io8 A'cTi.' Species of Sicrohi. Willi lixplanalory Xotcs. 



7 I . Sicrala U'^riis u.s]). 



9 shiniiiK l)lack, ihc legs and aiUcniue luteous, the laltrr fuscous out- 

 wardly. 



Head and thorax to the propodeuni with a microscopically line reticu- 

 late surface sculpture, which is very delicate on the head ; finely, fairly 

 closely and rather sparsely punctate; hairy clothing short and delicate. 

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

 the length from eye to vertex ; convex above and beneath, depressed in 

 front ; vertical margin nearly straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; 

 antennas not mucli longer than the head, pedicel more than twice as long as 

 wide, first two funicle segments a little longer than wide, following segments 

 as wide as or wider than long, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus carinate, api- 

 cally 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 ; giila 

 flatly convex, medially foreshortened, wider than long, anterior margin 

 arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; propodeum rugulose ; atidomen 

 ovate, smooth and polished ; wings subinfuscate ; length 2.75 mms. 



Described from one female (type), collected in Xuuanu valley, Oahu, 

 l)y D. T. Fullaway, August 20, 1916. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 71, Bishop Museum. 



/2. Sicrola pyi^tiiaca n.sp. 



$ small, the thorax and abdomen unusually short ; shining black, not 

 brilliant, legs and two basal joints of antennae yellowish brown, antennae 

 apically fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically tine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, a little coarser on tlie head ; fairly coarsely, shallowly and closely 

 punctate ; hairy clothing short and delicate. Head wider than the thorax, 

 longer than wide by a half, width between the eyes equalling the length 

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

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

 behind the eye ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; 

 antennas scarcely longer than the head, pedicel twice as long as wide, follow- 

 ing segments as wide as or wider than long, 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 antennte ; mandibles stout, curved, 

 concavo-convex, truncate apically and toothed, base not quite reaching the 

 eye above ; gula and sides of the head convex, the former a little foreshort- 

 ened medially, as wide as long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior 

 margin incised; al)domen depressed, short ovate, smooth and polished; wings 

 subinfuscate : length 2 mms. 



Descril)ed from one female (type) collected on Cooke's Trail, .Xuuanu 

 \'alKy. Oahu, by I). T. Fullaway, August 20, 1916. 



Type : Cat. Xo. J2. Risliop Museum. 



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