76 New Species of Sierola, With Explanatory Notes. 
cally fine, reticulate surface sculpture, coarsely, fairly regularly but not closely 
punctate. Head longer than wide, width between the eyes a little more than 
the length from eye to vertex, convex above, tumid beneath; vertical margin 
straight, temples rounded, eyes convex; antenne longer than the head, seg- 
ments of the flagellum beyond the first funicle moniliform, pedicel and first 
funicle segment twice as long as wide, antennal fosse deep; clypeal process 
a flat, transverse lamina, horizontally extended from the anterior margin of 
the head and longitudinally elevate and carinate; mandibles fairly stout, 
curved, concavo-convex, obliquely truncate and toothed apically, base touch- 
ing the eye above; gula convex, medially foreshortened, wider than long, 
anterior margin arcuately concave, posterior margin incised; propodeum rugu- 
lose; abdomen ovate, smooth and polished; wings subinfuscate, with a faint 
yellowish brown pigmentation; length 3.25 mms. 
Described from three females (type and paratypes) collected at Kilauea, 
Hawaii, 4000 it. elev., by W. M. Giffard. Type marked “No. 7,” captured 
June 7, 1908. Paratypes marked “No. 4,” taken in the dry forest, January 
Ie, LOL7: 
Type: Cat. No. 8 Bishop Museum. 
9g. Sierola sima n.sp. 
@ black, head and thorax dull, abdomen shining, legs and antennz 
brown to fuscous. 
Head and thorax with a pronounced microscopic surface sculpture, 
scattered pin punctures and fine hairy clothing. Head wider than the thorax 
and longer than wide, width between the eyes more than the length from 
the eye to the vertex, convex above, a little tumid beneath, deepest directly 
behind the eyes; vertical margin slightly concave, temples rounded, eyes con- 
vex; antenne longer than the head, segments of the flagellum beyond the 
second funicle moniliform, pedicel and first two funicle segments twice as 
long as wide, antennal fosse deep; clypeal process a flat transverse lamina, 
horizontally extended from the anterior margin of the head and medially ele- 
vate and carinate; mandibles fairly stout, curved, concavo-convex, obliquely 
truncate and toothed apically, the base touching the eye above; gula convex, 
medially foreshortened, wider than long, anterior and posterior margins in- 
cised; propodeum rugulose; abdomen short ovate; wings subinfuscate; 
length 2.5 mms. ; 
Described from two females (type and paratype) collected at Kilauea, 
Hawaii, 4000 ft. elev.. by W. M. Giffard. Type taken at the lumber camp, 
July 19, 1918. Paratype marked “Box 4,” and captured in May, toto. 
Type: Cat. No. 9, Bishop Museum. 
10. Sverola spicata n.sp. 
Plate XVI, Figure 3. 
@ with the head and thorax depressed and flat; shining black, the legs 
beyond the femora and the base of the antennze brown. 
Smooth and polished, the pronotum and propodeum with a more evident 
sculpture, and a little dull; finely, shallowly and fairly closely punctate and 
hairy. Head wider than the thorax, as wide as long, widest at the vertex and 
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