the base of the scutelhini ; sutures of the abdomen broadly pale. L<ength 

 about 3 mm. 



Described from live ? and 1 S bred by O. II. Swezey 

 from the larva of Hi/posmocoma chiloneUa in the rotten wood 

 of Pipturus on the Manoa Cliffs trail, Mt. Tantalns, Oahn, 

 May 13, 1909, and from five $ bred Avith others from rotten 

 wood by D. T. Fullaway on Tantalns j^robably from the same 

 host and even the same tree. 



Type 2 and allotype S in the collection of the Hawaiian 

 Entomological Society; paratypes in the collection of the Ha- 

 waiian Sngar Planters' Association, and in the private collec- 

 tion of D. T, Fnllaway and of the anthor. 



Sclerodermus Muiri n. sp. 



$ A black appearing species closely resembling 5". polyncsialis, the 

 propodeum less narrowed basally and the clypeus less produced, slightly 

 emarginate in the middle. The sculpture much like that of manoa. 

 Head without any trace of ocelli. Length about 2.5 mm. 



Described from one 9 collected at Kilanea, Hawaii (F. 

 Mnir) from the collection of W. M. Giffard. Type in the 

 collection of the Hawaiian Entomological Society. 



Sclerodermus tantalus, n. sp. 



9 Head testaceous brown, thorax yellow the mesonotum, meso- 

 pleurae and sides of propodeum brownish, abdomen piceous black, the 

 margins of the tergites translucent, legs and antennae yellowish. 



Head without any trace of ocelli, the occipital distance more than 

 twice the length of the eye, antennae not at all elongate as compared to 

 poecilcdes. 



Head feebly tessellate, thorax more strongly so, abdomen feebly tes- 

 sellate more strongly on the declivity of the first tergite! The tessel- 

 lations of the sides of the pronotum are not so long as those of poly 

 ncsialis, the mesopleura coarsely tessellate but the lines bounding the 

 tessellation are not so much impressed as those on the dorsum ; sides of 

 propodeum lineolate-tessellate. 



The clypeus is not so strongly produced as in polyncsialis and the 

 anterior margin is inclined to be reflexed. Length about 2.25 mm. 



I was at first inclined to identify this as cuprepe^ bni 

 that is evidently a larger species with the antennae longer and 

 the occipital distance less. 



