Nczc S farcies of Sicrola. JJ^ifh Hxphuiatorx Xotes. 105 



hairy. Head a little longer than wide, widest across the eyes, narrowing 

 behind and in front, width between the eyes considerably more than the 

 length from eye to vertex ; convex above, depressed in front, tumid beneath, 

 the greatest depth beneath the posterior end of the eye ; vertical margin 

 slightly concave, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antenn^e reaching the 

 mesoscutum, the segments of the flagellum all longer than wide, pedicel twice 

 as long as wide, and the first funicle segment nearly so, antennal fossae 

 deep ; clypeus carinate, 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 

 fairly stout, bent near the base, the distal portion twisted and flattened, api- 

 cal margin obliquely truncate and toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula 

 and sides of the head flat, the former medially very much foreshortened, 

 wider than long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; 

 propodeum rugulose ; abdomen short ovate, smooth and polished ; wings 

 subinfuscate, with a rather faint yellowish brown pigmentation : length about 

 3 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected at Puuwaawaa. N. Kona, 

 Hawaii, 3700 ft. elevation, by W. M. Giffard, August, 1917. 



Type : Cat. No. 65, Bishop Museum. 



66. Sicrola of>acnla n.sp. 



9 shining black, antennae brown, outwardly fuscous, tibia; and tarsi yel- 

 lowish brown to fuscous. 



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

 late surface sculpture; finely and fairly closely punctate; liairy clothing short 

 and inconspicuous. Head nearly twice as long as wide, width between the 

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

 front, a little tumid beneath ; vertical margin nearly straight, temples round- 

 ed, eyes flatly convex; antennae not much longer than the head, the pedicel 

 a little longer than wide, following segments as wide as or wider than long, 

 antennal fossae deep; clypeus short, carinate, apically depressed and project- 

 ing slightly in front of the anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides, 

 the carina extending backward on the top of the head to the l)ase of the 

 antennae; mandibles slender, curved, truncate apically and toothed, base 

 touching the eye above ; gula and sides of the head rather flat, the former 

 medially foreshortened, as wide as long, narrowing behind where it is 

 inconspicuously divided into two lobes by a shallow median depression, ante- 

 rior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised; propodeum finely 

 rugulose; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and polished; wings subinfus- 

 cate, with a faint yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected at Opaeula, Oahu, by D. T. 

 Fullaway, March 30. 1913. 



Type: Cat. No. 66, Bishop Museum. 



67. Sicrola mandihidaris n.sp. 



9 shining black, antennae basally brown, fuscous outwardly, apex of the 

 femora, tibiae and tarsi vellowish brown. 



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