96 .Vt'Ti' Sf^ccies of Sicrola. If'lth llxplaiKifory Xofcs. 



48. Sicrola I'lii-riconiis n.s]). 



$ sliiniiiL; l)lack, alniosl lirilliaiu, anlciiiKe and k't;s flaNous . 



llcad and tliorax with a microscopically tine reticulate, surface sculp- 

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

 spicuous. Head considerably longer than wide, width between the eyes 

 equalling the distance from eye to vertex, lenglli in front of the eyes not 

 great; convex above, depressed in front, a little tumid l)eneath ; vertical 

 margin straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antennse hardly longer than 

 the head, pedicel a little longer than wide, following segments as wide as or 

 wider than long, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus carinate, apically depressed 

 and slightly 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 antennae; mandibles stout, curved, concavo-convex, truncate 

 and toothed apically, base touching the eye above ; gula flatly convex, me- 

 dially foreshortened, as wide as long, anterior margin arcuately concave, 

 posterior margin incised ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and shining ; 

 wings hyaline ; length 2.25 mms. 



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

 Oahtv elevation 1300 ft., by W. M. Giffard, January i. 1905. 



Type : Cat. No. 48, Bishop Museum. 



49. Sicrola tiiiibcrlakci n.sp. 



9 shining yellowish brown, often infuscate, legs, antennje and mandibles 

 concolorous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, finely, shallowly and fairly closely punctate and hairy. Head a little 

 longer than wide, widest across the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, 

 widtli between the eyes considerably more than the length from eye to ver- 

 tex; flatly convex above, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath, the 

 greatest depth beneath the posterior end of the eye ; vertical margin straight, 

 temples rounded, eyes convex ; antennas reaching the mesoscutum, segments 

 of the flagellum longer than wide, the pedicel nearly twice as long as wide, 

 antennal fossje deep; clypeus carinate, apically depressed and projecting 

 sligJTtly in front of the anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides ; 

 mandibles slender, curved, apically truncate and toothed, base reaching the 

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

 ened, as wide as long, narrowing behind where it is rather convex, anterior 

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

 and shining; wings subinfuscate with a faint yellowish brown pigmentation; 

 length 2 mms. 



$ a little smaller, the head as wide as long, abdomen bluntly pcnnted at 

 the apex. 



Described from eight females and one male (type, allotype and para- 

 types). Type from Tantalus mountain, Oahu, mounted on pin with one 

 other lacking head, both of which were specimens reared frdui larva? of 

 Batrachcdra sophronirlla, by O. H. Swezey. August 13. 1911. One S col- 

 lected at Waiawa, Oalui, by (). H. Swezey, IVIay 4. 1913, allotype. Two $ 9 

 collected at Kalihi, Oahu, by O. H. Swezev, Mav 7, 1914, one ? collected on 



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