528 - MisceUaneoiis. 



JVapIes. From 1881 to 1907 he published, in twenty-four parts, 

 a primaeval history of the Vertebrata {Studien zur Urgeschichte den 

 WirleUMer Korpers). Besides these he wrote various reports and 

 essays on zoological stations, particularly upon that of Naples. The 

 Koyal Society's Catalogue gives the titles of fifty-nine papers by 

 Dr. Dohrn up to 1883. 



In addition to the valuable observations and records published by the 

 Zoological Station at Naples, and the unrivalled opportunities afforded 

 to students from colleges and universities, to whom tables for special 

 work have been granted from time to time, the skilled scientific staff 

 of the station have been engaged for years in the preparation and 

 preservation of all the most delicate, difficult, and rare forms of 

 invertebrata, such as the Coelenterata, the pelagic forms of Mollusca, 

 Starfishes, and Crinoidea, the Jelly-fish, Corals, Sponges, etc.; these and 

 an infinite number of other exquisite forms of marine life have been 

 mounted and elaborately arranged, expanded as in life, in glass jars 

 suitable for exhibition in museums. These are some of the services 

 to science which for nearly forty years Dr. Dohrn and his staff have 

 carried out at Naples Zoological Station. 



Numerous honours were bestowed upon Dr, Dohrn, especially by 

 the various Scientific Societies, of many of which he was made 

 a foreign member. The city of Naples created him an Honorary 

 Citizen. Honorary degrees of Doctor in Science and Laws were 

 conferred upon him from Halle, Breslau, and Cambridge. Professor 

 von Hildebrand had just executed a bas-relief portrait of Dr. Dohrn, 

 which his friends had intended to present to him on his 70th birthday 

 (December, 1910). 



Dr. Dohrn's health had been in a very precarious state during the 

 past year from heart trouble. He died at Munich on September 26, 

 and was buried at Jena on October 3. The Emperor and many of 

 the German Princes have sent personal messages of sympathy to 

 Dr. Dohrn's family, who have also received numerous addresses from 

 scientific bodies in all parts of the world. We are glad to learn that 

 his son. Dr. Reinhard Dohrn, who has represented him there during 

 the last two years, will succeed his father in the direction of the 

 Zoological Station at Naples. Dr. Anton Dohrn's life has been one 

 of strenuous labour, but we may say of him, now that he has 

 concluded his life's work, Palmam qui meruit ferat. 



[Partly supplied by Dr. Paul Mayer and in part by a translation 

 from the Munich Neuste NachricMen, September 30, 1909.] 



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Addenditm:. — In Mr. Donald MacAlister's paper, " Association of 

 Cassiterite and Specular Iron in the lodes of Dartmoor " (see September 

 number, 1909, pp. 402-9), on p. 406, to legend to text-illustration, 

 "Pig. 3. — Microphotograph of Specular Iron-Tinstone from Birch 

 Tor," add magnified 28 times. 



