8o .V('Tk' S farcies of Sicroln. Willi lixplaualt>r\ Xntcs. 



Ik-ad and lliorax to tlu- prdiiodiuni witli a niicroscdpicallN- I'liu- rcticu- 

 lati surface sciilplure, extrcniflN- I'lnoly, shallowly and fairly closely punctate, 

 liairy clothing short and inconspicuous. Head nearly as wide as long, widest 

 at tile \erte.\, narrowing slight)) in front, width between the eyes a little 

 more than the length from the eye to tlu' vertex; convex above, depressed in 

 front, tumid beneath, the greatest depth behind the eyes; vertical margin 

 conca\ e, temples rounded, eyes convex ; .intenn.e re.iching the mesoscutum, 

 .ill the segments of the flagellum a little longer than wide, the pedicel hardly 

 twice as long ;is wide, antennal fossa* deep; cl\peal jirocess a smrdl, de- 

 curved. spaHd;ite beak, tlat abo\e .and extending more tli.an half its length in 

 front of the anterior m.argin of the head; mandibles not very stout; bent 

 at the middle, the distal portion flattened, truncate and toothed apically, base 

 not reaching the eye ; cheeks fairly wide ; gula and sides of the head flat, 

 the former medially foreshortened, as wide as long, anterior margin arcuately 

 concave, posterior margin incised ; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen 

 elongate, smooth and polished ; wings subinfuscate, with a more or less faint 

 yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 2.5 to 3 mms. 



Described from two females (type and paratype) collected on Kona- 

 hu.anui, Oahu, by O. H. Swezey, February 22. IQ14. 



Type: Cat. No. 17, Bishop Museum. 



18. Sicrola siiftoiiiac n.<.]:). 



$ l)lack, hardl\- shining in front of the abdomen, head opaque, antenn.t 

 and legs brown. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically fine surface 

 sculpture, much coarser on the head, fairly coarsely, shallowly and remotely 

 punctate, hairy clothing short and inconspicuous. Head a little longer than 

 wide, width between the eyes a little more than the length from eye to ver- 

 tex ; flatly convex above, tumid beneath, the greatest depth beneath the pos- 

 terior end of the eyes ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded ; eyes con- 

 vex ; antennae reaching the mesoscutum, all the segments of the flagellum 

 longer than wide, pedicel and funicle twice as long as wide, antennal fossae 

 deep ; clypeus small, decurved. hardly exceeding the anterior margin of the 

 head, contracted at the base by the inward extension of the antennal fossae ; 

 mandibles stout, curved, concavo-convex, truncate and toothed apically, base 

 nearly but not quite touching the eye above ; cheeks narrow ; gula and sides 

 of the head convex, the former medially foreshortened, wider than long, 

 anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; propodeum rugu- 

 lose ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and polished ; wings with a deep 

 brown pigmentation; length 3 mms. 



Described from one female (type), collected on Siittoiiia hissrrtiaini on 

 Mt. Kaala, Oahu, 2500 ft. elev., by P. H. Timberlake. March 4, 1017. 



Type : Cat. No. t8. Bishop ]\Tuscum. 



19. Sicrola iiiitiri u.sp. 



9 shining black, antennae and legs brown. 

 Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically line reticulate 

 surface sculi)ture, a little co.arser on the head and i)ronotum ; finelv and 



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