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OBITUARY. 



WILLIAM PENGELLY, F.R.S. 



Mr. William Pengelly died at his residence, Lamorna, Torquay, a few 

 days ago, at the age of 82. For nearly 60 years he had been well known 

 for his studies in natural history and for his researches into the existence 

 of prehistoric man. His exploration of Kent's Cavern, undertaken under 

 the auspices of the British Association, occupied 16 years. He was the 

 author of various geological papers, and wrote, in conjunction with Dr. 

 Heer, of Zurich, a monograph on "The Lignite Formation of Bovey 

 Tracey, Devonshire." He further collected and arranged the Devonian 

 fossils, which, under the name of "the Pengelly Collection," were lodged 

 in the Oxford University Museum by the Baroness Burdett-Coutts. Mr. 

 Pengelly re-established the Torquay Mechanics' Institute in 1837; a 

 few years later he originated the Torquay Natural History Society, and 

 in 1862 he founded the Devonshire Association for the Advancement of 

 Science, Literature, and Art. He was a fellow of the Royal Society 

 and of the Geological Society, and a " membre titulaire" of the Societe 

 d' Anthropologie of Paris. 



CHARLES GEORGES POUCHET. 

 The death is announced of Dr. Charles Georges Pouchet, Professor 

 of Comparative Anatomy at the Natural History Museum, in Paris. 

 His father was the famous naturalist, Felix Pouchet, who devoted 

 himself to physical science. Dr. Pouchet, the son, also gave much of 

 his attention to the investigation of physical science, and besides 

 conducting several scientific missions, made a voyage of observation in 

 Iceland. He was born at Rouen in the year 1833. Amongst numer- 

 ous works of which he was the author the following may be mention- 

 ed : — Les Colorations de 1' Epiderme, De la Pluralite des Races, 

 Humanes," which has been translated into English ; Memoire sur 

 le Grand Fourmilier, and Traite d' Osteologie Comparee. 



NOTICE. 



Many of our subscribers having urged the formation of a" Microscopical section in 

 connection with the British Naturalist, we have decided to arrange this, and also 

 in connection therewith for a circulating slide cabinet. This section will be sub- 

 divided into decades or circuits of ten persons, and will, it is hoped, be the means of 

 giving a greater impetus to microscopical investigation in the various branches 

 of Natural History. A note book accompanies each cabinet. Those interested and 

 desirous of participating will be good enough to send their names to the Editors 

 British Naturalist . 



Notice to Coleopterists. — I shall be glad to receive notes relating to the 

 occurrence, &c, of the genera Calathus, Taphria, and Anchomenus, as early as 

 possible, for the May part of British Naturalist. — G. A. Lewcock, 73, Oxford-road, 

 Canonbury, N. 



