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III. — Geological Papers —Concluded: 



The Kansas Mineral Exhibit at St. Louis. G. P. Grimsley 129 



The Flood of 1903 in Central Kansas. Alfred W. Jones 138 



Notes on the Topography and Geology of New Mexico. J. J. Jewett, 141 

 Reading Blue Limestone. Alva J. Smith 150 



IV. — Biological Papers: 



The Fossil Bison of Kansas. C. E. McClung 157 



The Puma or American Lion. L. L. Dyche 160 



The Moucd-building Prairie Ant. Geo. A. Dean 164 



A List of Kansas Mammals. D. E. Lantz 171 



The Golden Eagle. L. L. Dyche 179 



A Preliminary List of Kansas Spiders. Theo. H. Scheffer 182 



Bibliography of the Loco Weed. L. E. Sayre 194 



Dissemination and Germination of Seeds. Wesley N, Speckman. . . 198 



Myxomycetes of Clay County, Kansas. John H. Schaflfner 204 



Some Variations among Some of our Kansas Wild Flowers. F. F. 



Crevecoeur 205 



Echinacea Roots. L. E. Sayre 209 



Notes on the Culture of Wild Flowers. Harvey W. Baker 214 



Additions to the List of Kansas Coleoptera, 1903-'04. W. Knaus. . . 218 

 Notes and Descriptions of Orthoptera from the Western United States 



in the Entomological Collection of the University of Kansas. 



A. G. Rehn 221 



Additions to the List of the Hemipterous Fauna of Kansas. F. F. 



Crevecoeur 232 



Notes on Kansas Orthoptera. F. B. Isely 238 



The Diptera of Kansas and New Mexico. T. D. A, Cockerell 250 



Notes on Collecting Cicindelidffi. D. E. Lantz 252 



Notes for 1903 on the Birds of Kansas. F. H. Snow 261 



Notes for 1904 on the Birds of Kansas. F, H. Snow 263 



Notes and Descriptions of Hymenoptera from the Western United 



States. H. L. Viereck 264 



V. Miscellaneous Papers: 



Notes on the Archa?6logy of Butler County. J. R. Mead 329 



The Culture Emergence of Man. Dr. Alton Howard Thompson 331 



Sanitary Science. Dr. J. M. McWharf 345 



The Need of Investigations in Human Nutrition. J. T. Willard. . . . 350 



Physical Development and School Life. Dr. J. M. McWharf 353 



The Use and Care of Reflecting Telescopes. W. F. Hoyt 360 



Recent Advances in Astronomy. W. F. Hoyt 365 



The Non-Euclidean Geometry. E.Miller 374 



What Rights Have Educational Institutions to Duty-free Importa- 

 tions ? E. H. S. Bailey 379 



The Genesis and Development of Human Instincts. L. C. Wooster, 381 



, Instinct. H. L. Miller 387 



, : Observations on Mirages. Bernard B. Smyth 392 



; Physical Properties of Water, and its Relation to Tree Growth. 



Bernard B. Smyth 401 



! .. Notes on Collecting Cicindelida^. Eugene G. Smyth 425 



