\^2 Xr:^' Species of Sii'rohi. Willi I'.xf'hiiuttityy Xotcs. 



tlic sides, the carina cxlcndin^ hackward slmrtly on the lo]) nf the licad ; 

 mandihles stout. cur\ed, concaso c<ni\e.\. iriincale apically and toothed, base 

 touchin.t4' the eye aho\e : gnia and sides ot' the head ilatly convex, the former 

 a little foreshortened, as wide as long. Ilat and depressed in front as well 

 as in tile .i;i"oo\e behind, anterior margin arcnately concave, posterior margin 

 incised; i)ropodenni linely rugulose ; abdomen o\ate, sniootli and jxilished : 

 wings sul)infuscate, with a faint fnscous ])igmentalion ; lengtli -'.5 mms. 



Described from three fem.ales ( txpe and parat\pes) from Alanoa Cliff 

 Trail-'Pantalns, ( ),ihu, ri'iired from deciyini; wood of I'crottctia sandwi- 

 cciisis \)\ J. C. r.ridwell, July, kjiS. 



T\pe : Cat. Xo. 158, iJisho]) Ahisium. 



159. Sicroki li II III His 11. sp. 



9 shining ])lack, antenna*, trochanters, fore-til)i;e and tarsi, middle and 

 hind tarsi \ellowis!i l)rown. 



Head and thorax to the propodcnm with a microscopically line reticu- 

 late surface scnli)tiire: coarsely and fairl_\- closely punctate; hairy clothing 

 short and incons])icuous. Head a little longer than wide, width between the 

 eyes greater than the length from eye to vertex; convex above, depressed 

 in front, a little tumid beneath; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, 

 eyes flatly convex ; antennje hardly longer than the head, pedicel and first 

 funicle. segment a little longer than wide, the following segments as wide as 

 or wider than long, antennal foss?e deep ; clypeus carinate, apically depressed, 

 hardly projecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, which is 

 angulate, not trans\-erse, sloping at the sides, the carina extending backward 

 shortly on the top of the liead ; mandibles fairly stout, curved, concavo- 

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

 sides of the head flatly convex, tlie former medially foreshortened, wider 

 than long and finely punctate, anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior 

 margin incised ; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen elongate ovate, smooth 

 and polished; wings subinfuscate, with a faint yellowish brown pigmenta- 

 tion ; length 2.5 mms. 



Described from one female ( t\'pe ) collected on ridge south of lao Val- 

 ley, W. Maui. 1800-2000 ft. elevation, by J. C. Ikidwell, September i, 1918. 



Type: Cat. No. 159, Bishop IMuseum. 



160. Sicrola proxiiiia n.sp. 



9 sinning black, the legs ami anteiuia? brown. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine and delicate reticulate 

 surface sculpture; finely, shallowly ;ind fairly closely punctate, hairy clothing 

 short and inconspicuous. Head a little longer than wide, width between the 

 eyes a little more than the length from eye to vertex; convex above and 

 beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; anten- 

 nae a little longer than the head, pedicel a little longer than wide, the follow- 

 ing segments as wide as or wider than long, antennal fossje deep; ch'peus 

 carinate, apically depressed, hardly projecting in front of the anterior mar- 

 gin of the head, which is angulate. not transverse, declivous at the sides, the 

 carina extending backward shortK' on the top of the Jiead ; m;iMdibles stout, 



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