EDITORIAL STAFF 



Richard A. Lancia, Editor 



Suzanne A. Fischer, Assistant Editor 

 Stephen D. Busack, Managing Editor 



Brimleyana, the Zoological Journal of the North Carolina State Muse- 

 um of Natural Sciences, appears twice yearly in consecutively numbered issues. 

 Subject matter focuses on systematics, evolution, zoogeography, ecology, behav- 

 ior, and paleozoology in the southeastern United States. Papers stress the results 

 of original empirical field studies, but synthesizing reviews and papers of signif- 

 icant historical interest to southeastern zoology are also included. Brief com- 

 munications are accepted. 



All manuscripts are peer reviewed by specialists in the Southeast and 

 elsewhere; final acceptability is determined by the Editor. Address manuscripts 

 and related correspondence to Editor, Brimleyana, North Carolina State Museum 

 of Natural Sciences, P.O. Box 29555, Raleigh, NC 27626. Information for con- 

 tributors appears in the inside back cover. 



Address correspondence pertaining to subscriptions, back issues, and 

 exchanges to Brimleyana Secretary, North Carolina State Museum of Natural 

 Sciences, P.O. Box 29555, Raleigh, NC 27626. 



In citations, please use the full name - Brimleyana. 



North Carolina State Museum of Natural Sciences 



Betsy Bennett, Director 



North Carolina Department of Environment, 



Health, and Natural Resources 



James B. Hunt, Jr., Governor 

 Jonathon B. Howes, Secretary 



CODN BRIMD 7 

 ISSN 0193-4406 



IN MEMORIAM 



Dr. Joshua Laerm, Professor at the University of Georgia and Curator of 

 Zoological Collections at the University of Georgia Museum of Natural History, died 

 28 September 1997. He was bom and raised in Pennsylvania and received an under- 

 graduate degree from Pennsylvania State University and graduate degrees from the 

 University of Illinois. He joined the faculty at the University of Georgia in 1976. 



Dr. Laerm published numerous works in systematics, mammalogy, and nat- 

 ural history. He was particularly interested in rare and threatened or endangered mam- 

 mals and contributed significantly to understanding their natural history and distribu- 

 tion in the Southern Appalachian Mountains. His enthusiasm for science, his prolific 

 contributions, and his eagerness to help colleagues will be deeply missed. 



