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137. Sierola cons pic iia n.sp. 



9 dull sinning black, the legs antl >ca])c tit antenna- brown, antenna? 

 outwardh' infuscate. 



Head and thorax to the propodeuni with a microscopically line and 

 delicate reticulate surface sculpture ; finely, shallowly and fairly closely punc- 

 tate, and hairy. Head wider than the thorax, nearly as wide as long, widtli 

 between the eyes greater l)y a lialf tlian the lengtli frcmi eye to vertex: 

 flatly convex above, depressed in frtjnt, a little tinnid l)eneath ; vertical mar- 

 gin straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antennae reaching the mesoscu- 

 tum. all the segments considerably longer than 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 stout, curved, concavo-convex, truncate apically and toothed, base 

 not quite reaching the eye ; gula and sides of the head convex, the former 

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

 posterior margin incised: propodeum very finely rugulose ; abdomen a little 

 depressed, ovate, smooth and polished: wings sul:iinfuscate, with a faint 

 yellowish Ijrown pigmentation ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected in tlie Koloa Mountains, 

 Kauai, l)y O. H. Swezey, August 2. igo8. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 137, Bishop Museum. 



138. Sierola adiiiiibrata n.sp. 



$ dull shining black, the femora and antenna? outwardly fuscous : tro- 

 chanters, tibiae, tarsi and basal joints of antennae yellowish l)rown : mandibles 

 red at the apex. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically hne reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture ; coarsely, shallowly and somewhat remotely punctate, and hairy. Head 

 as wide as long, widest across the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, 

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

 above, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath: vertical margin straight, 

 temples rounded, eyes convex: antennae reaching the middle of the meso- 

 scutum, all the segments considerabl}- longer than 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 

 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 ; gula and sides of the head flatly convex, the 

 former medially foreshortened, wider than long, slightly depressed along the 

 median line, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; pro- 

 podeum finely rugulose ; alKlomen elongate ovate, smootli and polished ; wings 

 hyaline ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from two females (type and paratype) collected on Kaala 

 Mountain, Oahu. by O. H. Swezey August 11, 1912. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 138, Bishop Museum. 



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