PROCEEDINGS. XV 



In Article X, first line, substitute for "two," the word 

 "three," so that the phrase shall read " the annual fee [shall 

 be] three dollars." 



The annual reports of the Secretary and Treasurer were read 

 and accepted. 



The following board of cfheers was elected for the ensuing 

 year : 



President — Lester F. Ward. * 



Vice-Presidents — Prof. C. V. Riley, Richard Rathbun, Dr. C. 

 Hart Merriam, and Dr. Frank Baker. 



Secretaries — F. A. Lucas, Jno. B. Smith. 



Treasurer — F. II. Knowlton. 



Additional Members of the Council — Dr. T. H. Bean, Dr. R. 

 E, C. Stearns, F. W. True, Dr. Geo. Vasey, C. D. Walcott. 



One Hundred and Thirty-seventh Meeting, 

 January 26, 1889. 



The President in the chair, and twenty-seven persons 

 present. 



Dr. Cooper Curtice read a paper On the Sheep Tick — 

 Melophagus ovinus Linn.* Discussed by Prof. Riley, Mr. 

 Howard, and Dr. Merriam. 



Dr. George Vasey gave some notes on New Species of 

 North American Gramine.e of the last twelve years. 

 Discussed by Mr. Ward. 



Mr. Th. Holm presented a communication entitled Contri- 

 butions to the Morphology of the Genus Carex. Dis- 

 cussed by Dr. Vasey, and Messrs. Ward, Coville, and Mann. 



Dr. C. Hart Merriam called attention to A New Species of 

 Pika (LAGOMYs).f Discussed by Mr. Knowlton. 



* 1890 (?). In process of publication in Bull. — , Bureau Animal In- 

 dustry, U. S. Dept. Agric. 



t 1 .889. Merriam, C. Hart. Description of a New Species of Pika 

 {Lagomys schist iceps) from the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California. 

 <North American Fauna, No. 2, Oct. 1889, 11-13, pi. viii, figs. 1-6 

 (skull). 



