate, or with dark annulations. 



Head somewhat, but not much, shining, owing to the surface sculpture, and bearing 

 a few very fine feeble punctures ; antennae shortish and thick, formed much as in 

 S. poecilodes, with the funicle joints mostly very short and transverse. Thorax dull, 

 propodeum a good deal wider posteriorly than on its anterior margin. Abdomen more 

 shining than the thorax, but with the surface sculpture distinct, sparsely pilose, about as 

 long as the head and thorax together. Length, $ 3 mm. 



Hab. Oahu ; Waianae mountains. 



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