14^) A'l-u' Sf^i'cics i)f Sii-rold. With lixplaiiatnrx Xofcs. 



l)c-scril)i'(l t'rdiii imc (.-xainplr iivpri onllcctrd on Kaala .Mnunlain, 

 Oalui, !)>■ (). II. S\vcv.o_\-, SopU'inlKT i. \>)\J,. 

 TyiJc : Cat. Xo. 146, Uislidp .Museum. 



147. Sicrold [^liilodoriiw 11. sp. 



9 sonu-uliat (k'|)n.-ssc(l ; dull shinin.n hlack'. Ic.ns lutcous, aiUcniKL' and 

 mandibles l)ni\vu. 



Head and tlmrax willi a micr<)scupicall\ line rcticulau- surface sculp- 

 ture; ci.iarsel.v. shallowly, sumewhat reiuntel\' punctate, and hairy. Head 

 lon.^er than wide by more than a half, lenylh from eye lo vertex etiuallinfj- 

 the width between the eyes, length in front of the eyes not great ; convex 

 ajjovc, depressed in front, flat beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples 

 rounded, eyes convex ; antennae reaching the mcsoscutnm, all the segments 

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

 depressed, almost perpendicular, hardly projecting in front of the anterior 

 margin of the head ; mandibles fairly stout, curved, somewhat flattened out- 

 wardly, truncate apically and toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula flat, 

 not much foreshortened, longer than wide, anterior margin arcuately con- 

 cave, posterior margin incised; abdomen ovate, apically acuminate, smooth 

 and polished; wings hyaline; length 1.5 mms. 



Described from four females (type and paratypes). Three specimens, 

 including type, from Olympus Mountain, Oahu, reared from larva of PhilO' 

 doria splcndida. by O. H. Swezey, January 30, 1913. Two specimens in this 

 series and one collected in the S. E. Koolau Mountains, Oahu, by J. C. 

 Bridwell, 1916, paratypes. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 147, Bishop Museum. 



148. Sicrola planiccps n.sp. 



9 depressed ; shining black, the legs. antenn;e rnid mandibles, except 

 at the base, flavous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically line and delicate reticulate 

 surface sculpture; linely, shallowly and somewhat remotely punctate; hairy 

 clothing short and inconspicuous. Head longer than wide, length from eye 

 to vertex equalling the width between the eyes, length in front of the eyes 

 not great ; flat above, flatly convex beneath ; vertical margin slightly con- 

 cave, temples rounded, eyes convex ; anteim;e a little longer than the head, 

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

 fossae deep; clypeus carinate, apically depressed, hardly projecting in front 

 of the anterior margin of tlie head, declivous at the sides; mandibles slen- 

 der, curved, concavo-convex, flattened outwardly, truncate apically and 

 toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula flat, very little foreshortened 

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

 arcuately concave, posterior margin incised; abdomen short ovate, smooth 

 and polished or nearly so; wings with a yellowish brown pigmentation; 

 length 2 mms. 



Described from four females (type and paratypes). Type from Xuu- 

 anu Valley, Oahu, collected by D. T. Fullaway, March 4, 191 _'. Two speci- 



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