Ncii' Species of Sicrola. JTith Ilxphtuatory Notes. 157 



Described from diie female (tyjK') collected at Kidiouou. Oahu, by 

 P. il. Timberlake, June 25, 1916. 



Type : Cat. No. 168, Bishop Museum. 



169. Sicrola subcrispa n.sp. 



9 dull shining black, almost opa(|ue ; legs and antenn;e liasally luteous, 

 tlie femora and antennae apically fuscous. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically tine and 

 close reticulate surface sculpture ; finely and closely punctate ; clothed with 

 long silver gray hairs. Head longer than wide by a half, widest across the 

 eyes, narrowing behind and in front, width between the eyes considerably 

 more than the length from eye to vertex ; flatly convex above, depressed in 

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

 flatly convex ; antennae a little longer than the head, pedicel and first three 

 funicular segments a little longer than wide, the following segments hardly 

 longer than wide, antennal fossae deep ; clypeus carinate, apically depressed, 

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

 late, not transverse, sloping at the sides, the carina extending backward on 

 the top of the head beyond the base of the antennae ; mandibles fairly stout, 

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

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

 than long, depressed slightly along the median line and in front, anterior 

 margin nearly straight, posterior margin incised ; propodeum finely rugulose ; 

 abdomen elliptical, apically acuminate, smooth and polished; wings subinfus- 

 cate, with a faint yellowish brown pigmentation ; length 2.5 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Manoa Ridge, Oahu, 

 by D. T. Fullaway, February 13, 191 7. 



Type : Cat. No. i6g. Bishop Museum. 



170. Sicrola iiiida n.sp. 



9 dull black, head almost opaque; legs yellowish brown, the femora 

 infuscate, antennae yellowish brown basally, fuscous apically, mandibles red- 

 dish brown except at the base. 



Head and thorax with a microscopically fine reticulate surface sculp- 

 ture, coarser on the head ; coarsely, shallowly and remotely punctate ; hairy 

 clothing short, sparse and inconspicuous. Head a little longer than wide, 

 width between the e\es greater than the length from eye to vertex, length in 

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

 the greatest depth directly behind the eye; vertical margin straight, temples 

 rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae nearly reaching the mesoscutum, pedicel 

 and first three funicular segments longer than wide, the following segments 

 as wide as long, 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 slender, curved, truncate apically and toothed, base touching the 

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

 shortened, as wide as long, slightly depressed along the median line, anterior 

 and posterior margins arcuately concave ; abdomen a little depressed, ovate, 

 smootli and polished ; wings with a fuscous pigmentation : length 2.5 mms. 



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