ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY BULLETIN 
139 
ALFRED GOLDSBOROXJGH MAYOR 
One of the last photographs of Dr. Mayor, showing him at work on a Samoan coral reef. 
called his master in science. Notwithstanding 
his scientific achievements his friends will re¬ 
member him best for his attractive personality. 
c: H. T. 
MEMBERSHIP OF THE SOCIETY 
THE SHIPWOKM OR PILEWORM* 
By Prof. Sidney I. Kornhauser 
L ATELY the shipworm or pileworm, the 
most important being teredo,, lias come 
into prominence through the severe de¬ 
struction of marine structures in San Francisco 
The following persons were elected members of 
the Society, October 11th, 1922, by the Executive 
Committee: 
Life 
Miss Zelina T, Clark. Henry Fairfield Osborn, Jr. 
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Mrs. George D. All 
Joseph A. Blake 
A. Huidekoper Bond 
Ernest T. Carter 
Mrs. Alfred Chapin 
Mrs. W. Murray Crane 
Dr. John Otho Downey 
Miss Lilian Endicotf 
Victor J. Evans 
V. Forbin 
Miss Arm C. Fraser 
Miss Jane G. Fraser 
Miss Sarah Fraser 
Pompeo M. Maresi 
■ ual 
Mrs. Grinnell Martin 
Charles O. Miller, Jr. 
Charles. W. Parsons 
S. C, Pirie 
Hon. Henry Brewer Quinby 
Ernest Richardson 
Ralph Abel Smith 
Robert G. Stone 
Dr. Walter Timme 
Robert R. Titus 
Dr. Maurice V. Tyrode 
Mrs. Samuel Oakley Van 
<ier Poel 
Watson Webb 
GENERAL ENDOWMENT ACCOUNT 
The Society received $2000 in October from the 
estate of Chas. E. Rhinelander. This makes a total 
of $4000 thus far from this legacy. 
harbor where an epidemic has caused many 
millions of dollars worth of damage in the past 
few years. Many thinking persons have won¬ 
dered whether these strange organisms might 
increase in New York harbor and threaten the 
waterfront of this great port. Witli this in 
view the Committee on Marine Piling Investi¬ 
gations of the National Research Council under¬ 
took a study of the borers in wooden structures 
about New York. The writer was concerned 
largely with the field work of this study. We 
attempted to find out the different species at 
work here, their abundance, their distribution, 
* During the summer Prof. Kohnhauser was en¬ 
gaged by the New York Committee on Marine Piling 
Investigations to make studies of the Shipworm in 
local waters. While carrying on this work he made 
several trips on the Aquarium collecting boat Sea¬ 
horse and has kindly prepared this article for the 
Bulletin. 
