388 OBITUARY. 



Dr. Fischer de Waldheim, of Moscow, a distinguished Russian naturalist, director of 

 the Botanic Gardens of St. Petersburg. 



Prof. Edward Forbes, Professor in the University of Edinburgh, and distinguished as 

 a naturalist and geologist. 



John Facton, an eminent English mechanician and astronomer. 



M. Gaudichaud, an eminent French butanist. 



Dr. Heernaunsen, a German naturalist, author of the " Index Generum Malacozoorum." 



Sir Robert Heron, an English naturalist. 



M. Hericourt, French Consul at Djeddah, noted for his travels in Abyssinia and 

 oilier parts of Africa. 



Josiah Holbrook, Washington, D. C. 



Prof. Jameson, Editor Edinburgh Philosophical Journal, Professor in the University of 

 Edinburgh. 



Prof. Johnson, Professor of Chemistry, Philadelphia. 



Col. Laudmann, an English military engineer of repute. 



M. Lallemand, an eminent European cultivator of medico-chirurgical science. 



Baron de Lindeneau, a distinguished astronomer of Saxony. 



Dr. Landsborough, a Scotch naturalist. 



Cardinal Mai, the celebrated Italian linguist and philologist. 



Capt. Mauby, the well-known inventor of the apparatus for saving life in shipwreck. 



Cap. Baron Maurice, an 'eminent Swiss engineer. 



M. Mauvais, a French astronomer. 



M. Melloni, the great Italian physicist. 



M. Mirbel, a French savan attached to the Jardin des Plantes. 



M. Stephano Moricand, a Swiss naturalist. 



Robert Newell, inventor of the Parautoptic lock, known as " Hobbs's lock." 



George Newport, a very distinguished English naturalist. 



Theodore Oliviet, an eminent French physicist. 



Dr. Henry S. Patterson, of Philadelphia, author of the "Types of Mankind." 



Robert M. Patterson, President of the American Philosophical Society and Academy 

 of Natural Sciences, Philadelphia. 



Prof. A. C. Petersen, Superintendent of the Observatory of Altona, and successor of 

 Schumacher as Editor of the Astrononische Nachrichten. 



Thare Pete, an eminent Swedish cultivator of science, associate of Berzelius. 



Dr. Reub, Professor of the University of Utrecht, a Dutch astronomer. 



Admiral Roussin,an eminent French navigator, member of the French Academy. 



Prof. Von Schelling, of Berlin. 



Dr. Schattuck, Boston, member of the American Academy. 



Mr. Sowerby, the well-known English conchologist. 



Dr. Stanger, an English naturalist, attached to the Niger Expedition of 1841. 



John E. Stocks, a British botanist. 



Charles Stokes, an English naturalist. 



Dr. Jose Bargas, Professor of Chemistry, University of Caraccas, and Ex-President of 

 the Republic of Venezuela, S. A. 



Nathaniel Wallich, Vice President of the Linnrean Society, England. 

 P. B. Webb, an English botanist. 



