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to form a deep wide groove on the outer face, upper margin distinctly serrate poste- 

 riorly, tip drawn out to a rather blunt twisted claw; lower valves somewhat sickle 

 shape, flattened, tip rather obtuse, longer than the upper valves but on account of 

 their position the tips not reaching beyond the middle of the latter. Length of 

 cT 4 mm., 9 6 mm., 15 cT 2 $ reared by Prof. H. J. Quayle, University of California, 

 from larvae sent from Yuba City, Cal. Larvae reported as doing considerable dam- 

 age to roots of grasses. The size, general appearance, the length of the segments 

 of the palpi and other things seem to show close relation to the brevipalpi group but 

 the structure of the hypopygina leads me to place the species in the genus Tipula 

 for the present at least. 



PROCEEDINGS OF THE CLUB. 



The adjourned meeting of December 15, 1908, was held by the Club at 1050 

 Tremont Building, Boston, on Tuesday evening, January 19, 1909. Mr. C. W. 

 Johnson, President, in the Chair, and eleven members and two visitors present. 

 Minutes of previous meeting read and approved. 



The business of the adjourned meeting was at once taken up. Nineteen proxies 

 were produced and these together with the members present constituted two-thirds 

 the entire membership as required by the Constitution for amendments. 



The amended articles of the Constitution and By-Laws were read and each one 

 adopted by a unanimous vote. The meeting was then adjourned. 



The 283d regular and" the 32nd annual meeting of the Club since incorporation, 

 was held immediately after the conclusion of the adjourned meeting. 



Report of the secretary having been lost the reading was postponed. The report 

 of the Treasurer was read and referred to the auditors for approval. 



The following list of officers as nominated by the committee were elected for 

 the ensuing year : 



President: P. G. Bolster. 



Vice-President: Prof. W. M. Wheeler. 



Secretary: C. A. Frost. 



Treasurer: F. A. Sherriff. 



Executive Committee: J. H. Emerton, C. W. Johnson and A. P. Morse. 



Editor-in-Chief of Psyche: W. L. W. Field. 



