154 y i"'u' Sf^ccirs of Sicrola. W'itJi lixplauatory Xotcs. 



iiii^ liackuard slmrtlN on llic tup nl' llu' hrail ; m.indiMrs slDul, c-urvi'd, tnin- 

 calf apicallv and lootlicd, haso toiicliiii.L; tlic (.•>(.■ ahnw, lower lobe i)rijlul)cr 

 ant : giila and sicK-s of tlic lirad llatly coiucx, tin- former medially fore- 

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

 margin incised ; propodeum rugulosc ; abdomen somewhat piceous, ovate, 

 smootli and polished ; wings siibinfuscate, with a very faint fuscous pigmcn 

 tat ion ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from one female (type) coUecttil on Kaumuohona, Oahu, by 

 (). 11. Swczey. December 5, 1907. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 162, Bishop Museum. 



163. Sicrola aira n.s]). 



2 dull shilling l)lack, antenn;e, tihi;e and tarsi brown black. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically line reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture; finely, shallowly and closely punctate but not uniforiuly so; hairy 

 clothing short and inconspicuous. Head wider than the thorax, a little 

 longer than wide, width between the eyes considerably more than the length 

 from eye to vertex, length in front of the eyes not great ; convex above, a 

 little tumid beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes flatly 

 convex ; antennae hardly longer than the head, pedicel and first funicle seg- 

 ment longer than wide, the following segments as wide as or wider than 

 long, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus carinate, apically depressed, hardly pro- 

 jecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, declivous at the sides, 

 the carina extending backward shortly on the top of the head ; mandibles 

 short and stout, bent at the middle, truncate apically and toothed, base touch- 

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

 medially foreshortened, a little wider than long, median groove effaced, ante- 

 rior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised; propodeum very 

 finely rugulo^e ; abdomen short ovate, apically acuminate, smooth and pol- 

 ished ; wings sul)infuscate, with a \'ery faiiU fuscous pigmentation ; length 

 2 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected at 29 miles, Olaa, Hawaii, 

 3800 ft. elevation, by W. M. Giffard, August 10, 1918. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 163, Bishop Museum. 



164. Sicrola iica'clli nsp. 



9 dull shining black, antennae and legs yellowish brown to fuscous. 



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

 late surface sculpture; finely and fairly closely punctate; hairy clothing 

 rather sparse, the hairs long and delicate. Head as wide as long, width 

 between the eyes nearly twice the length from eye to vertex, length in froiu 

 of the eyes not great ; convex above, depressed in front, a little tumid 

 beneath ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antenna? 

 reaching the mesoscutum, all the segments longer than wide, antennal fossae 

 deep; clypeus carinate, apically depressed, hardly projecting in front of the 

 anterior margin of the head, declivous at the sides, the carina extending 

 backward shortly on the top of the head; mandibles fairly slender, curved, 

 truncate apically and toothed, base not quite reaching the eye; gula and 



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