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August 10th. — Club met at 9:20 A. M , \\ membi x* present, Prof. 

 Comstock in the chair. The minutes of the previous meeting were read 

 and approved, and the officers for the next meeting were elected a-, fol- 

 lows: President, Mr. |. B. Smith, Washington, D. C. ; Vice-President, 

 Prof J. A. Lintner, Albany, X. Y. ; Secretary, Prof. A. |. Cooke, Lansing, 

 Mich. It was then resolved to meet again, immediately after the ad- 

 journment of Section F on Thursday. 



Prof. Comstock appointed Messrs. Smith, Cook and 1 1 u 1st a 

 committee to obtain papers and prepare programmes lor die meetings Ol 

 the Club. 



Mr. Bassett asked whether anv one could till him positively how 

 many broods of the Currant Worm there are annually. 



Prof. Cook said in Michigan there are two; Dr. Morris said two 

 near Baltimore ; Prof. Riley said probably three in the South — this is not 

 certain, for the insect is rarely injurious there, and attracts less attention. 

 he believes that from information he has received, but that northwardly 

 where it is injurious, there are two broods only. Prof. Comstock said 

 they have two broods. 



Mr. Bassett said that until recently he had believed the same, but 

 last Summer a friend brought him everv few days eggs and larvae in all 

 stages throughout the season — whereat he was very much surprised and 

 thought it indicated more than two generations. 



Prof. Riley replied that this was true — they did appear in that \va\ 

 but that was merely a difference in the time required for development, 

 some running through their transformations much more rapidly than 

 others. There are however only two well marked broods which overlap 

 and leave probably none or only a short interval between them. 



Prof. Cook confirmed this statement. They have in Laboratory ex- 

 periments carried over the pupae of the spring brood until the following 

 Summer, and in the same way the Coddling moth has been carried over. 



Prof. Cook asked for information regarding the whereabouts of the 

 early broods of the Hessian fly — stating that he failed to account for the 

 large numbers there appeared, by what he found in Volunteer wheat, and 

 that he had found them nowhere else. 



Prof. Riley said the subject is too large a one for discussion in the 

 few minutes before adjournment and proposed an adjournment of the 

 matter, to which Prof. Cook agreed. 



Mr. Angell on behalf of Mr. E. L. Graef invited the members to an 

 informal reception at his house in Brooklyn. 



The meeting then adjourned to Thursday, after the adjournment of 

 the Biological Section. 



