PSYCHE 



VOL. XXIII JUNE, 1916 No. .? 



NEW SPECIES OF ASILID.E FROM SOUTHERN 

 CALIFORNIA.' 



By Frank R. Cole, 

 Scientific Assistant, Bureau of Entomology, U. S. Department of 



Agriculture. 



The species described in this article were all collected in San 

 Bernardino County, California. There are many asilids in this 

 region, and no great amount of collecting has been done since Co- 

 quillett worked over this section. Any extensive collecting is 

 certain to bring to light new forms. In traveling only a short 

 distance here, one will encounter a great variety of ecological 

 conditions. There are many flowers at all seasons of the year and 

 the mild climate permits of almost uninterrupted collecting. In 

 the preparation of this paper the writer is indebted to Mr. Fred- 

 erick Knab for the use of the National Museum collection, which 

 contains much valuable type material in this group. 



Cophura highlandica sp. nov. (Plate VIII, fig. 4). 



9 . Length, 7 mm. Head yellowish gray pruinose. Body 

 black, mostly hidden by pollen. Front yellowish gray poUinose. 

 Face gently convex. Mystax white and extending nearly to the 

 antennae. First joint of antenna slightly longer and more slender 

 than second. Third joint four times as long as second, and slender. 

 Style not very slender, rounded at end. Thorax gray and light 

 brown pruinose. Two dark brown vittae, broad in front and nar- 

 rowed behind. Thorax very convex. A shining black spot 

 above supra-alar groove and two of the same size just in front of 



' Published by permission of the Secretary of Agriculture. 



