1885.] Proceedings of Scientific Societies. II4I 
— The Geological Magazine is now twenty-one years old, and 
in view of the great usefulness of the magazine and the unre- 
quited labors of the chief editor, Dr. H. Woodward, in charge of 
the palæontological department of the British Museum, his 
friends are subscribing funds to present him with a testimonial, 
of which a piece of plate will form a part. We should be happy 
to receive and forward any subscriptions from friends of the editor 
in the United States. 
— We are glad to learn, from an article by Dr. C. T. Hudson 
in the Journal of the Royal Microscopical Society, that a mono- 
graph of the Rotifera, by Mr. P. H. Gosse and himself, is in 
course of preparation. Such a work will be warmly welcoméd 
by microscopists in this country. 
— Professor W. C. Kerr, State geologist of North Carolina 
for eighteen years, and more recently connected with the United 
States Geological Survey, died at Asheville, N. C., Aug. oth, of 
consumption. Hewas an excellent observer and a most genial, 
companionable man. 
— Dr. Henry William Reichardt, professor of botany in the 
University of Vienna, died while in a fit of temporary insanity 
lately. The majority of his,papers were published in the Journal 
of the Vienna Academy. He was born at Iglau in 1835. 
—Messrs. M. Schlosser and Otto Meyer, of the Yale College 
Museum of Paleontology, have returned to Germany. These 
gentlemen have made important contributions to geology and 
palzontology. 
— Professor Worsae, the distinguished Danish archzologist 
and curator of the vast museum at Copenhagen, died in August. 
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PROCEEDINGS OF SCIENTIFIC SOCIETIES. 
PHILADELPHIA ACADEMY OF NATURAL SCIENCES, June 9.—Mr. 
Ford referred to the presence of Lzttortna irrorata at South At- 
lantic City, and stated his belief that there were but three genera- 
tions of the species at that locality. He also exhibited speci- 
mens of Exogyra forniculata from Kansas, the first examples of 
the species known to have been collected in the State. ; 
Dr. G. A. Koenig described a mineral allied to franklinite, and 
found at Franklin, N. J. The zinc of franklinite is replaced by 
iron to such an extent as to reduce it from twenty or thirty to 
one and a half per cent, the manganese remaining unchanged. 
He proposed to name it manganoferrite. 
