480 The American Naturalist. [May, 
of Ettinghausen, phytopaleontologist and professor of botany in the 
University of Graz, February 1, aged 76; Dr. Otto Buchner, in Gies- 
sen, February 5, aged 68 years; Dr. Filippo Togrini, conservator of 
the Botanical Institute at Pavia ; Ernst Georg Dannenberg, lichenolog- 
ist, at Fulda, Germany, December 4; M. Thollen, botanist and chief of 
the exploration of the French Congo, at Libreville, January; Jean 
Baptiste Barla, director of the Natural History Museum in Nice; Dr, 
Berthand, professor of geology in Lille; Georg Gercke, student of 
Diptera, in Hamburg; Jaroslar Koshtal, assistant in zoology in the 
Technical School at Prague. 
Veteran Scientist Honored.—The Kansas Academy of Science 
at its recent annual meeting at Topeka placed the name of Chaplain 
John D. Parker on the roll of life members, as a recognition of his 
effective services in organizing science in the west. During the last 
thirty years he has originated the following scientific associations, viz. : 
Kansas Academy of Science, Kansas City Academy of Science, and 
California Science Association. The Indiana Academy of Science and 
the Ohio Academy of Science were organized on the plan of the Kan- 
sas Academy of Science, and under the scientific impulse derived from 
it, and the Ohio Academy of Science was originated by one of its former 
members. The field occupied by these academies contains a third of 
a million square miles, and about 10,000,000 people, whose opportun- 
ities for scientific knowledge have been greatly increased by these soci- 
eties. About 1,000 men and women are connected with these associa- 
tions, representing every branch of science, and many of these scientists 
have become distinguished in their various departments. 
Chaplain Parker says he has pursued this life work most assiduously, 
but at times under great financial discouragements, and sometimes in 
sickness and pain and feebleness, still it has been the joy of his life, and 
he has great satisfaction in knowing that his associates and fellow work- 
ers have accomplished such a noble and enduring work for science. 
When Chaplain Parker came to San Diego five years ago, his physi- 
cian despaired of his life. Now, under the magical influence of this 
climate, his health is nearly recovered, and he looks forward hopefully 
to future years of usefulness.— The San Diegan Sun. 
Mr. Lawrence Bruner, of the University of Nebraska, has sailed to 
Argentina to study the ravages of the locusts, which have recently 
developed into a terrible pest, certain regions being completely devas- 
tated by them. The Argentine Government has appropriated $400- 
000 for relief while a syndicate of business men have raised funds to 
