Nczi' Sl^ccics of Sicrola. With Explanatory Notes. 143 



141. Sicrola I'ctusta n.sp. 



$ dull shining black, trochanters, tilMs, tarsi and antennae basally yel- 

 lowish brown, coxs, femora and antennae outwardly fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine and close reticulate sur- 

 face sculpture ; finely, shallowly and closely punctate ; hairy clothing long 

 and delicate. Head as wide as long, widest across the eyes, narrowing 

 behind and in front, width between the eyes greater than the length from 

 eye to vertex ; convex aliove, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath ; ver- 

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

 mesoscutum, pedicel longer than wide, the following segments hardly so, 

 antennal fossje deep; ch'peus 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 fairly stout, curved, truncate apically and 

 toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula convex, medially foreshortened, 

 wider than long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised, 

 sides of the head flat ; abdomen ovate, smooth and polished ; wings subin- 

 fuscate, with a faint fuscous pigmentation ; length 2 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Alaui by Koebele. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 141, Bishop Museum. 



142. Sicrola kalihiciisis n.sp. 



$ dull shining black, trochanters, tibia?, tarsi and base of antennae 

 brown, antennas distally fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically line reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, shallow throughout, very delicate on the propodeum, coarser on the 

 head ; coarsely and somewhat remotely punctate, the punctuation of the 

 thorax finer ; hairy clothing rather short and delicate. Head as wide as 

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

 the eyes greater Iw a half than the length from eye to vertex; convex 

 above, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath ; vertical margin slightly 

 convex, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antennae nearly reaching the scu- 

 tellum, all the segments 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 on the top of the head beyond the base of 

 the antennae ; mandibles stout, bent in the middle, outer half concavo-con- 

 vex, a little flattened dorso-ventrally, base touching the eye above ; gula and 

 sides of the head convex, the former medially foreshortened, twice as wide 

 as long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised; abdo- 

 men ovate, smooth and polished; wings subinfuscatc, with a faint fuscous 

 pigmentation ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected in Kalihi Valley, Oaliu, by 

 P. H. Timberlake, March 11, 1917, on Sitttouia lasscrtiaiia. 



Type : Cat. Xo, 142, Bishop Museum. 



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