Kansas Academy of Science. 



Prof. F. W. Bardwell, of the State University, gave the lecture of the second evening, 

 upon "Our Neighbor the Moon." 



The following papers were read before the Academy, and, :« far as space will allow, 

 are given entire : 



1. On the Occurrence of the Mastodon in the Pliocene of Kansas : B. F. Mudge, 

 Manhattan. 



2. Climate vs. Brains: Prof. M. V. B. Knox, Baker University. 



3. On the Recent Additions to the Flora of Kansas : Prof. J. H. Carruth, Lawrence. 



4. On the Coleoptera of Kansas : Edwin A. Popenoe, Topeka. 



5. On Colorado Coleoptera : Prof. F. H. Snow, State University. 



6. On the Mineral Water at Tola, Kansas: Prof. Geo. E. Patrick, State University. 



7. On the Habits of Amblychila Oylindriformis : H. A. Brous, Manhattan. 



8. On Additions to the Catalogue of Kansas Mammals : Prof. M. V. B. Knox. 



9. On a Meteorite found in Mitchell County, Kansas : Prof. Geo. E. Patrick. 



10. On Arithmetical Methods : Prof. F. W. Bardwell, State University. 



11. On the Prairie Dog in Kansas: H. A. Brous. 



12. On the Appearance of an Egg -Parasite of the Rocky Mountain Locust: Prof. 

 F. H. Snow. 



13. On the Influence of Food -Selection upon the Evolution of Animal Life: A. H. 

 Thompson, M. D., Topeka. JOSEPH SAVAGE, 



Secretary Kansas Academy of Science. 



ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE ON GEOLOGY, FOR THE YEAR 

 ENDING NOVEMBER 1, 1876. 



BY PROF. B. F. MUDGE. 



During the past year many important additions have been made to the cabinet of 

 this department. Our cases were already tilled at the beginning of the year; conse- 

 quently, the new collections could not be classified and arranged as they otherwise would 

 have been. 



Many persons not members of the Academy have made donations to the cabinet, to 

 whom the thanks of this Society are due. In some instances the names of the donors are 

 unknown. It is desirable that the contributor's name should accompany the specimens 

 ■when sent. 



Your chairman has added a full suite of minerals from the lead and zinc workings in 

 the southeastern portion of this State, and four large boxes from the cretaceous of western 

 Kansas. These are yet unopened, for want of room on our shelves. He has the past 

 jear, as previously, been engaged the greater part of the time, with four scientific assist- 

 ants, in exploring the Niobrara group of the cretaceous of Kansas, beyond the settlements, 

 and collecting the fossil vertebrates of those deposits. This party being in the pay and 

 interest of Yale College, all the most valuable specimens were sent to that institution. 

 But while Yale added to its museum, we at the same time added to our knowledge of 

 geology much that is important and valuable to us as a State. Information has thus been 

 acquired during the past three years which will enable us to map correctly the outlines 

 of the Cretaceous and Tertiary formations, and to substantiate scientific facts peculiar to 

 the fossils of those ages. 



Thus we have found a rare form of crinoid, which has been described in the American 

 Journal of Science, vol. XII, p. 81, by G. B. Grennell, as Uintacrinus socialis. This was 



