90 Xi'7c Sf'ccics of Sicrola, Willi li.vplunatory Notes. 



collected at Puuwaawaa. X. Kcnia. Ilawaii, .^700 ft. elevation, by W. M. 

 Giffard. August, 1917. 



Type: Cat. No. 35, Bi.shop Museum. 



36. Sii'rola hiiiUilrit 11. sj). 



$ unusually large ; sinning black, antcnnie, legs and posterior margin 

 of the abdominal segments brown, the antennae fuscous outwardly. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, rather closely and finely punctate and hairy. Head wider than the 

 thorax, a little longer than wide, the length from eye to vertex about equal- 

 ling the width between the eyes, length in front of the eyes not great ; con- 

 vex above, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath ; vertical margin straight, 

 temples rounded, eyes convex ; antennte no longer than the head, pedicel a 

 little longer than wide, following segments as wide as or even w^ider than 

 long, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus reduced by erosion from the sides to a 

 longitudinal, carinate ridge, apically depressed and projecting slightly in 

 front of the anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides, the carina 

 extending backward on the top of the head beyond the base of the antennae ; 

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

 touching the eye above; gula convex, medially foreshortened, wider than 

 long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised, median 

 groove nearly effaced ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and polished ; wings 

 subinfuscate, with a faint yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 3.5 mms. 



Described from three females (type and paratypes) collected on Tan- 

 talus mountain, Oahu, 1300-1800 ft. elevation. Type, numliered 284, col- 

 lected by W. M. Giffard, September 9, 1908. One specimen, collected by 

 W. M. Giffard, September 14, 1907, and one labelled Oahu (Koebele), para- 

 types. 



Type : Cat. No. 36, Bisliop Museum. 



37. Sicrola coiiif^acta n.sp. 



$ moderately large and thick-set ; shining black, the head a little dull, 

 antennae brown to fuscous at the base; trochanters, femora apically, tibias 

 and tarsi testaceous. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum witli a microscopically fine reticu- 

 late surface sculpture, a little coarser on the head than on the thorax, rather 

 closely, coarsely and shallowly punctate, and hairy. Head nearly as wide as 

 long, widest across the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, width between 

 the eyes twice the length from eye to vertex ; convex above, depressed in 

 front, tumid beneath, deepest under the eye ; vertical margin straight, tem- 

 ples rounded, eyes convex ; antennas reaching the mesoscutum. the segments 

 of the flagellum all longer than wide, the pedicel twice, the funicle three 

 times as long as wide ; antennal fossae deep ; clypeus carinate, apically de- 

 pressed and projecting a little in front of the anterior margin of the head, 

 sloping at the sides ; mandibles slender, curved, toothed apically, base not 

 reaching the eye ; cheeks narrow ; gula and sides of the head convex, the 

 former medially foreshortened, transverse, anterior margin -arcuately con- 

 cave, posterior margin incised, median groove nearly effaced ; propodeum 



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