158 IW'W S farcies of Sii-ri'lti. With lixplauatory Xotcs. 



Dcscrihcd l"r(jni nnr t\ni,ilr (t\i)i-) cdllccted at Ivulimum, Oalni, by 

 I). T. Fullaway. July u, tqiS. 



Type: Cat. Xn. 170. liislKip Musruin. 



171. Sicrolii icilUirdi 11. sp. 



9 (lull black, llie bead almost tipa(|uc; legs and anteuiia- bniwn, tbe 

 latter fuscous outwardly. 



Head and tborax to tbe propodeuni witli a uiicroscopicallN hue and close 

 reticulate surface sculpture ; bnely and closely punctate ; bairy clothing sbort 

 and inconspicuous. Head as wide as long, widest across the eyes, narrowmg 

 behind and in front, width between the eyes nearly twice the length from 

 eye to vertex ; convex above, depressed in front, tumid beneath, the greatest 

 depth beneath the eye ; vertical margin straight, temples rounded, eyes con- 

 vex; antenn;t? reaching the mesoscutum, all the segments considerably longer 

 than wide, antennal fossas 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 

 the top of the head; mandibles fairly stout, curved, truncate apically and 

 toothed, base touching the eye above ; gula and sides of the head convex, the 

 former medially foreshortened, as wide as long, median groove nearly effaced, 

 anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised ; propodeum 

 rugulose ; abdomen ovate, smooth and polished ; wings with a yellowish 

 brown pigmentation ; length 3 mms. 



Described from one female (type) collected on Kaala Mountain, Oahu, 

 liy J. C. I'.ridwell, July 4, 1916. 



Type: Cat. Xo. 171, Bishop Museum. 



DESCRIPTIONS OF XKW KXOTTC SIM-.CIES. 



I. Sierola I'iticiisis n.sp. 



9 siiining black, legs, antenna; and niandijjles \ellowish brown to fus- 

 cous. 



Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically tine reticulate 

 surface sculpture ; fairly coarsely and closely punctate ; bairy clothing short. 

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

 front, width between the eyes more than the length from eye to vertex ; 

 riatly convex above, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath, the greatest 

 depth beneath the posterior end of the eye ; vertical margin straight, tem- 

 ples rounded, eyes flatly convex ; antennae slender, longer than the head, 

 pedicel twice as long as wide, the following segments only a little longer than 

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

 jecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, wdiich is angulate, not 

 transverse, declivous at the sides, the carina extending backward on the top 

 of the head beyond the base of the antennae ; mandibles slender, curved, 

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

 of the head flat, the former medially foreshortened, as wide as long, narrow- 

 ing behind, anterior margin nearly straight, posterior margin incised; pro- 

 podeum rugulose ; abdomen ovate, apically acuminate, smooth and polished ; 

 wings subinfuscate ; length 2 mms. 



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