N^cw Sf'ccics of Sirrola. With B.vphiinitorx Notes. 145 



Described from one female ( t\pe ) collected in Palolo Valley, Oahn, 

 by D. T. Fullaway, September 8, 1912. 



Type : Cat. No. 144, Bishop Mnsenm. 



145. Sicrola bridwclli n.sp. 



$ nnnsnally long; sliining black, legs and antennae yellowish brown to 

 fnscous. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically fine and 

 delicate reticulate surface sculpture ; fairly closely and coarsely punctate, 

 the punctuation finer on the thorax ; hairy clothing short and inconspicuous. 

 Head longer than wide, width between the eyes more than the length from 

 eye to vertex, length in front of the eyes not great ; convex above, depressed 

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

 eyes flatly convex ; antennae not much longer than the head, pedicel and 

 first funicle segment a little longer than wide, the following segments as 

 wide as or wider than long, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus carinate, apically 

 depressed, hardly projecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, 

 declivous at the sides, the carina extending backward on the top of the head 

 beyond the base of the antenna ; 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, as widf 

 as long, narrowing behind, median furrow nearly effaced, anterior margin 

 almost straight, deeply notched at the sides by the base of the mandibles, 

 posterior margin incised ; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen ovate, api- 

 cally acuminate, smooth and polished; wings subinfuscate, with a faint yel- 

 lowish brown pigmentation ; length 3.5 mms. 



Described from two females (type and paratype) collected in the 

 S. E. Koolau Mountains, Oahu, l\v J. C. Bridwell, 1916. 



Type : Cat. Xo. 145, Bishop ]\Iuseum. 



146. Sicrola dc[^rcssa n.sp. 



Plate XVI. Fit;ure 8. 



Depressed to an extreme degree; shining black, the legs basally and 

 the antennae fuscous, tibiae and tarsi yellowish brown. 



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

 face sculpture ; finely, shallowdy and fairly closely punctate ; clothed with 

 short, fine, silvery white hairs. Head wider than the thorax, longer than 

 wide by a half, length from eye to vertex equalling the width between the 

 eyes ; flat above and beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, 

 eyes flatly convex; antennae longer than the head, all the segments longer 

 than wide, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus short, carinate, apically depressed, 

 hardly projecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, which is angu- 

 late, not transverse, declivous at the sides, the carina extending backward 

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

 and toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula flat, hardly foreshortened, 

 longer than wide, median groove nearly effaced, anterior margin straight, 

 posterior margin arcuately concave: pr.motum elongate: abdomen broken; 

 wings hvaline ; length 2 mms. 



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