Transactions of the Kansas 



THE SECOND SEMI-ANNUAL MEETING. 



The second semi-annual meeting of the Academj^ was held in Kansas City, June 

 6th and 7th, 1878, in response to the invitation of the Kansas City Academy of 

 Science. 



A lecture upon "Rocky Mountain Geology," by Prof. B. F. Mudge, and one 

 upon " Steam Navigation," bj' Prof. F. W. Bardwell, were delivered at the 

 evening sessions, and the day was occupied in an examination of certain mounds 

 in Platte county, Missouri, supposed to be of prehistoric origin. In the mounds 

 were found remains of about twelve skeletons, and several of the skulls and some 

 of the other portions were secured in a fair state of preservation, but the most of 

 the bones found were so extremely fragile that they could not be preserved. The 

 skeletons had been placed in vaults walled with stone, with an entrance toward 

 the south. The walls gave evidence of some care in their construction, being laid 

 very smoothlj^ on the inside. The bones secured were placed in the cabinet of the 

 Kansas Academy of Science. 



THE ELEVENTH ANNUAL MEETING. 



The eleventh annual meeting of the Academy was held in Topeka, October 8th 

 and 9th, 1878. The lirst evening's lecture was given by Prof. B. F. Mudge, upon 

 "The Rocky Mountains and their Fossils," and that of the second evening by 

 Prof. D. H. Robinson upon " The Historical Value of Linguistic Study." 



The day's session on the 9th was occupied bj'^ the reading of the following 

 papers : 



1. Connection of the Fossil Forests of the Dakota Group in Kansas with the 

 Fossil Forests of Greenland. Prof. B. F. Mudge 



2. On a New Form of Rain Gauge. Prof. J. T. Lovewell. 



3. On some Kansas Minerals. Prof. Geo. E. Patrick. 



4. On Recent Additions to the List of Kansas Coleoptera. E. A. Popenoe, 



5. On Recent Additions to the List of Kansas Plants. Prof. J. H. Carruth. 



6. On the Dermal Covering of a Mosasauroid Reptile of the Cretaceous 

 Formation in Western Kansas. Prof. F. H. Snow. 



7. On the Bite of the Rattlesnake. Joseph Savage. 



8 On the Habits of Richardson's Sphermophile. S. W. Willlston, New 

 Haven, Conn. 



9. On the so-called " Alkali " of Western Kansas. Prof. Geo. E. Patrick. 



10. On Additions to the Catalogue of Kansas Birds. Prof. F. H. Snow. 



11. Notes on the Antiquity of Man. Dr. A. H. Thompson. 

 13. On Dinosauria. S. W.Wilhston 



13. On the Gas Wells of Kansas. Prof. B. F. Mudge. 



14. On the Remains of the Mastodon in Douglas County. Joseph Savage. 

 15 On Science Popularized. Marcus Sayler. 



IG On the Fishes of the Marais des Cygnes. Wm. Wheeler. 



17. Geological Explorations for the year 1878. Prof. B. F. Mudge. 



15. Botanical Notes. E. A. Popenoe 



19. On the Giant's Causeway and Fingal's Cave. Prof. C. D. Merrill. 



20. On Sound Transmission by Electricity. Prof. J. T. Lovewell. 



21. On the Recent Discovery of Mounds in Leavenworth County. Hon. F. G. 

 dams. 



