Ii6 Nczc Species of Sicrola. With Ji.v[>laiiafory Notes. 



87. Sicrola liii!;ciis n.sp. 



$ shining black, a little dull on tlic liead. legs and anteim;e luteous, 

 mandibles yellowish brown. 



Head and thorax with a microscopicallj- tine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, a little coarser on the head ; finely, closely and shallowly punctate, and 

 hairy. Head wider than the thorax, a little longer than wide, widest across 

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

 greater than the length from eye to vertex ; flat on top, depressed in front, 

 a little tumid beneath, deepest under the posterior end of the eye but without 

 great depth ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; 

 antennae not much longer than the head, pedicel nearly twice as long as wide, 

 the following segments scarcely longer than wide, antennal fossae deep ; cly- 

 peus carinate, apically depressed and projecting slightly in front of the ante- 

 rior margin of the head, sloping at the sides, the carina extending backward 

 shortly on the top of the head ; mandibles slender, curved, truncate apically 

 and toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula and sides of the head flat, the 

 former medially foreshortened, as wide in front as long but narrowing behind 

 where the margin is incised and the median line a little depressed, anterior 

 margin straight ; abdomen a little depressed, elongate ovate, smooth and 

 polished ; wings with a faint yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 2.75 mms. 



S a little smaller, the head shorter and hardly as flat, the abdomen 

 bluntly pointed apically. 



Described from one female and two males (type, allotype and paratype) 

 collected at Opaeula, Oahu, by D. T. Fullaway, March 30, 1913. 



Type : Cat. No. 87. Bishop Museum. 



88. Sierola szce.::eyi n.sp. 



$ shining Ijlack, the head a little dull ; trochanters, tibia-, tarsi and 

 antennae basally yellowish brown, the last fuscous outwardly. 



Head and thora.x to the propodeum with a microscopically fine reticu- 

 late surface sculpture, a little coarser on tlie head ; fairly closely and coarsely 

 punctate ; hairy clothing long, thin, and delicate. Head a little longer than 

 wide, width between the eyes greater than the length from eye to vertex ; 

 convex above, tumid beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes 

 flatly convex ; antennae reaching the scutellum. all the segments considerably 

 longer than wide, 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 on the top of the head beyond 

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

 toothed, base not quite reaching the eye ; gula and sides of the head flat, the 

 former medially foreshortened, longer than wide, narrowing behind, anterior 

 margin nearly straight, posterior margin incised; propodeum finely rugu- 

 lose ; abdomen ovate, smooth and polished : wings subinfuscate, nearly hya- 

 line ; length 2 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Kouahuanui Peak, 

 Oahu, by O. H. Swezey, February 23, 1914. 



Type : Cat. X^o. 88, Bishop Musetmi. 



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