13S .Vt'Ti' Species of Sii'rolii. Willi lixf^ldiuitory Xotes. 



I )cscril)i,-(l frniii lu < 1 fnualc-^ ( iMx.' and i)arat_\iir) cullc-ctcd (ui Kaala 

 Mountain. Oalui, 1).\ ( ). II. Swc/cy, SeplLinljcr 7. i<>i,^ and Auj^ust 11, IQ12, 

 respcclivcly. 



Type: Cat. Xn. 130, r)i>lHip Mnsrinii. 



131. Slcruld iiiiadrlccps u.sp. 



9 dull shining l)lack, logs and antcnn.i.' hasally sfllnwish lirown. tlu' lat- 

 ter fuscous outwardly. 



I U-ad and thora.x to tln' ])ropcideum with a microscopically line reticu- 

 late surface sculpture, coarser on the head: coarsely, shallowl_\- and reniotel\- 

 punctate, the |)unciuation on the thorax rather line: hairy clothing short and 

 inconspicuous. Head as wide as long, widest across the eyes, narrowing 

 hehind and in front, width l)etween the eyes greater by a half than the length 

 from eye to \ ertex : Hatly convex above, depressed in front, a little tumid 

 beneath: vertical margin slightly con\ex. temples rounded, eyes flatly convex; 

 antennae reaching the mesoscuttim. all the segments longer than wide, anten- 

 nal fossae deep; clypens carinate, apically depressed and projecting slightly 

 in front of the anterior margin of the head, which is angulate, not trans- 

 verse, 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 flatly convex, the 

 former medially foreshortened, wider tlian long, anterior margin nearly 

 straight, posterior margin incised; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen 

 ovate, smooth and polished; wings subinfuscate ; length 2.1 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected at Puuwaawaa. X. Kona. 

 Hawaii. 3700 ft. elevation, by \X. \l. Giffard. August. 1917. 



Type; Cat. Xn. 131. P)ishop Museum. 



i_^2. Slerola 'icilliaiiisl u.sp. 



9 dull shining black, trochanters, front femora, apex of middle and 

 hind femora, tibi;e. tarsi. antenn;e basally and mandibles except at the base 

 yellowish brown, antenn;e outwardly fuscous. 



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

 late surface sculpture, a little coarser on the head than on the thorax; finely, 

 shallowly and remotely punctate ; iiairy clothing short and inconspicuous. 

 Head as wide as long, width Ijetween the eyes greater than the length from 

 ej-e to vertex, length in front of the eyes not great ; flatly convex above, 

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

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

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

 clypeus short, carinate, apically depressed, almost perpendicular, and pro- 

 jecting 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 ; man- 

 dibles fairly stout, curved, concavo-convex, truncate apicalh' and toothed, base 

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

 medially foreshortened, as wide as long, a slight depression in the median 

 line posteriorly, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; 

 propodeum rugulose ; abdomen depressed, ovate, smooth and polished ; wings 

 fuscous ; length 2 nuns. 



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