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(i8) The African collections, in all orders, of Dr. W. S. Abbott, Wni. 

 Aster Chanler, J. F. Brady, the last " Eclipse " expedition to West 

 Africa, and of several missionaries. 



(19) The large collection from South California of D. W. Coquillett, 

 in Coleoptera, Hymenoptera, Lepidoptera, and Orthoptera. 



(20) The Townend Glover manuscripts and plates. 



In addition to this material there are minor collections, which have 

 been the result of the v/ork of Government expeditions, or are gifts from 

 United States Consuls, and many private individuals. 



This enormous mass of material is being cared for by the active and 

 honorary force of the Department, and the perpetuity of the collection is 

 assured. The National Museum building is fireproof, and this, together 

 with the fact that it is a national institution, renders the Department of 

 Insects perhaps the best place in the United States for the permanent deposit 

 of types by working specialists in entomology, and for the ultimate 

 resting-place of large collections made by individuals. 



The policy of the Museum at large, with regard to the use of its 

 collections by students, is a broad and liberal one. Students are welcome 

 in all departments, and every facility is given to systematists of recog- 

 nized standing. 



NOTES ON APHILANTHOPS. 



BY CARL F. BAKER, FORT COLLINS, COLO. 



Within a short time two very interesting species (4-notatus, Ash., 

 and tauruhis, Ckll.) have been added to this genus. I have lately 

 received another new species from Mr. Chas. Palm, of New York City, 

 collected in S. W. Utah, which is even more interesting than the two 

 above mentioned. I describe it herewith : 



Aphilanthops utahensis, n. sp. — Male : Length, 7.5 mm. Rufous ; 

 region of ocelli, mesonotum, metapleura, and fifth and sixth abdominal 

 segments above, blackish. Markings pale lemon-yellow. Head evenly, 

 somewhat sparsely punctate, covered with silvery pubescence, which is 

 very dense on the face, extending over the bases of the mandibles in two 

 pointed tufts. Clypeus with a yellow spot on either side, the median 

 lobe strongly tridentate, the teeth short and blunt. Antenna? with scape 

 yellow ; flagellum slightly darker above. Thorax coarsely irregularly 

 punctured, except on prothorax, scutellum, and postscutellum ; pubes- 

 cence most marked on mesopleura and sides of metanotum. Pronotum 

 above, tegulae and two spots below, scutellum anteriorly, and post- 



