Xcii' Sf>ccics of Sicrola. ll'ifh Explanatory Xofes. 107 



margin slightly convex, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae reach- 

 ing the mesoscutum, all the segments a little longer than wide, pedicel twice 

 as long as wide, antennal fcssa: deep ; clypeus carinate, apically depressed 

 and projecting slightly in front of the anterior margin of the head, which 

 is angulate, not transverse, declivous at the sides, the carina extending back- 

 ward on the top of tlie head beyond the base of the antennae ; mandibles 

 slender, curved, truncate apically and toothed, Ixise not quite reaching the 

 eye abo\-e ; gula and sitles of ihu head flat, tlic former medially foresliort- 

 ened, a little longer than wide, narrowmg behind, where it is somewhat 

 convex, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; propo- 

 deum rugulose, dull ; abdomen ovate, smooth and polished ; wings subin- 

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



S smaller, head shorter, abdomen bluntly pointed at the apex. 



Described from eight females and two males (type, allotype and para- 

 types). Type from Niu, Oahu, colFected by P. H. Timberlake, February 10, 

 IQ18, allotype from Kaala mountain, collected March 4, 1917. Four 5 $ col- 

 lected same date, one collected July 9, 191 6, and one $ collected July 22, 191 7, 

 on Kaala mountain, together with two 5 ? collected on Tantalus mountain, 

 at 1500 ft. elevation, 1)y W. X. Giffard, .\ugust 27 and Decemlx'r 22. 1918. 

 respectively, paratypes. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 6g, Bishop ]\luseum. 



70. Sicrola striata n.sp. 



9 sliining l)lack, antennae basally yellowish brown, fuscous outwardly, 

 legs brown, the femora somewhat infuscate. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically fine and 

 delicate reticulate surface sculpture; finely, closely, somewhat sparsely punc- 

 tate ; hairy clothing short and inconspicuous. Head wider than the thorax, 

 longer than wide by a half, width between the eyes a little more than the 

 length from eye to vertex, length in front of the eyes not great ; convex 

 above, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath, the greatest depth behind 

 the eyes ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; 

 antennpe a little longer than the head, the segments of the flagellum all 

 longer tlian wide, the pedicel twice as long as wide, antennal fossje deep ; 

 clypeus carinate, apically depressed and projecting slightly in front of the 

 anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides, the carina extending back- 

 ward 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 and sides of the head convex, the former medially 

 foreshortened, as wide as long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior 

 margin incised ; pronotum aciculate at the sides ; scutellum smooth and 

 impunctate ; propodeum rugulose ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and 

 polished ; wings subinfuscate. with a faint yellowish brown pigmentation ; 

 length 2.75 mms. 



Described from one female (type) colk-ctetl in Palolo valley, Oahu, by 

 D. T. Fullaway. August 12, 1912. 



Type : Cat. No. 70, Bishop Museum. 



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