CONTENTS. 



RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS OF MEETINGS FROM JANUARY 3, 1876, TO 

 JUNE 29, 1877. 



PACK. 



Election of Officers for 1876 * 1 



Standing Committees for 1876 C 



Resolutions on the death of A. U. Barter 12 



Horned Toads in the collection of the Academy. J. D. Putnam 23 



On the Young of a species of Lycosa. J. D.Putnam 23 



Exploration of a Mound near Utah Lake, Utah. Julia J. Wirt 28, 82 



Notice of the late I. A. Lapham, LL. D. Dr. C. C. Parry 29 



Manufacture of Pottery by Mojave Indian Women. Dr. E. Palmer 32 



RemnTks on Galeodes pallipe8 S?i.y . J. D. Putnam. Illustrated 35 



Shell Money, and other Primitive Currencies . W.H.Pratt. Illustrated 38 



Annual Meeting, Jan. 3d, 1877. Reports of Officers, etc 47-70 



Additions to the Museum during 1876 50 



Additions to the Library during 1876 57 



President's Annual Address. Rev. W. H. Barris 75 



Election of Officers for 1877 77 



Standing Committees for 1877 80 



Mound Explorations in Jackson County, Iowa. C. T. Lindley. Illustrated 83 



Remarks on Coral Formations. Prof. H. T. Woodman 85 



Donation of Geological Collection by Prof. T. S. Parvin : 89 



Donation of a Deed of Land by Mrs. P. V. Newcomb 90 



Exploration of Mound No. 3, Cook's Farm Group, and Discovery of Inscribed Tab- 

 lets, by Rev. J. Gass. Illustrated 92 



rail upon Mrs. Newcomb, and address by Rev. S. S. Hunting 99 



On the Inscribed Tablets found by Rev. J. Gass. R. J. Farquharson. Illustrated... 103 



Report of the Director of the Biological Section. J. D Putnam 120 



Description of Caloptenus picticornU N Sp. Prof. Cyrus Thomas 125 



Additions to the Flora of Iowa. J. C. Arthur 126 



Mollusca collected in Colorado, Wyoming and Utah. Ernest Ingersoll 130 



Recent find of Skulls and Skeletons in Ohio. Rev. S. D. Peet 138 



Exploration of Mound No. 10, Cook's Farm Group, by Rev J. Gass. Illustrated 141 



Description of In.scribed Stones found in Cleona Township, Scott County, Iowa, by 



Rev. J. Gass .• 142 



Exploration of Mounds on the Farm of Col. Wni. Allen. W. H. Pratt 148 



Reports of observations, collections, etc., etc. 



*j..*The Academy does not hold itself responsible for opinions expressed or statements 

 made in papers read before it, and published in the Proceedings. The authors are 

 alone responsil)lt' 



