158 New Species of Sicrola, With Explanatory Notes. 
Described from one female (type) collected at Kuliouou, Oahu, by 
D. T. Fullaway, July 12, 1918. 
Type: Cat. No. 170, Bishop Museum. 
171. Sierola willardi n.sp. 
2 dull black, the head almost opaque; legs and antenne brown, the 
latter fuscous outwardly. 
Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically fine and close 
reticulate surface sculpture; finely and closely punctate; hairy clothing short 
and inconspicuous. Head as wide as long, widest across the eyes, narrowing 
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; antenne reaching the mesoscutum, all the segments considerably longer 
than wide, antennal fosse 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, 
by J. C. Bridwell, July 4, 1016. 
Type: Cat. No: 171, Bishop Museum. 
DESCRIPTIONS OF NEW EXODMC SEE Cine: 
1. Sverola vitiensis n.sp. 
@ shining black, legs, antenne and mandibles yellowish brown to fus- 
cous. 
Head and thorax to the propodeum with a microscopically tine reticulate 
surface sculpture; fairly coarsely and closely punctate; hairy 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; 
Hatly convex above, depressed in front, a little tumid beneath, the greatest 
depth beneath the posterior end of the eye; yertical margin straight, tem- 
ples rounded, eyes flatly convex: antenne slender, longer than the head, 
pedicel twice as long as wide, the following segments only a little longer than 
wide, antennal fosse deep; clypeus carinate, apically depressed, hardly pro- 
jecting in front of the anterior margin of the head, which is angulate, not 
transverse, declivous at the sides, the carina extending backward on the top 
of the head beyond the base of the antennze; 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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