270 The American Naturalist. [March, 
Dr. Stuhr goes to the University of Breslau as assistant in the Ana- 
tomical Tnstitut, in the place of Dr. H. Endres who went some time 
ago to tLe University of Halle. 
Dr. N. Tschermak, of St. Petersburg, succeeds Prof. Barfurth as pro- 
fessor of comparative anatomy and embryology in the University of 
Dorpat. 
Mr. Fernand Latush calls the attention of correspondents to the fact 
that his present address in Cadellac-sur-Garonne, Gironde, France. 
Dr. Auguste Louis Brot, conchologist, died Aug. 30th, at the age of 
75 ; for forty years, he was connected with the museum at Geneva. 
Dr. V. Goldschmidt has been advanced to the position of professor 
extraordinarius of mineralogy in the University of Heidelberg. 
J. C. Willis, formerly assistant in botany in the University of Glas- 
gow, has gone as Director to the botanical garden in Ceylon. 
Professor F. Jeffrey Bell has resigned his position as professor of com- 
parative anatomy in Kings College, London. 
T. S. Hart, of Melbourne, is appointed tutor in geology and botany 
in the School of Mines, Ballarat, Australia. 
Dr. Theodor Margo, Professor of zoology in the University of Budu- 
pesth, died Sept. 5th, 1896, aged 80 years. 
Dr, A. V. Fomin has been appointed assistant in the botanical gar- 
den of the University of Dorpat. 
N. Riidinger, professor of anatomy in the University, of Munich, 
died Aug. 25, aged 64 years. 
Dr. N. Andrussow, of St. Petersburg, takes the chair of geology in 
the University of Dorpat. 
Dr. Jensen was recently appointed privat-docent in physiology in 
the University of Halle. 
Dr. R. Zander, assistant in botany in the agricultural school in 
Berlin, died Sept. 10. 
Dr. F. Tognini is now conservator of the botanical garden of the 
University of Pavia. 
Th. Hick, instructor in botany in Owens College, Manchester, is dead, 
at the age of 56. 
Dr. Fritz Westhoff, privat-docent in the Akademie of Miinster, died 
Nov, 11, 1896. 
Dr. v. Dungern is now docent in bacteriology in the University of 
Freiberg. 
Dr. Braus is now privat-docent in zoology in the University of Jena. 
Maurice Chaper, Malacologist, died in Paris July 5, 1896. 
L. Rudolph, botanist, of Berlin, is dead at the age of 83. 
