X CON'lENTS. 



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 Annual Address of the President — TF. 5^. Pra«, . . . .151 



Election of Officers for 1881, ...... 161 



Standing Committees for 1881, . .161 



Notes on our Local Geology (illustrated) — No. II. — Prof. W. H. Bnrris, 163 

 Contributions to the Flora of Iowa — No. IV. — J. C. Arthur, 169 



Exploration of Nine Mounds in Rocli Island County, Illinois — C. T. 



Lindley and C. L. Pratt, ...... 173 



Oxytheca — Two New Species from Southern California— Z^r. C. C. Parry, 174 

 Bones of the Mammoth in Washington County, Iowa — Rei\ J. Gass, 177 



The Chambers Rod and the Phoenix Mill Fire — TF. IT. Pm«, . 179 



An Artesian AVell at Moline— IF. If. Pm«, .... 181 



Ancient Fortification in Louisa County, Iowa (illustrated) — Rev. J . Oass, 183 

 Notice of the Death of the President, J. D. Putnam, .185 



Mound Explorations in 1881 — Rev.J.Oa»s, .... 186 



Introduction to Memorial Meeting, .195 



Proceedings of Memorial Meeting, ..... 197 



Resolutions, ........ 197 



Address, by W. H. Pratt, 198 



H. C. Fulton, 208 



Dr. E. H. Hazen, 213 



James Thompson, ...... 212 



Impromptu Remarks, ...... 214 



Correspondence from Scientific Friends, .... 215 



Biographical Sketch, by Dr. C. C. Parry, .... 225 



Memorial Proceedings of other Societies, . . . . .241 



Iowa Academy of Sciences, ..... 241 



Memoir of J. Duncan Putnam, by W. J. McGee, . . .241 



Cambridge Entomological Club, .... 248 



Chicago Academy of Science, ..... 248 



SolpugidcB of America— J. B. Putnam, .... 349 



Prefatory Note — -ff. Os&OTO, . .249 



Notes on North American Solpugidse- /. D. Putnam, . 250 



Descriptions of Species (illustrated), .... 255 



List of North American Species, .... 



Extracts from Notes and Correspondence, . 



Bibliography, ....-•• 279 



Catalogue of Libraries, ...... 307 



List of Authors, ....••• 308 



Explanation of Plates, ...••• 311 



Names of Subscribers to this Volume, . • • • 313 



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