Nezi.' Species of Sicrola, JVIfh Explanatory Notes. 95 



wide, narrowing posteriorly, anterior margin nearly straight, posterior mar- 

 gin incised ; abdomen short ovate, smooth and polished ; wings subinfus- 

 cate : length 2.5 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected at Palolo, Oahu, by O. H. 

 Swezey. January 3, 191 5. 



Type : Cat. No. 45, Bishop Museum. 



46. Siei'ola dcpresscUa n.sp. 



9 slender ; shining black, antennae and legs fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture and extremely finely and remotely punctate, hairy clothing inconspicuous. 

 Head twice as long 3.s wide, width between the eyes a little less than the 

 length from eye to vertex ; nearly flat above and beneath ; vertical margin 

 straight, temples rounded, eyes flat ; antennas a little longer than the head, 

 pedicel longer than wide, following segments as wide as or wider than long, 

 antennal fossse deep ; clypeus carinate, apically depressed and slightly pro- 

 jecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides, the 

 carina extending backward on the top of the head beyond the base of the 

 antennae ; mandibles slender, curved, truncate and toothed apically, base 

 touching the eye above ; gula flatly convex, not much foreshortened medial- 

 ly, considerably longer than wide, anterior margin arcuately concave, poste- 

 rior margin incised ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and polished, a faint 

 reticulate surface sculpture on the tergites ; wings subinfuscate ; length 

 2 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Kaala mountain, Oahu, 

 2500-3000 ft. elevation, by P. H. Timberlake, July 22, 1917. 



Type : Cat. No. 46, Bishop Museum. 



47. Sicrola glabra n.sp. 



$ slender, somewhat depressed ; shining black, almost brilliant, tro- 

 chanters, tibiae, tarsi and antennae brown, the latter fuscous outwardly. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, finely, shallowly and somewhat remotely punctate, hairy clothing incon- 

 spicuous. Head somewhat longer than wide, width between the eyes equal- 

 ling the distance from eye to vertex, length in front of the eyes not great ; 

 convex above and beneath, depressed in front ; vertical margin straight, tem- 

 ples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae hardly longer than the head, 

 pedicel longer than wide, following segments as wide as or wider than 

 long, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus carinate, apically depressed and pro- 

 jecting slightly in front of the anterior margin of the head, sloping at the 

 sides; mandibles slender, curved, truncate and toothed apically, base touch- 

 ing the eye above ; gula and sides of the head flat, the former medially 

 foreshortened, as wide as long, a little convex behind, anterior margin arcu- 

 ately concave, posterior margin incised ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and 

 polished ; wings subinfuscate ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Tantalus mountain, 

 Oahu, 1300 ft. elevation, by W. M. Giffard, May 7. 191 1. 



Tvpe : Cat. No. 47. Bishop Museum. 



[41] 



