i;2 -Vrri' S farcies of Sicrola. With Explauatorx Xoics. 



forcslnuuiu'd. ii"an>\ crso. anti.Tiur inarj^in arcuately concave, posterior mar- 

 gin incised; abdomen elongate ovate, smoolli and i)olislu'd ; wings with a 

 sliglilly fnscons pigmentation ; length 4 nnns. 



Described from one female (type) collecled on ihe Sliipniaii Ranch, at 

 Kilanea, Hawaii, by !■'. Muir, Jannary 14, 1917. 



'r>]ie : Cat. \o. 30, llisliop Mnsenm. 



40. Sicrola U>ii<:;iantdata n.sp. 



9 nnnsnally large and tliick-set ; black, the head and thorax dnll, tlie 

 former nearly opaipie, legs and antennae brown to fnscous. 



Head ami tliorax with a microscopically tine and close reticulate sur- 

 face sculpture. rniel\ , shallowly and rather closely punctate and hairy. Head 

 a little longer tlian witle, widest across tlie posterior part of the eyes, nar- 

 rowing liehind and in front, smallest widtli, lietween tlie eyes, twice the 

 length from eye to vertex: convex al)ove and beneatii : vertical m.irgin 

 straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antemue reaching the mesoscutum. 

 all the segments longer tlian wide, antenna! fossae deep; clypeus carinate 

 and vertically depressed, projecting a little in front of the anterior margin 

 of the heatl, declivous at the sides ; mandibles fairly stout, curved, concavo- 

 convex, truncate and toothed apically. base not quite reaching the eye ; 

 cheeks narrow ; gula and sides of the head flat, the former medially fore- 

 shortened, wider than long, anterior and posterior margins arcuatcly con- 

 cave, median groox (.• nearl> eti'aced ; abdomen elongate ovate, apicall_\ acu- 

 minate : wings hyaline or nearly so : length 3.75 mms. 



Described from three feiuales (type and paratypes) collected on Maui 

 by Koebele. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 40, Bislmp Museum. 



41. Sicrola laticcps n.sp. 



9 unusuall\' large : dull shining black. aiuenn;e antl legs brown, the 

 fore-coxa? and femora outwardly fuscous. 



Head and thorax to the propodeuiu with a microscopically tine and 

 close reticulate surface sculpture, closely and shallowly punctate and thinly 

 clothed with silvery gray hairs. Head wider than the thorax, a little longer 

 than wide, widest across the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, widtli 

 between the eyes consideral)ly more than the length from eye to vertex : 

 convex above, depressed in front, abnormally^ swollen beneath, the greatest 

 depth, beneath the posterior end of the eye, at least two-thirds the length; 

 vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes convex : anteiuia? longer 

 than the head, all the segments considerably longer than wide, antennal fos- 

 sae deep; clypeus reduced bj' erosion from the sides to a thin, carinate ridge, 

 apically depressed and projecting slightly in front of the anterior margin of 

 the head, the carina extending backward on the top of the head beyond the 

 base of the antennae; mandibles short, stout, concavo-convex, truncate and 

 toothed apically. base not reaching the e\'e ; cheeks narrow : gula and sides 

 of the head flatly concave, the former medially foreshortened, about as long 

 as wide, narrowing behind where it is strongly protulierant and divided into 

 two lobes hv a rather deep median sulcus ; propodeum tinclv rugulose ■ 



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