No. 392.] NEWS. 683 
Lindström, prosector in the Karolinian Institute in Stockholm, hon- 
orary professor. — Dr. Günther Beck von Mannagetta, of Vienna, 
professor of systematic botany in the German University of Prag. — 
A. J. Pieters, first assistant in botany in the Department of Agricul- 
ture at Washington. — Dr. Antonio Porta, assistant in the zoölogical 
museum of the University of Parma. — Dr. Otto Stapf, chief assistant 
in the Kew herbarium. — Dr. Weinschenck, docent for mineralogy 
and geology in the Munich Technical School. — Dr. Karl Wenle, of 
Berlin, directorial assistant in the Ethnological Museum in Leipzig. 
Deaths: Otto Böckeler, botanist, at Vavel, Oldenburg, March 5, 
aged 96. — Charles Brogniart, assistant in entomology in the Paris 
Museum of Natural History, aged 40.— Thomas A. Bruhin, botanist, 
in Basel. — Abbe Francisco Castracane, student of diatoms at Rome, 
aged 82.— Dr. A. W. Chapman, well known for his former studies 
of the flora of the southern states, at Apalachicola, Fla., April 6, in 
his ninetieth year.— Johann Dorfinger, student of lepidoptera in 
Vienna, March 19, aged 86.— Joseph J. Dowling, ornithologist, at 
Dublin, February 2. — Otto Gelert, botanist, at Copenhagen, March 
20. — Dr. Gremley, a botanist, at Egelshofen.— Sylvanus Hanley, 
conchologist. — Franz Ritter von Hauer, a well-known geologist and 
former director of the Austrian geological survey in Vienna, March 
20, aged 77. — Dr. Theodor von Hessling, formerly professor of anat- 
omy in the University of Munich, aged 83. — Dr. H. B. Herretson, 
an English oculist and ornithologist, aged 49. — James Hogg, well 
known to the older generation of microscopists, in London, April 23, 
aged 82.— John Lee, an English botanist, January 20, aged 49. — 
Sir Frederick McCoy, professor of natural science in the University 
of Melbourne, well known for his geological investigations, aged 76. 
He was a native of Dublin, but had lived in Australia since 1854. — 
Dr. F. Minà Palumbo, a Sicilian zodlogist, March 12, aged 85.— 
Dr. Rijke, professor of natural history at Leiden, aged 85. — Edward 
W. Roper, conchologist, in San Diego, Cal., December 31, aged 4o. 
— Rev. Alfred Charles Smith, ornithologist, in Devizes, England, 
December 7.— Joseph Stevens, of Reading, England, archzologist 
and geologist, April 7, aged 81. — G. C. Swallow, for several years 
state geologist of Missouri, April 20, aged 82.— Dr. C. C. Wallich, of 
the British Army, aged 83. — J. H. Wifbe, of Schenectady, N. Y., 
botanist, aged 60.— Franz Woenig, botanist, at Leipzig. — Mr. Joseph 
Wolf, the artist whose illustrations of zodlogical works are familiar 
to all. 
