120 .ViTi' Species of Sicrola. With Ilx/'hnuttory Xotcs. 



95. Sicrohi f'olitd 11. sp. 



9 dull sinning l)lack ; legs and antenna' ])r()vvn, tlio laltrr fuscous out- 

 wardly, the former hasally. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically line reticulate surface sculp- 

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

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

 from eye to vertex ; flat above, depressed in front, convex beneatli : vertical 

 margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae not much 

 longer than the head, pedicel longer than 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, tlic 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 not quite reaching the eye ; gula 

 convex, somewhat foreshortened medially, as wide as long, anterior margin 

 arcuately concave, posterior margin incised, median groove nearly effaced ; 

 abdomen ovate, smooth and polished; wings subinfuscate ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from two females (type and paratype) collected at Kuliouou, 

 Oahu, by P. H. Timberlake, June 25, 1916. 



Type : Cat. No. 95. Bishop Museum. 



96. Sicrola laiiiliiiliaiia n.sp. 



$ dull shining black ; legs and antennae fuscous, the former yellowish 

 brown outwardly, the latter basally ; mandibles reddish brown except at the 

 base. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum witli a microscopically tine reticu- 

 late surface sculpture, much coarser on the head; shallowly, closely and 

 rather coarsely punctate on the head, the punctration finer on the thorax; 

 hairy clothing inconspicuous. Head wider than the thorax, a little longer 

 than wide, width between the eyes a little more than the length from eye to 

 vertex, lengtli in front of the eyes not great; flat above, tumid beneath, the 

 greatest depth beneath the posterior end of the eye ; vertical margin straight, 

 temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae reaching the mesoscutum, all 

 the segments longer than wide, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus short, carinate, 

 apically depressed and projecting slightly in front of the anterior margin of 

 the head, sloping at the sides, the carina extending backward shortly on the 

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

 and toothed, base not quite reaching the eye, lower angle protuberant ; gula 

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

 concave, posterior margin incised ; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen 

 ovate, apically acuminate, smooth and polished; wings subinfuscate, with a 

 faint yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 2.75 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected at Lanihuli, Oahu. by P. H. 

 Timberlake, September 3, 1918. 



Type : Cat. No. 96. Bishop Museum. 



97. Sicrola nii^rifa n.sp. 



9 dull shining black ; legs and antenn;e fuscous, the latter more or less 



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