152 A finals Entomological Society of A merica [Vol .IT, 



Asilus angustipennis n. sp. (Figs. 22 and 23). 



Dark species, ground color somewhat obscured by a thin covering 

 of yellowish dust, wing rather wide, whitish hyaline on the basal part, 

 brownish beyond the branching of the second and third veins, espec- 

 ially near the costal border. Length 16-18 mm. 



Head rather large, front and face narrow and clothed with golden 

 dust, facial gibbosity rather prominent but not reaching more than 

 half way to the antennae, mystax composed of numerous bristles 

 which are black above and yellow below, beard not abundant, fine 

 and yelloAvish white in color; palpi, antennae and proboscis black; 

 posterior orbits clothed with pale bristles and hairs. Thorax clothed 

 with yellow dust and black bristles and hairs, the usual black mid-dor- 

 sal stripe divided before, and some blackish spots on either side; 

 scutellum with two yellow bristles on its margin and numerous short 

 light colored hairs on its disk. Wings hyaline at the base but quite 

 distinctly darkened on the outer half, this darkening is most pro- 

 nounced along the costal margin before the small cross vein. Legs 

 black and reddish; base apex and posterior side of each femur, most 

 of each tibia and bases of the tarsal segments reddish ; coxa, trochanter, 

 most of the anterior side of each femur, apexes of tibiae and tarsal 

 segments black ; many of the bristles of the legs are light, although there 

 are some black ones. Abdomen clear brown, each segmentwith anarrow 

 apical band of pale yellowish preceded on either side bv some light 

 colored bristles. Male genitalia thickened and much wider than the 

 rest of the abdomen. 



A male taken by R. S. Woglum, at Highlands, North Carolina, in 

 September, 1900, and sent in by Franklin Sherman, Jr. Also a male 

 from St. Elmo, Virginia, taken by F. C. Pratt, September 13th. The 

 latter specimen is in the U.S. National Museum. 



Asilus latipennis n. sp. (Figs. 24 and 25). 



Rather dark in color, hairs and bristles of the body mostly yellow. 

 Length 15-17 millimeters. 



Facial gibbosity rather small, mystax yellowish below, black above, 

 beard vellowish gray, face above the gibbosity rather narrow and 

 clothed with golden dust; antennae, palpi and proboscis black, third 

 antennal segment about as long as the other two, arista about the 

 length of its segment, bristles and hairs of the occiput mostly pale 

 yellow. Thorax clothed with yellowish gray dust, with a wide mid- 

 dorsal stripe and two spots on either side dark brown. Legs black and 

 yellow with black bristles and yellow hairs, femora largely black in 

 some specimens, more or less yellowish in others, in all cases observed 

 the hind femora are yellow at the base ; all the tibiae are yellow with 

 narrow black apexes, base of each first tarsal segment yellowish, 

 otherwise the tarsi are brown. "Wing in the male wide, whitish hya- 

 line on the basal third, lightly clouded with brownish from thence to 

 the apex, region of the stigma plainly brown. Wing of the female 

 hyaline, only obscurely clouded at the apex. Abdomen thinly 

 clothed with brown dust, posterior margin of each segment yellow. 



