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sides of the head tlat, the former a little foreshortened mediallj', as wide as 

 long, narrowing posteriorly, anterior and posterior margins arcuately concave ; 

 propodeum rugulose ; abdomen ovate, apically acuminate, smooth and pol- 

 ished ; wings subinfuscate, with a faint yellowish lirown pigmentation; length 

 2.25 nims. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Kau, Hawaii, a-a flows, 

 3600 ft. elevation, by W. M. Giffard, July 18, 1918. 



Type : Cat. No. 164, Bishop Museum. 



165. Sicrola waiaiiacaiia 11. sp. 



9 dull shining black, legs and antenuc'e lirown to fuscous, mandibles 

 reddish apically. 



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

 late surface sculpture ; finely, shallowly and fairly closely punctate but not 

 uniformly so ; hair}' clothing short and inconspicuous. Head considerably 

 longer than wide, widest across the eyes, narrowing behind and in front, 

 width between the eyes greater than the length from eye to vertex ; flatly 

 convex al)ove, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath ; vertical margin 

 straight, temples rounded, eyes convex ; antennae reaching the mesoscutum. 

 all the segments longer than wide, antennal fossje deep ; clypeus carinate, api- 

 cally depressed and bluntly pointed, not projecting in front of the anterior 

 margin of the head, which is angulate, not transverse, declivous at the sides ; 

 mandibles fairly slender, 1)ent at the middle, the distal portion flattened, 

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

 of the head flatly convex, the former medially foreshortened, as wide as 

 long, a little depressed along the median line, anterior and posterior margins 

 arcuately concave ; propodeum finely rugulose ; abdomen ovate, smooth and 

 polished; wings suljinfuscate, with a \er_\' faint yellowisl: brown pigmenta- 

 tion ; length 2.25 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected in the Waianae Mountains, 

 Oahu, Ijy D. T. Fullaway, March 5, igii. 



Type : Cat. No. 165, Bishop Museimi. 



166. Sicrola (lisfiir^iiciida n.sp. 



9 dull shining black, legs and antennas basally yellowisli brown, tlie 

 antenna; fuscous outwardly, mandibles marked with red. 



Head and thorax witl: a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture; fairly coarsely, shallowly and closely punctate; hairj^ clothing short 

 and delicate. Head a little longer than wide, widest across the eyes, nar- 

 rowing behind and in front, width between the eyes greater than the lengtli 

 from eye to vertex l)y a lialf: convex aI)ove, depressed in front, a little 

 ttimid beneath; vertical margin slightly convex, temples rounded, eyes con- 

 vex; antennse reaching the mesoscutum, all the segments longer than widj, 

 pedicel and first funicle segment twice as long as wide, antennal fossae deep : 

 clypeus carinate, apically depressed, hardly projecting in front of the anterior 

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

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

 slender, curved, a little flattened outwardly, truncate apically and toothed, base 

 not reacliing the eve ; gula and sides of the head flath' convex, the former 



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