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Deaths: W. G. Atherstone, student of South African geology. — 
Charles E. Beddome, conchologist, at Hobartstown, Tasmania, Sep- 
tember 1.— Dr. Sven Borgström, student of mosses, at Stockholm, 
May 13, 1898, aged 72.— Karl Fried. Wilh. Claus, professor of 
zodlogy at the University of Vienna, January 18, aged 63. — William 
Colchester, a collector of fossils, at Cambridge, England, in Decem- 
ber, at an advanced age. — Achille Costa, professor of zodlogy in the 
University of Naples, in November. — Dr. Gottlieb Gluge, formerly 
professor of anatomy and physiology in the University of Brussels, 
aged 86.— Mr. Gilbert H. Hicks, first assistant botanist in the 
Department of Agriculture, Dec. 7, 1898.— Rev. Thomas Hincks, 
at Clifton, England, January 26. He was the author of valuable 
manuals of the British Hydroids and Polyzoa. — Professor Paul 
Kramer, the student of Acari, in Magdeburg, in November. — Dr. 
Hans C. Müller, ornithologist, at Thorshavn, Faroe Island, Dec. 24, 
1897, aged 70.—Dr. Hermann Müller, privat docent for bacteriology 
in the University of Vienna, aged 32.— Dr. Karl Müller, the well- 
known bryologist of Halle, and editor of Die Natur, February 9, 
at the age of 80 years. — Paul Iéréméiew, professor at the Institute 
of Mines, St. Petersburg, and member of the Imperial Academy. — 
Wilbur Wilson Thoburn, professor of bio-mechanics in the Leland 
Stanford University. — Emerich Vellay, the Hungarian entomolo- 
gist, August 6. — Dr. Constantin Vousakis, professor of physiology 
in the University of Athens. — Anton W. Wiebke, ornithologist, of 
Hamburg. — Dr. G. Wolffhügel, professor of hygiene in the Univer- 
sity of Göttingen. 
