74 -Vf'Ti' S farcies of Sirrohi. Willi Exf^hiiiiitory Notes. 



4. Sicrola "i'Dlaniiai n.sp. 



9 sliinini^ hhn-k, .inu-niKi- lias;illy, IrnclianU-rs, til)i.'u- and tarsi brown to 

 fuscous. 



Head and tlioraN ti> tlic propodcuni with a nuL-roscopically fine surface 

 sculpture, finely and only fairly closely ])unctate and hairy. Head wider than 

 the thorax, considerably hjn.ner than wide, width between the eyes a little 

 more than the length from eye to vertex ; flatly convex above, a little tumid 

 beneath, the greatest depth behind the eyes; vertical margin straight, temples 

 rounded, eyes flatly convex; antenna; reaching the mesoscutum, all the seg- 

 ments of the flagellum longer than wide, the pedicel twice as long as wide, 

 antennal foss?e deep ; clypeal process spatulate, horizontally extended, me- 

 dially longitudinally elevate and carinate but apically not greatly exceeding 

 anterior margin of the head ; mandibles abnormally large, bent at the mid- 

 dle, distal portion flattened, obliquely truncate and toothed apically, base not 

 reaching the eye ; cheeks moderately wide ; gula and sides of the head flat, 

 the former as wide as long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior 

 margin incised ; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth 

 and polished; wings subinfuscate ; length 3 mms. 



Described from four females (type and paratypes) collected in Kau, 

 Hawaii, on the a-a flows, 3600-4000 ft. elev., by W. M. Giff^ard, Julv 13-27, 

 IQ18. 



Type : Cat. Xo. 4, Bishop Museum. 



5. Sicrohi acuta n.sp. 



9 shining black lint not brilliant, antcnn;e basalK'. trochanters, liblse 

 and tarsi brown. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically fine, reticu- 

 late surface sculpture, finely, shallowly, closely and distinctly punctate and 

 hairy. Head wider than the thorax, longer than wide, width between the 

 ej'es a little more than the length from eye to vertex, convex above, rather 

 flat beneath, depth moderate and greatest directly behind the eye ; vertical 

 margin straight, temples rounded; eyes flatly convex; antennae a little longer 

 than the head, segments of the flagellum scarcely longer than wide, pedicel 

 twice as long as wide, antennal fossae deep ; clypeal process spatulate, angu- 

 late in front, horizontally extended, exceeding the anterior margin of the 

 head by half its length, medially longitudinally elevate and carinate ; mandi- 

 bles moderately large and stout, curved, concavo-convex, truncate apically 

 and toothed, base not reaching the eye; cheeks rather narrow; gula and 

 sides of the head flatly convex, the former wider than long, anterior margin 

 arcuately, posterior margin semicircularly concave; propodeum rugulose, 

 with a triangular area at its base smooth and shining; abdomen short ovate, 

 smooth and polished ; wings hyaline ; length 2.25 mms. 



Descri])ed from three females (type and paratypes). Type, Honolulu, 

 Oahu, collected by P. H. Timberlake on window of H. S. P. A. Exp. Sta. 

 building July 18, 1916. Paratypes collected by O. H. Swezey behind leaf- 

 sheath of cane on the grounds of the H. S. P. A. Exp. Sta. March 27, 1908. 

 Type: Cat. No. 5, Bishop Museum. 



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