3i6 NATURAL SCIENCE. 



JUNE, 



volume of Siebold and Kolliker's Zeitschrift fi'ir tvissenscha/tlicJie Zoologie. The supple- 

 ment consists of ten beautifully illustrated memoirs by pupils and admirers of the 

 Professor. C. Hasse discusses the development of the vertebral column of Triton 

 taeniatus, and there are notes by H. Ludwig on an abnormal Cuciimaria planci, and by 

 W. Voigt on a parasitic copepod found in a Synapta. R. Wiedersheim treats of the 

 marsupial bones and epipubic cartilages in vertebrates. G. H. Th. Eimer has an 

 elaborate investigation of the structure of muscle-fibres, while J. Eberth and K. 

 Miiller discuss the pancreas. O. Biitschli attempts to show how echinoderms may 

 have been derived from a primitive bilaterally symmetrical form ; and there are also 

 contributions from H. Virchow, Th. W. Engelmann, and E. Ehlers. 



The name of M. Hamy is placed first on the list of candidates nominated by 

 the Academy of Sciences for the vacant Professorship of Anthropology at the Paris 

 Museum of Natural History. 



Important additions are being made to the exhibited collection of Comparative 

 Anatomy in the University Museum, ■Oxford, and several new cases have been 

 added on the plan of those in the 'Central Hall of the British Museum (Natural 

 History). Mr. W. P. Pycraft, for some years assistant in the Leicester Town 

 Museum, has recently been appointed to assist in the preparation of the new 

 specimens. 



In a communication supplementary to last month's " Notes," Miss Agnes Crane 

 alludes to the unfortunate circumstance that no facilities are provided at the 

 Brighton Aquarium for biological students to make use of the interesting small 

 organisms that so frequently make their appearance in the tanks. It would not 

 involve much outlay on the part of the directors to develop to some extent the 

 Natural History resources of the institution ; and, by taking some steps in this 

 direction, they would merely be carrying out one of the overlooked aims of the 

 original founders. Professor Newton announces that there are vacancies at the 

 Cambridge University tables at the Marine Stations both of Plymouth and Naples. 



The collection of Carboniferous and other fossils made by the late Mr. E. W. 

 Binney, F.R.S., of Manchester, has been presented by his son to the Woodwardian 

 Museum, Cambridge. 



Several societies in London have lately held their Anniversary Meeting. At 

 the Society of Antiquaries, on April 23, Mr. A. W. Franks, of the British Museum, was 

 elected President in succession to Dr. John Evans, who has occupied the chair for 

 the customary term of seven years. The Zoological Society met on April 29, and re- 

 elected Professor Flower as President. In the Annual Report the Council regret 

 that, for the first time for many years, the total number of Fellows is reduced to less 

 than 3,000. Considering the interest of the collections to the general public and 

 their great importance to the scientific student, we can only feel surprised that the 

 former take so little part in the Society's affairs, and that so many of the latter avail 

 themselves of the advantages offered by the Society while not contributing to its 

 funds. At the Annual Meeting of the Royal Geographical Society, on May 23, Sir M. 

 E. Grant Duff was re-elected President. The Founder's Medal was presented to 

 Mr. Alfred Russel Wallace, and the Patron's Medal to Mr. Edward Whymper. 

 On the following day, Mr. Wallace was again the honoured recipient of the Gold 

 Medal of the Linnean Society. At this meeting Professor Charles Stewart accepted 

 the Presidency for another year. 



The annual meeting of the Leeds Philosophical and Literary Society was held 

 on May 3. The report referred to the retirement of Professor Miall from the 



