iio Xcw S farcies of Sicrola. Willi li.vpUiiiiitory Xotes. 



Head ami ihorax wilh a inicniM.-iipi(.-ally liiu- reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture: ruioly. shallowly, somewhat sparsely punctate, ami hairy. Head longer 

 than wide hy one-half, width hetwecn the eyes equalling the length from eye 

 to vertex; rather flat above, convex beneath, the greatest depth at the mid- 

 dle; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex; antennae 

 scarcely longer than the head, pedicel a little longer than wide, following seg- 

 ments as wide as long or nearly so, anlennal fossse 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 antenna; ; mandibles fairly stout, curved, 

 concavo-convex, truncate apically and toothed, base touching the eye al)Ove ; 

 gula and sides of the head convex, medially foreshortened, as wide as long, 

 anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; abdomen elon- 

 gate ovate, smooth and polished ; wings subinfuscate, witii a faint yellowish 

 brown pigmentation ; length 3 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected by Koel)ele on Oahu. 



Type : Cat. No. 75, Bishop Museum. 



76. Sicrola loiii^iccps n.sp. 



$ shining black, head and tliorax .a little dull: antenna- l)rown basally. 

 fuscous outwardly, trochanters. tibicC, tarsi and apex of femora yellowisii 

 brown, mandibles reddish at apex. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine and close reticulate sur- 

 face sculpture ; finely, shallowly and closely punctate ; rather thickly clothed 

 with long silvery hairs. Head nearly twice as long as wide, widest across 

 the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, width between the eyes a little 

 more than the length from eye to vertex ; flat on top. depressed in front, a 

 little tumid beneath, the greatest depth beneath the posterior end of the eye ; 

 vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae reach- 

 ing the mesoscutum. all the segments longer than wide, antennal fossae 

 deep; cl^-peus 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 backward on the top of the head beyond 

 the base of the antennae ; mandibles slender, curved, truncate apically and 

 toothed, base not reaching the eye; gula and sides of the head fiat, the for- 

 mer medially foreshortened, a little longer than wide, narrowing behind, the 

 median groove entirely effaced, anterior margin straight, posterior margin 

 incised ; propodeum rugulose ; a])domen short ovate, smooth and polished ; 

 wings subinfuscate, with a faint yellowish brown pigmentation: length 2.75 

 mms. 



i)escril)e(l from one female ( ty])e ) collected at Kilauea, Hawaii. 4000 ft. 

 elevation, b_\' W. M. Giffard, October, 1915. 



Type : Cat. No. 76, Bishop Museum. 



jj. Sicrola nis^iilosa n.sp. 



9 dull shining black, antennae yellowisii l)rown, fuscous outwardlv, legs 

 fuscous, mandibles brown except at the base. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with ;i microscopically fine, fairly 

 coarse reticulate surface sculpture, coarser on the head; coarsel\', shallowl_v 

 and ratlu-r closelv punctate: thinl\- cl(lth^•d with sil\-er\- liairs. Ile;ul longer 



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