854 The American Naturalist. [September, 1891.]_ 
Edward Burgess died in Boston, July 12th, 1891. He was born in 
Sandwich, Mass., in 1848, graduated in 1871 from Harvard University, 
and was for several years professor of entomology in the Bussey Insti- ` 
tution of Harvard. He was secretary and librarian of the Boston 
Society of Natural History from 1873 to 1883, when he resigned to 
devote himself to naval architecture. Mr. Burgess described some 
Diptera, but the bulk of his work was on the anatomy of insects. 
He was a careful dissector and a good artist, his ‘‘ Anatomy of the 
Milkweed Butterfly,” published in 1881, being a good example of 
what anatomical work should be. ’ 
. M. Stedman, formerly of Cornell University, now of the U. S. 
Department of Agriculture, has just accepted an invitation to the 
chair of biology in Trinity University, Durham, N. C. This institu- 
tion has been completly reorganized, and will open in September with 
the following new departments: Medical college, law school, schools 
of arts, literature, political and social science, divinity, and a college of 
the sciences. 
‘The marine biological laboratory at Wood’s Holl, Mass., is enjoy- 
ing its most prosperous season, some 54 students and investigators being 
at work at present. The Gifford House, purchased last year, makes 
fine quarters for the mess, while the Fay and Gardner cottages relieve 
the pressure for suitable rooms. 
Professor W. K. Brooks, . with a party of students, went to 
Jamaica for the summer. The party report good results, but expensive 
living. Outrageous prices were charged for every building available for 
laboratory purposes. 

