"ji New Sf^ccies of Sicrola, Willi lix plan a lory Xoies. 



DKSCRTPTTONS OF \'FA\' IIAW'AITAX SPKCTKS. 



1 . Sicrola disfiiicfti n.sp. 



Plate XVI, ritiuro 1. 



$ brilliant black, witli tlic <.-xcci)titin of tlie propuclcuin. wliicli is dull; 

 logs and antennae yellowish brown, the latter fnscous outwardly. 



Head and thorax to the propodeuni witii a microscopically tine reticu- 

 late surface sculpture and a few scattered setiferous punctures. Head con- 

 siderably longer than wide, widest across the eyes, width between the eyes 

 scarcely more than the length from the eye to the vertex; flatly convex 

 above, depressed in front, flat beneath, the greatest depth considerably behind 

 the eyes, the gula considerably longer than the occiput ; vertical margin 

 slightly concave, temples rounded, eyes convex, antennas long, reaching the 

 scutellum. all the segments more than twice as long as wide, antennal fossae 

 deep ; clypeal process a spatulate decurved beak, convex above ; mandibles 

 large, lient near the middle, the distal portion stout, concavo-convex, 

 obliquely truncate apically and toothed, base not nearly reaching the eye, 

 clieeks moderately long; gula and sides of the head flat, the former as wide 

 as long, with distinct median furrow, anterior margin arcuately concave, pos- 

 terior margin incised ; propodeimi rugose, with an acute triangular area at 

 its base smooth ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth ; wings subinfuscate, nearly 

 hyaline ; length 3 mms. 



S with yellowish brown mandibles ; smaller than the 9 , Iiead sliorter, 

 antennae more slender, cheeks shorter, abdomen blunt at apex. 



Described from twenty females and eleven males (type, allotype and 

 paratypes). Type, allotype, and one 9 paratype Opaeula, Oahu, collected by 

 O. H. Swezey, March 30, 1913. Paratypes: i 9 Hauula, Swezey, August 15, 

 1914; I 9 Tantalus (1300 ft.). Giffard October 15, 1905; 5 9 Tant.ilus 

 (1500 ft.), Giff'ard, August 27 and December 22, 1918; 1 9 Tantalus, Fulla- 

 way March 20, 1900; i 9 Tantalus (2000 ft.), Kotinsky ; i 9 Nuuanu. Ful- 

 laway September 4, 1916; i 9 Kuliouou, Timberlake June 25, 1916; 1 9 

 Manoa Cliffs on Cainpylothcca. Timberlake September i, 1918; i 9 Palolo 

 Crater, Timberlake September 8. 1918; i 9 S. E. Koolau Mts.. Rridwell 

 June, 1918; 0.\hit: 2 9 Kilauea (4000 ft.), Giffard October 15 and January 

 19, 1916, I 9 Kilauea (4000 ft.). Giffard and Muir. January 13. \()\J \ 1 9 

 29 miles Olaa, Fullaway, November 19, 1913; H.\w.\ii : 1 S Tantalus (1500 

 ft.), Giffard December 22, 1915; 2 $ Nuuanu, Fullaway, August 20, 1916, and 

 April I, 1917; I $ Manoa, Fullaway, July 29, 1917; 2 $ Olympus Mt., Tim- 

 berlake September 8, 1918; 3 $ Palolo Crater on Straussia kaduaiia. Tim- 

 berlake September 29, 1918; i $ Palolo Crater on Pclca cliisiarfolia. Tim- 

 berlake September 28, 1918 ; 0.\hu. 



A variable species. Some of the Hawaii spccitncns are not quite typical. 



Type: Cat. No. i. Bishop Museum. 



2. Sicrola armafa n.sp. 



9 sliining bl.ick but not lirilliant, antenn;e and Ic.gs yellowisli i)ro\vn to 

 fuscous. 



Head and thorax to the propodciun witli a microscopically tine, reticu- 



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