Kansas Acabsmy of Science. 5 



On the Lepidoptera of Kansas, by F. H. Snow. ( This paper was illustrated 

 by a large collection of butterflies and moths, very neatly mounted in trays.) 



On Explosive Mixtures, by F. E. Stimpson. 



On Fossil Footprints in Osage county, by B. F. Mudge. 



On the Coleoptera of Kansas, by Edwin A. Papineau. 



Oji the Climate of Kansas, by F. H. Snow. 



The following public lectures were delivered : 



On Darwinism, by Peter McVicar, D. D. 



On John Dalton, or the Quaker Man of Science, by Charles Reynolds^ 

 D. D. 



The following officers were elected for the current year: 



President — Frank H. Snow. 



Vice Presidents — John A. Banfield, John D. Parker. 



Secretary — John Wherrell. 



Treasurer — Robert J. Brown. 



Curators — Frank H. Snow, B. F. Mudge and Edwin A. Papineau. 



The following Commissioners were confirmed for the current year: 



Geology — B. F. Mudge. 



Ornithology — F. H. Snow. 



Entomology — F. H. Snow, Edwin A. Papineau. 



Language — D. H. Robinson, J. H. Lee. 



Engineering — F. W. Bard well. 



Technology — F. E. Stimpson. 



Astronomy — John Fraser. 



Meteorology — John D. Parker. 



Botany — J. H. Carruth, John Wherrell, F. H. Snow. 



Mineralogy — W. D. Kedzie. 



Chemistry — William H. Saunders. 



Society adjourned to meet Monday evening, September 7, 1874, at 

 Topeka. 



SYNOPSIS OF PAPERS. 



TRACES OF THE MOU::::> BUILDEES IN KANSAS. 



BY BENJAMIN V. riUDGE. 



Few traces of the old mound builders are found after passing fifty miles 

 west of the Mississippi river. No mounds have been found in Kansas, and 

 the few traces of their villages are very obscure. The object of this paper 

 is to draw attention to the subject, that others may be induced to notice and 

 record any fact within the bounds of our State which will throw light on the 

 existence of this ancient race. 



