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y^. Sicrola tmnidovcntris n.sp. 



$ shining black, antennae and legs brown to fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically tine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture ; fairly closely, shallowly and finely punctate ; liairy clothing rather 

 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; somewhat flat above, convex beneath; vertical 

 margin straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antenna; scarcely longer 

 than the head, pedicel about twice as long as wide, following 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, 

 declivous at the sides, the carina extending backward a little on the top of 

 the head ; mandibles stout, curved, concavo-convex, truncate apically and 

 toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula convex, a little foreshortened 

 medially, anterior margin arciatcly concave, posterior margin incised; abdo- 

 men elongate ovate, smooth and brilliantly polished, somewhat tumid beneath ; 

 wings hj'aline ; length 2.5 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Cooke's Trail, Nuuanu 

 Valley, Oahu, by D. T. Fullaway, August 20, 1916. 



Type : Cat. No. Ji, Bishop Museum. 



74. Sicrola koolaitoisis n.sp. 



9 shining black, antenns brown, fuscous outwardly, legs fuscous, tibiae 

 and tarsi yellowish brown. 



Head and thorax witK" a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture ; closely, shallowly, fairly coarsely punctate, and hairy. Head longer 

 than wide by one-half, width between the eyes a little more than the length 

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

 the greatest depth directly behind the eyes ; vertical margin straight, tem- 

 ples rounded, eyes flat ; antennas no longer than the head, pedicel a little 

 longer than wide, following segments as wide as long, antennal fossae deep ; 

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

 anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides ; mandibles stout, curved, 

 concavo-convex, truncate apically and toothed, base touching the eye above ; 

 gula flatly convex, medially foreshortened, as wide as long, anterior margin 

 nearly straight, posterior margin incised ; abdomen short ovate, smooth and 

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

 length 2.25 mms. 



Described from two females (type and paratype). Type from S. E. 

 Koolau mountains, Oahu, collected by J. C. Bridwell, 1916. Second speci- 

 men, from Kuliouou, collected by P. H. Timberlake, June 25, igi6, and 

 marked "no. 20", paratype. 



Type : Cat. No. 74, Bishop Museum. 



75. Sicrola kocbclct n.sp. 



9 shining black, almost brilliant, antenn;e l)rown. fuscous outwardly, 

 legs fuscous, tibiae and tarsi brown. 



