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at the age of forty-eight; Dr. G. Kirchenpaur, of Hamburg, the 
author of several works on zoophytes, March 8; Valère Liénard, 
anatomist and assistant to Felix Plateau, at Brussels, August 20, 
1886, aged thirty-one; Dr. Eduard Becher, entomologist, at Vi- 
_ enna, November 11, 1886; Dr. J. E.Schddler, anatomist and student 
of the Entomostraca, at Berlin, November 19, 1886; Jules Lich- 
tenstein, entomologist and student of the aphides, at Montpellier, 
rance, November 30, 1886, aged sixty-eight; Adolf Werne- 
burg, student of Lepidoptera, at Erfurt rt, January 21; Professor C. 
ering; student of Lepidoptera, at Stettin, February 1, age 
eighty-five. 
—wWith the present volume (the third) of Extomologica Ameri- 
cana Mr. John B. Smith resigns the editorship, his place being 
taken by the Rev. George D. Hulst, of Brooklyn, N. Y 
—Harper & Bros. announce for early publication an edition of 
Charnay’s “ Ancient Cities of the New World,” translated from 
the French by J. Gonino and Helen S. Conant. The work deals 
with Charnay’s explorations in Central America, under the patron- 
age of the Lorillards. 
—At the sale of the library of the late A. T. Stewart, Audo- 
bon’s “Birds” brought thirteen hundred and fifty dollars, and 
Catlin’s “ North American Indian Portfolio” forty dollars 
—Mr. S. E. Cassino, of onon will publish gran in 1888 a 
new edition of his “ Directory,” which will give names and 
addresses of the scientists of the world. The same house also 
announces for early publication Strasburger’s “ Botanische Prac- 
ticum,” translated by Rev. A. B. Hervey. : 
—Baron Eggers is to conduct a series of botanical explora- 
tions during the coming year in the higher mountains of San 
Domingo, the flora of which is almost entirely unknown. 
—The Royal Society is to introduce a new feature in the 
“ Philosophical Transactions” the present year. They will in the 
future be published in two parts, —one containing papers relating 
to T mathematical, the other to the natural, sciences. 
r. C. Gottsche has been elected custodian of the mineral- 
EY i iiectione of the Natural History Museum at Hamburg. 
—The new university building at Ser will be dedicated with 
appropriate ceremonies May 18. The king of Sweden will be 
present, and representatives are e from many European 
universities. The building was begun i in 1879, and is the finest 
structure devoted to higher education in Euro 
—Engelmann, the well-known publisher of oo announces 
a large work on the “ Natural Families of Plants,” edited by Pro- 
feson A Engler, of Breslau, and Karl Prantl, of Aschaffenburg. 
