412 The American Naturalist. [April, 
Thomas John Moore, Curator of the Liverpool Museum, died Oct. 
31, 1892 
Dr. Benjamin Vetter, Professor of Zoology in the Royal Polytech- 
nicum of Dresden, and well-known as the translator of many works, 
died in the night between Jan. 1 and 2, 1893. 
Professor H. Schaaffhausen, the anthropologist of Bonn, is dead in 
his 77th year. 
Professor James Ellis Humphrey sailed Feb. 11th on a botanical 
collecting expedition to Jamaica, where he wishes especially to study 
the algae of the Caribbean Sea. 
Mr. Samuel Henshaw is in charge of the entomological collection of 
the Museum of Comparative Zoology at Harvard. 
The University of Minnesota is publishing a“ Quarterly Bulletin.” 
From the last issue (Jan. 30, 93) we gain the following: The. herba- 
rium of the University and of the State survey are merged together 
In the past three years 350 species of Minnesota fungi have been 
determined. In 1892 over 20,000 species of flowering plants were 
collected in the limits of the State, and the collections now contain 
about 900 species from the region. In the line of geology considerable 
work has been done in collecting lower Silurian fossils near the Uni- 
versity; while the collections have received many additions from other 
States. In zoology considerable work is being done. The Museum ‘ 
has been fitted with cases, but the curator reports that the collections : 
still leave much to be desired. Not half the birds of the State are a 
represented, while the collections of fishes, reptiles, amphibia, etc., are 
largely in prospect. The labors of the zoological survey during the 
past summer were mostly in the neighborhood of Mille Lac, which 
was pretty thoroughly explored, and work is being carried on, so that 
a few years hence there will be one of the best local faunal collections 
for reference and comparison in the country. The University also 
proposes to establish a Biological station on the upper Mississippi to be 
open without fees to all who may wish to come. The location will be 
e decided later. A laboratory for histology and embryology in the 
College of Medicine has been fitted up with equipment for elementary 
and advanced work. 
