CONTENTS. 



Page 



Preface, ............ iii 



List of 1 lliistr.itioiis ......... vii 



Bibliography of Iowa Atiquities — Frederick Starr, P/i. /)., . \ 



Buddhism in America — Edward L. Berthoiid, .... 25 



Ancient Grooved Rocks in Arkansas — ]\'. A. Chapman, 2q 



Biographical Sketch of Chas. Christopher Parry — C. H. Preston, M. I)., 35 

 List of Papers Published by the late Dr. C. C. Parry- J/;x C C. 



PcTrry .... 46 



Summary of the Archaeology of Iowa — Frederick Starr, Ph. D., . 53 

 List of Coleoptera from the Southern Shore of Lake Superior, with 



Remarks on Geographical Distribution — //. F. Wlckhaiii, M.S., 125 

 Stone Mounds and Serpent of Hughes County, .South Dakota — John 



M. Hebnick, ......... 170 



A Shell Gorget from Mexico — Frederick Starr, Ph. D., . . . 173 



Revision of the TruxaliniB of North America — Jerovie McNeill, 179 

 Synopsis of Proceedings, Davenport Academy of Natural Sciences, 



1889 — 1896, 275 



Annual Meeting and Reports, 1889, ..... 275 



" Resolutions on the Death of William Renwick, 276 



President's Annual Address, 1889 — C. E. Harrison . . 276 



Annual Meeting and Reports, 1890, ...... 284 



Resolutions on the Death of Dr. Charles C. Parry, . . 287 

 Report on the Work of the Academy in Connection with the 



Public Schools — Prof. W. H. Pratt, .... 290 



Resolutions on the Removal from the City of Prof. W. H. Pratt, 292 



Resolutions on the Death of Prof. W. C. Preston, . . . 293 



Annual Meeting and Reports, 1891, ...... 293 



President's Annual Address, 1891 — Dr. Jennie McCowen, 296 



President's Inaugural Address, 1891 — James Tho/upson, . . 298 



Resolutions on the Death of Prof. Alexander Winchell, 300 



Annual Meeting and Reports, 1892, ...... 301 



President's Annual Address, 1892 — James Thompson,. 304 



Resolutions on the Death of James Thompson, . . 30 ^ 



Resolutions on the Death of J. Monroe Parker, . . . 309 



