Nczi' Species of Sicrola, JJ'ith Explanatory Notes. 135 



125. Sicrola niibila n.sp. 



? dull shining black, trochanters, tibiae, tarsi and antennse fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically tine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture ; fairly closely and finely punctate, and hairy. Head nearly as wide as 

 long, widest across the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, width between 

 the eyes greater b}' one-half than the length from eye to vertex ; convex 

 above, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath, the greatest depth behind 

 the eye ; vertical margin straight, temples roimded, eyes convex ; antennas 

 reaching the mesoscutum, pedicel and first funicular segment longer than 

 wide, the following segments hardly so, antennal foss?e deep ; clypeus cari- 

 nate, apically depressed and projecting slighth^ in front of the anterior mar- 

 gin 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 

 antenna? ; mandibles curved, slender, truncate apically and toothed, base 

 touching the eye above ; gula and sides of the head flat, the former medially 

 foreshortened, wider than long, narrowing behind, anterior margin straight, 

 posterior margin incised, median groove nearly effaced ; abdomen ovate, api- 

 cally acuminate, smooth and polislied ; wings subinfuscate, with a very faint 

 fuscous pigmentation; length 2.1 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected at Kilauea. Hawaii. 4000 ft. 

 elevation, by W. M. Giffard, January 11, 1919. 



Type: Cat. No. 125, Bishop Museum. 



126. Sicrola cpoi^ogcatia n.sp. 



$ dull shining" l)lack. tlie legs lutcous. antcnucTe yellowish brown, man- 

 dibles brown outwardly. 



Thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculpture, very 

 delicate on the scutellum and propodeum, close and shallow on the meso- 

 scutum and pronotum, coarser on the head ; coarsely, shallowly and fairly 

 closely punctate on the head, the punctuation on the thorax much finer ; 

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

 the posterior end of the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, width between 

 the eyes twice the length from eye to vertex ; convex above, depressed in 

 front, a little tumid beneath ; vertical margin slightly convex, temples round- 

 ed, eyes convex ; antennse a little longer than the head, all the segments 

 longer than wide, pedicel twice as long as wide, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus 

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

 margin of the head, which is angulate, not transverse, declivous at tlie sides, 

 the carina extending backward on the top of the head beyond the base of 

 the antennae ; mandibles rather slender, curved, outwardly somewhat flat- 

 tened, truncate apically and toothed, base not reaching the eye ; gula and 

 sides of the head flatly convex, the former medially foreshortened, wider 

 than long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; pro- 

 podeum short, posterior face flat ; abdomen short ovate, apically acuminate, 

 smooth and polislied ; wings hyaline ; length 2 mms. 



Described from one female (type) from Kauniuohona Trail. Oahu. 

 reared by O. H. Swezey from the larva of EfOi^oiic iiifaiistaiia . December 

 18. 1910. 



Tvpe : Cat. No. 126. Bishop Museum. 



