Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society 



J. M. BELL, President 



A. H. PATTERSON, Vice-President 



T. F. HICKERSON, Recording Sec. F. P. VENABLE, Perm. Sec. 



Editors of the Journal : 



W. C. COKER 



J. M. BELL - A. H. PATTERSON 



CONTENTS 



PROCEEDINbs OF THE FotJBTEENTII AnNTJAL MeETING 



OF THE NoETn Carolina Academy op Science . . 1 



An OuTi.iNE of Modern Work Bearing of the 



Theort of Descent — J. J. Wolfe 12 



Radio-Activity and the Periodic System 27 



A List uk liuMoi'JKiiA in North Carolina — Z. P. 



Metcalf 35 



Tjii: tSEAauNAL DisTiiiBUTioN of TJiE xiimv-AVoinr 



Moth at Raleigh: — C. S. Brimley CI 



Journal of the Elisha Mitchell Scientific Society — Quarterly. Price 

 $2.00 per year; single numbers 50 cents. Most numbers of former vol- 

 umes can be supplied. Direct all correspondence to the Editors, at 

 University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, N. C. 



