lOO XcTC Sf^ccics of Sicrolii. Willi lixf^ldiuitory Xotcs. 



55. Sicrola Icpida n.sp. 



$ sliiniiiK l)lack, the logs, anteniKL' Ijusally and tlie niandihlcs except at 

 the base, Havous, anleniue distally fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture ; fiuely, shallowly and closely punctate ; hairy clothing short and deli- 

 cate. Sides of the pronotum aciculate. Head a little longer than wide, wid- 

 est across the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, width between the eyes 

 considerably more than (1J/2X) the length from eye to vertex; convex 

 above, tumid beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes con- 

 vex ; antennae reaching the mesoscutum, all the segments longer than wide, 

 antennal fossje deep; clypeus carinate, apically depressed and projecting 

 slightly 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, widening outwardly, curved, concavo-convex, 

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

 of the head flat, the former medially foreshortened, as long as wide, narrow 

 ing behind where it is inconspicuously divided into two lobes by a shallow 

 depression on the median line, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior 

 margin incised ; abdomen depressed, ovate, smooth and polished ; wings 

 infuscate, with a yellowish brown pigmentation; length 2.75 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected at Glen wood, Hawaii, 2800 

 ft. elevation, by Giffard and Muir, October i, 1917. 



Type : Cat. No. 55, Bishop Museum. 



56. Sicrola callida n.sp. 



$ shining l)lack, the legs and antennae fuscous. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture ; fairly closely, coarsely and shallowly punctate and hairy. Head wider 

 than the thorax, longer than wide, width between the eyes equalling the 

 length from eye to vertex ; convex above and beneath ; depressed in front ; 

 vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennje a lit- 

 tle longer than the head, pedicel and first funicle segment a little longer than 

 wide, following segments as wide as or wider than long, antennal fossae 

 deep; clypeus carinate, apically depressed and projecting slightly 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 

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

 the eye above ; gula convex, not much foreshortened, anterior margin arcu- 

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

 wings subinfuscate, with a yellowish-brown pigmentation ; length 2.75 mms. 



$ smaller, head shorter, vertical margin arcuately convex, mandibles 

 luteous except at the base, abdomen bluntly pointed at the apex. 



Described from one female and three males (type, allotype and para- 

 types) collected on Kaala mountain, Oahu. Type collected by P. H. Timber- 

 lake, July 4, 1916. Three $ $ collected by P. H. Timberlake, at 1500-2500 

 ft. elevation, Marcli 4, 1917, one on Bobca clatior, allotype and paratypes. 



Type : Cat. No. 56, Bishop Museum. 



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