May 4, 1900.] 



SCIENCE. 



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bia University, the president and a number of 

 American chemists expect to be present. 



The first meeting of the International Con- 

 ference for the Protection of Wild Animals in 

 Africa was held at the British Foreign Oflfice on 

 the 24th of April. The British representatives 

 were the Earl of Hopetoun, G.C.M.G., Sir 

 Clement Hill, K.C.M.G., C.B., head of the 

 African department of the Foreign OflSce, and 

 Professor Ray Lankester, director of the Nat- 

 ural History Museum. 



The twenty -ninth annual congress of German 

 surgeons convened at Berlin on April 18th, un- 

 der the presidency of Professor von Bergmann. 



The Jacksonian prize of the Royal College of 

 Surgeons of England has been awarded to Dr. 

 H. S. Lack for an essay on the 'Nasal fossae.' 

 The subject for next "year is ' Bullet wounds of 

 the chest and abdomen.' 



The first volume of the Annals of the South 

 African Museum is completed with the issue of 

 part 3, its 456 pages making a substantial con- 

 tribution to our knowledge of the natural 

 history of South Africa. The first article. 

 Chap. XI. of the present instalment on ' New 

 and Little Known South African Solifugse in 

 the Collection of the South African Museum,' 

 by W. F. Purcell, contains descriptions of ten 

 new species of Solpuga and of five little known 

 species of the genus ; four new species of 

 Dsesia and three of Ceroma, these genera being 

 recorded from S. Africa for the first time ; also 

 a new Sexisopus and the first description of a 

 male of this genus. Chap. XIL, also by W. F. 

 Purcell, is devoted to ' descriptions of ' New 

 South African Scorpions in the Collection of the 

 South African Museum,' and Chap. XIII. con- 

 tains ' Descriptions of Twelve New Species of 

 the Genus Mutilla (Order Hymenoptera) in the 

 South African Museum ' by L. Peringuey. 

 The final paper. Chap. XIV. is ' On Two New 

 Species of Dicynodonts,' by R. Broom. The 

 title page and index for the volume are issued 

 with this part. 



The Council of the Zoological Society has 

 given instructions for the publication of an 

 index-volume to the new generic names men- 

 tioned in the Zoological Record, Vols, xvii.- 

 xxxvii. (1880-1900). The volumes previous to 



Vol. xvii. have been indexed in the ' Nomen- 

 clator Zoologicus ' of Scudder, published by the 

 Smithsonian Institution in 1882. The contem- 

 plated index-volume of the Zoological Record, 

 in order to increase its usefulness, will include 

 names omitted from Scudder's list and from 

 the volumes of the Zoological Record. Thus 

 zoologists may have at their disposal (in the 

 ' Nomenclator Zoologicus ' and the new index 

 together) a complete list of all the names of 

 genera and subgenera used in zoology up to the 

 end of 1900. It is requested that anyone who 

 knows of names omitted from Scudder's 'Nomen- 

 clator,' or from the volumes of the Zoological 

 Record, will forward a note of them, together, 

 if possible, with a reference as to where they 

 have been noticed or proposed, so that the new 

 list may be made practically complete. Such 

 information should be addressed to the editor 

 of the Zoological Record, 3 Hanover Square, 

 London, "W.; or to C. O. Waterhouse, Esq., 

 British Museum, Natural History, S. Kensing- 

 ton, London, who is engaged in compiling the 

 list. 



UNIVERSITY AND EDUCATIONAL NEWS. 



General Thomas H. Hubbaed has given 

 $150,000 to Bowdoin College to be used for a 

 new library building. 



Princeton University and Lafayette Col- 

 lege each receive about $45,000 by the will of 

 Joseph Eastburn Smaltz. 



Mr. Michael Cudahy, of Chicago, has sub- 

 scribed $50,000 toward the million dollars which 

 Archbishop Keene is trying to collect for the 

 Catholic University of America at Washington. 



Miss Eliza T. Bryson, a generous benefac- 

 tor of Teachers College, Columbia University, 

 has bequeathed to the College $2500 for a 

 scholarship. 



Vanderbilt University will celebrate with 

 special ceremonies, in October next, the twenty- 

 fifth anniversary of its opening. 



The University of the State of New York 

 will hold its annual convocation on June 25th, 

 26th and 27th. Among the subjects to be dis- 

 cussed are manual training and libraries. It is 



