New Species of Sierolo, Jllth Explanatory Notes. 99 



and one collected on Ohmpus mountain, Oalni, January 14, 1912, paratypes. 

 Type : Cat. No. 52, Bishop Museum. 



53. Sierolo fiiscipes n.sp. 



$ dull shining black, the legs and antennae fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture : fairly closely and finely punctate ; hairy clothing short and inconspic- 

 uous. Head a little longer than wide, width between the eyes a little more 

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

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

 flatly convex ; antennae a little longer than the head, pedicel longer than wide, 

 following segments as wide as or wider than long, antennal fossae deep ; cly- 

 peus carinate, apically depressed and projecting slightly in front of the ante- 

 rior margin of the head, declivous at the sides, the carina extending back- 

 ward on the top of the head a little beyond the base of the antennae ; man- 

 dibles stout, curved, concavo-convex, truncate apically and toothed, base 

 touching the eye above ; gula and sides of the head convex, the former 

 medially foreshortened, wider than long, anterior margin arcuately concave, 

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

 wings with a fuscous pigmentation ; length 2.5 mms. 



"Described from five females (type and paratypes) from Kilauea, Ha- 

 waii, dry forest, 4000 ft. elevation, three 5 5 collected by Gififard and Muir, 

 November i, 1917, and numbered 4. one of which is the type; in addition 

 to the paratypes in this serie'^, i 9 collected by W. M. Giffard, July 6, 1918. 

 and another $ collected June 12, igoo, and numbered 12, paratypes. 



Type : Cat. No. 53, Bishop Museum. 



54. Sierola Havipeniiis n.sp. 



$ depressed, flat ; shining black, legs and antennae yellowish brown, 

 mandibles apically reddish brown. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture ; finely, shallowly and somewhat sparsely punctate ; hairy clothing 

 short and inconspicuous. Head wider than the thorax, longer than wide, 

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

 front of the eyes not great ; rather flat above and beneath ; vertical margin 

 straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antennae longer than the head, the 

 pedicel and first funicle segment somewhat longer than wide, the following 

 segments hardly so, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus short, almost vertical, 

 carinate, slightly projecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, 

 sloping at the sides ; mandibles slender, curved, truncate apically and toothed, 

 base touching the eye above ; gula and sides of the head flat, the former 

 medially foreshortened, wider than long, narrowing behind where it is rather 

 convex, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised, median 

 groove effaced ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and polished ; wings sub- 

 infuscate, with a yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected. Kaumuohona, Oahu. by 

 P. H. Timberlake, April 23. 1916. 



Tvpe : Cat. No. S4. Bishop Museum. 



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