TkansaotioxNs of the Kansas 



Remarks on some Characteristic Fossils of Western Kansas, by Prof. B. F. Miulge. 



On the Hot Bluffs of the Missouri River in Nebraska, b}^ Prof W. K. Kcdzie. 



On the San Juan Mining Region, by Dr. W. H. Saunders. 



On the Habits of certain Larvae, by Geo. F. Gaumer. 



Catalogue of the Mammals of Kansas, with notes, by Prof. M. V. B. Knox. 



On the Ozone in the Atmosphere of Kansas, by Prof. W K Kedzie. 



Additions to the Catalogue of Kansas Birds, by Prof F. H Snow. 



On the Chalk of Kansas, by Prof G E. Patrick 



On the Larva and Chrysalis of the Sage sphinx {Sphinx Lugem Walker), by Prof 

 F. H. Snow. 



The following officers were elected for the ensuing term of one year: 



President — Frank H. Snow. 



Vice Presidents — a. F. Mudgc, J. H. Carruth. 



Secretary — Joseph Savage. 



Treasurer — R. J. Brown. 



Curators — Y. H. Snow, W. K. Kedzie, E. A. Popenoe. 



The following commissions were also appointed: 



Geology — B. F. Mudge, M. V. B. Knox. 



Chemistry and Mineralogy — W. K. Kedzie, G. E. Patrick. 



Mammalogy — M. V. B. Knox. 



Ornituology — F. H. Snow. 



Entomology: Lcpidoptera — F. H. Snow; Coleoptera — E. A. Popenoe; Hymenop- 

 tera — William Osburn; Diptera — Qeovge F. Gaumer. 



Botany — J. H. Carruth, John Wherrell. 



Engineering — F. W. Bardwell, William Tweeddale. 



Meteorology — J. D. Parker. 



Philology — D. H. Robinson. 



Committee on Publication — B. F. Mudgc, Chairnuin; A. Gra}-, F. K. Snow. 



Committee on Loral Arrangements — V. McVicar, Chairman; A. II. Thompson, E. 

 A. Popenoe. 



The Society adjourned to meet in 187(i, in Topeka — the date to be announced by 



the Executive Committee. 



E. a. POPENOE, Secretary pro teni. 



OZONE IN KANSAS ATMOSPHERE. 



By Prof. Wm. K. Kedzie, of the State Agricultural College. 



We hear much from every quarter of the healthfulness so generally characteristic 

 of the climate of Kansas ; and no person long resident within the State can have 

 failed to be strongly impressed by the unmistakable health-producing and health- 

 sustaining features of Kansas atmosphere. None of us need to be reminded of the 

 general immunity which we enjoy from the inroads of bronchial and lung difficul- 

 ties; nor to recall the startling recoveries which we have all witnessed when 

 invalids are brought into our midst completely prostrated by these maladies as 

 they prevail in more eastern localities. 1 doubt not every thoughtful student has 



