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On account of the recent introduction of the Brown-tail >Moth to 

 New York state, a special exhibit of the Brown-tail and Gypsy moths 

 has been placed on the first floor near the elevators. The life histories 

 of these pests together with the damage they do, relatively harmless 

 insects which might be mistaken for them, and other introduced insects 

 are shown. 



The fall exhibition of the Horticultural Society of New York will be 

 held at the Museum from November 3 to 7. The exhibition will be open 

 on Wednesday after 7 o'clock p. m. especially for the members of the 

 Museum, the Society and affiliated organizations. On Thursday, 

 Friday and Saturday from 9 a. m. to 5 p. m. and from 7 to 10 p. m., and 

 on Sunday from 1 to 5 p. m., the exhibition will be open to the general 

 public. 



LECTURE ANNOUNCEMENTS. 



MEMBERS' COURSE. 



The first course of illustrated lectures for the season 1909-1910 to Mem- 

 bers of the jNIuseum and persons holding complimentary tickets given them 

 by Members will be given in November and December. 



Thursday evenings at 8:15 o'clock. Doors open at 7:45. 



November 18. — Prop\ Herschel C. Parker, "Alaska and the Explora- 

 tion of Mt. McKinley." 

 Professor Parker of Columbia University for many years has made a specialty 

 of climbing the high mountains of northwestern North America and has made many 

 fir.,t ascents in the Canadian Rockies and the Selkirks. He was one of the party 

 that attempted the ascent of Mt. McKinley in 1906. His photographs are superb. 



December 2. — Mr. A. Radclyffe Dugmore, "Camera Adventure in the 

 Wilds of Africa." 

 Mr. Dugmore is a naturalist who has made a specialty of hunting big game with 

 the camera, and his photographs obtained by flashlight and daylight are wonders. 

 They preserve the record of a 1500-mile journey on foot through the dense jungle 

 of Biitish East Africa and include a charging rhinoceros at close range, lions at from 

 nine to twelve yards distant and herds of hippopotamus, zebra and antelope. 



December 9. — Mr. Doxald B. ^McMillan, "With Peary in the Arctic." 



Mr. McMillan was a member of the sci?ntific staff of the Stsamer " Roosevelt " 

 on her latent tiip to the Arctic regions and was th? leader of the second support- 



