PROCEEDINGS 
OF THE 
LYCEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY 
IN THE 
CITY OF NEW YORK. 
SECOND SERIES. 
January 5th, 1874. Business Meeting. 
Dr. B. N. MartIN in the chair. Ten persons present. 
On the recommendation of the Committee on Nominations, 
Henry A. Mott, Jr., E. M., was elected a resident member of 
the Lyceum. 
The Secretary read by title a paper containing a “ Descrip- 
tion of a New Species of North American felix, and note on 
H. Mobiliana, Lea,” by THomMas Buianp, published in the 
Annals, vol. X, No. 12. 
The matter of addressing a memorial to the Navy De- 
partment, in behalf of the Lyceum, recommending the 
appointment of naturalists to accompany the Transit Expe- 
dition, was taken up; and on motion, it was resolved that a 
letter be prepared by Prof. D. S. Martin, special committee, 
and after approval by the Society, that it be signed by the 
committee and the President, and transmitted to Washington. 
Mr. Cottinewoop spoke of the physiological effects pro- 
duced by condensed air on the animal system, and particu- 
larly the human. Several deaths have taken place among 
workmen engaged in the caissons of the New York and 
1L.—7. 
