Nczc Species of Sicrola. With E.vplaiuitorx Xotcs. 97 



Tantalus niuuntaiii, Oahu, b}- O. H. Swezey, August 4, 1912, one 9 collected 

 on Cooke's Trail, Nuuanu Valley, Oahu, by P. H. Timberlake, on Cyrtandni 

 ^raiidiflora, March ig, igi6, one 9 collected on Kaala mountain. Oahu, 2000 

 ft. elevation, by P. H. Timberlake, March 4, 1917, one 9 collected in Nuuanu. 

 Oahu, by D. T. Fullaway, August 20, 1916, paratypes. 

 Type : Cat. No. 49, Bishop Museum. 



50. Sicrola pulchra n.sp. 



9 shining, almost brilliant, black on the head, shining yellowish brown 

 on the thorax and abdomen, often infuscate, legs and antennae luteous. the 

 latter fuscous outwardly, mandibles brown except at the base. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, hnely, shallowly and remotely punctate, hairy clothing inconspicuous. 

 Head a little longer than wide, widest across the eyes, narrowing behind and 

 in front, width between the eyes equalling the length from eye to vertex : 

 flat above, convex beneath, deepest behind the eye but without great depth ; 

 vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antennae reaching 

 the mesoscuttim. the segments of the flagellum longer than wide, pedicel 

 twice as long as wide, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus carinate, depressed api- 

 cally and projecting slightly in front of the anterior margin of the head, 

 sloping at the sides ; mandibles slender, curved, flattened distally, apically 

 truncate and toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula and sides of the 

 head flat, the former medially foreshortened, as long as wide, anterior margin 

 arcuately concave, posterior margin incised, median groove very fine ; abdo- 

 men ovate, smooth and polished ; wings subinfuscate. sometimes with a faint 

 yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 2.5 mms. 



$ a little smaller, mandibles luteous, abdomen bluntly pointed at the 

 apex. 



Described from 21 females and 5 males (type, allotype and paratypes). 

 Type and allotype from Tantalus mountain, Oahu, and part of a series includ- 

 ing 10 9 9 and 4 $ $ specimens, reared by O. H. Sw^ezey from leaf-miner in 

 Vrcra, ]\Iarch 15. 1914. In addition to the paratypes i'.i the above series, 

 there are four females and one male from ]\Ianoa Cliffs. Oahu. reared by 

 P. H. Timljerlake. from I'rcra leaf miner, .\pril 15. 1918; 4 9 9 from 

 Manoa Cliffs. Oahu, collected by P. H. Timberlake on I'rcra saiidz^'i- 

 censis, March 29. 1918 ; i 9 from Tantalus, reared by O. H. Swezey, from 

 blotch miner in I'rcra, August 29, 1915; i 9 collected on Tantalus by O. H. 

 Swezey, March 16, 1915; i 9 collected in Nuuanu, by D. T. Fullaway, March 

 4, 1912, paratypes. 



Type : Cat. No. 50. Bishop Museum. 



51. Sicrola piibcscciis n.sp. 



9 shining black, abdominal segments posteriorly margined with brown, 

 legs yellowish brown, antennae yellowish brown, fuscous outwardly. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, coarsely and fairly closely punctate and hairy. Head wider than the 

 thora.x and a little longer than wide, length from the eye to the vertex 

 equalling the width between the eves, length in front of tlie eves not great ; 



