With Regards 



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Daniel William Coquillett. 



(Portrait, Plate X.) 

 Daniel William Coquillett was born January 23, 1856, on 

 a farm in Pleasant Valley, between Woodstock and Marengo, 

 Illinois, and died July 7, ign, at Atlantic City, New Jersey, 

 of heart failure. 



It was with great regret that we heard of the death of our 

 leading Dipterist. There are many who will miss his cheer, 

 and his help in the determination of their finds in Diptera, and 

 the United States National Museum has lost a valuable mem- 

 ber of its staff. 



He had been interested in insects as a young man on his 

 father's farm in Pleasant Valley, and he contributed liberally 

 to the literature of applied entomology.- In 188 1 he became 

 Assistant State Entomologist of Illinois, but was compelled 

 to remove to California for his health, where in 1885 he be- 

 came field agent for the Division of Entomology of the United 

 States Department of Agriculture, and continued as such until 

 1893, when he was transferred to Washington as an assistant 

 to the Entomologist of the Department. In 1896 he was raised 

 to the office of Plonorary Custodian of Diptera of the U. S. 

 National Museum, which he held at the time of his death. 



