i^o .V<'7^' Sf'ccics of Sirrold. H'ith lixphiniifory Notes. 



Descrihod fruiii (hk- t\-mali.' (tvpc) i,-ciIK'cU-(l nn Kaala Motnitain. ( )alui, 

 1)\- (). li. Swc/oy Si.'i)ti-nil)i. r 7, Kji,?. 



Tyi)!' ; C"al. Xn. 114, llislio]) Alu>cuni. 



1 15. Sicrohi iiunidihitlatii u.sp. 



9 particolnrcd, ilic licad and posterior half of tin- tliorax shining hlack, 

 prothorax. nicsosculuni and abdomen yellowish brown ; legs lutcous, man- 

 di1)les and antcnn?e yellowish brown, the former black at the base, the latter 

 fuscous outwardly. 



Head and thorax to the pro])iideum with a niicroscopicall\- line reticu- 

 late surface sculpture, a little coarse, but shallow, on the head; coarsely, 

 siiallowly and fairly closely punctate ; clothed with siiort, stifT white hairs. 

 Mead nearly as wide as long, width between the eyes greater than the len.gth 

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

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

 antennae reaching tlie mesoscutum, all the segments with the exception of the 

 second and third of the funicle longer than wide, pedicel and first funicular 

 segment nearly twice as long as wide, antennal fossje deep; clypeus short, 

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

 margin of the head, declivous at the sides, the carina extending backward 

 shortly on the top of the head ; mandibles stout, bent and twisted at the 

 middle, the distal portion flattened, truncate apically and toothed, base touch- 

 ing the eye above ; gula and sides of the head flatly convex, the former a 

 little foreshortened medially, as wide as long, anterior margin arcuately con- 

 cave, posterior margin incised ; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen elon- 

 gate ovate, smooth and polished; wings subinfuscate, with a faint fuscous 

 pigmentation ; length 2.75 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Xiu Ridge. Oahu. by 

 P. H. Timberlake, February 10, 1918. 



Type: Cat. No. 115, Bishop Museum. 



116. Sicrola fiibcrcitlafa n.sp. 



9 shining black, the legs and antenn;e yellowish brown to fuscous. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically tine and 

 shallow reticulate surface sculpture ; fairly coarsely, shallowly and remotely 

 punctate ; clotiied with fairly long silvery gray hairs. Head as wide as long, 

 width between the eyes twice the length from eye to vertex ; convex above, 

 tumid beneath, the greatest depth beneath the posterior end of the eye ; ver- 

 tical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae reaching 

 the mesoscutum, all the segments longer than wide, antennal fossre deep ; 

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

 anterior margin of the bead, which is angulate, not transverse, sloping at 

 the sides, the carina extending l>ackw-ard shortly on the top of the head ; 

 mandibles fairly stout, l)ent at outer third, truncate apically and toothed, 

 base touching the eye al)ove. lower lobe protuberant; gula and sides of the 

 head flat, the former medially foreshortened, wider than long, narrowing 

 behind, wdierc it is divided into two lobes by a deep median sulcus, anterior 

 margin arcualelv concave, posterior margin incised; propodemn rugulose; 



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