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129. Sicrola t!a:'i pes n.sp. 



2 shining black, the head, pronotuni, mesoscutuni postcriorh' and tlic 

 scutellum dull ; legs and basal segments of the antennae flavous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine and close reticulate surface 

 sculpture, the mesoscutum anteriorly and the propodeum more delicately 

 sculptured, the former nearly smooth ; finely, closely and shallowly punctate ; 

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

 the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, width between the eyes more than 

 twice the length from eye to vertex ; convex above, depressed in front, a little 

 tumid beneath, the greatest depth beneath the eye ; vertical margin straight, 

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

 the segments longer than wide, the pedicel twice as long as wide, antennal 

 fossje deep; clypeus 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 fairly slender, curved, truncate 

 apically and toothed, base reaching the eye above ; gula and sides of the 

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

 behind, anterior margin nearly straight, posterior margin incised, a shallow 

 stilcus posteriorly on the median line, the furrow nearly effaced in front ; 

 abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and polished; wings subinfuscate, witli a 

 faint yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 3 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Tantalus Mountain. 

 Oahu. elevation 1300 ft., by W. M. Giffard, April 4, 1905. 



Type: Cat. No. ug. Bishop Museum. 



130. Sicrola arnica n..'^p. 



9 shining black, the head dull ; legs and antenn;e Ijasally yellowish 

 brown, the latter fuscous outwardly. 



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

 late surface sculpture, very delicate on tiie thorax, a little coarser on tlie 

 liead ; coarsely, shallowdy and remotely punctate, the punctuation on the 

 thorax finer; hairy clothing sparse and delicate. Head as wide as long, 

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

 eyes considerably more than the length from eye to vertex ; convex above, 

 depressed in front, a little tumid beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples 

 rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae reaching the scutellum, all the seg- 

 ments longer than wide, pedicel and first to third funicular segments 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, sloping at the sides, the carina extending backward 

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

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

 convex, the former not very much foreshortened medially, longer than wide, 

 a slight depression along the median line posteriorly, the groove nearly 

 effaced in front, anterior margin slightly concave, posterior margin incised : 

 propodeum rugulose ; abdomen ovate, apically acuminate, smooth and pol- 

 ished : wings subinfuscate. with a very faint yellowish brown pigmentation; 

 length 2.7s mms. 



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