102 A'CZi' species of Sicrohi, H'ith Ji.vplaiiatory Notes. 



59. Sicrola i^racUUma 11. sp. 



9 shilling black, tlic head a little dull ; legs fuscous, antennie yellowish 

 brown, outwardly infuscate. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically fine reticu- 

 late surface sculpture; finely and somewhat remotely punctate; hairy cloth- 

 ing inconspicuous. Head considerably longer than wide, width between the 

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

 great ; flatly convex above and beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples 

 rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae not much longer than the head, pedicel 

 longer than wide, following segments as wide as long, antennal fossae deep ; 

 clypeus short, carinate, apically depressed and projecting slightly in front of 

 the anterior margin of the head, sloping at the sides ; mandibles fairly stout, 

 curved, concavo-convex, truncate apically and toothed, base touching the eye 

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

 ened, as wide as long, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin 

 incised; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth and shining; wings subinfuscate, 

 with a yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 2 mms. 



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

 Swezey, June 11, ipri. 



Type : Cat. No. 59, Bishop Museum. 



60. Sierola bniinicipcs n.sp. 



9 dull sliining black, legs and antenna; brown, the latter fuscous api- 

 cally. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture ; finely and fairly closely punctate ; hairy clothing short and incon- 

 spicuous. Head wider than the thorax, a little longer than wide, width 

 between the eyes equalling the length from eye to vertex ; convex above 

 and beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flat ; antennae 

 not much longer than the head, pedicel a little longer than wide, following 

 segments as wide as or wider than long, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus cari- 

 nate, apically depressed and projecting slightly in front of the anterior mar- 

 gin 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, 

 truncate apically and toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula flatly con- 

 vex, medially foreshortened, as wide as long, anterior margin nearly straight, 

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

 wings subinfuscate, with a yellowish brown pigmentation; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from five females (type and paratypes) from Tantalus moun- 

 tain, Oahu. Type collected by W. M. Giffard, February 16, 1916. One speci- 

 men swept from Acacia koa by J. C. Bridwell, July 5, 191 5, and three others 

 collected on Acacia koa by J. C. Bridwell, June, 1918. paratypes. 



Type : Cat. No. 60, Bishop A'luscuni. 



61. Sicrola arida n.sp. 



9 dull black, almost opaque ; legs and antennae brown to fuscous. 

 Head and tliorax with a microscopically fine and close reticulate sur- 



