156 editor's notes. 



Whiteaves, J. F. — Fossils of the Devonian Rocks of the Islands, shores, or . . . 

 vicinity of Lakes Manitoba and Winnepegosis. Contrib. Canad. Palreont., 

 i., No. 6, pp. 292-346. 



Figures and descriptions of many new species. 



BIOGRAPHICAL. 



Lichtenthaler, G. W. — Obituary Notices by W. J. Raymond and Morton J. 

 Elrod, with a portrait. Naut., 1893, vi. , pp. 131 and 141-43. 



TECHNIQUE. 

 Williams, J. W. — A New Preservative Fluid for Slugs. Sci. Goss. , 1893, p. 93. 



EDITOR'S NOTES. 



Mr. Henry Crowther, late Curator of the Museum of the Royal Institution of 

 Cornwall, Truro, and well known to all Yorkshire conchologists, has lately been 

 appointed to the ("uratorship of the Museum of the Leeds Philosophical and 

 Literary Society. 



Mr. Fdward J. Bles, B.Sc. (Lond.), of Owens College, Manchester, has been 

 appointed Director of the Marine Biological Association, Plymouth. 



We understand that Mr. T. D. A. Cockerel] is leaving Jamaica for the Rocky 

 Mountains, his health being unable to stand the climate. His future address will 

 be — Las Cruces, New Mexico, U.S.A. 



The Wagner Free Institute of Science, Philadelphia, proposes to issue a 

 reprint of T. A. Conrad's monograph of "The Medial Tertiary, or Miocene 

 Fossils of the U.S." Prof. Win. H. Dall and Mr. Gilbert D. Harris have 

 consented to write a brief introduction, and to carry the work through the press. 

 As soon as subscriptions for 150 copies are obtained, the work will be commenced. 



Professor Brusina has recently been elected a corresponding member of the 

 Zoological Society of France 1 Paris). 



Amongst the recent elections to the Royal Society of Edinburgh, we notice 

 the name of the Rev. John M'Murtrie, M.A., D.D. 



We regret to hear of the death of Dr. Carl Semper, Professor of Zoology and 

 Comparative Anatomy in the University of Wurzburg, on May 29th. 



Current Literature. — The Editor tenders his grateful thanks to the following 

 authors and institutions for their valuable co-operation and assistance : — J. Cosmo 

 Melvill, M.A., F.L.S., Prof. Dr. O. Boettger, G. K. Gude, F.E.S. ; and the 

 Authorities of the Wagner Free Institute of Science (U.S.A.). 



