CONTENTS. 
Transactions : 
Animal Address by the President: 
“Regulation of the Issuance of Texas Railroad Securi- 
ties by the State Government/’ 
R. A. Thompson 1-17 
“The Poisonous Snakes of Texas, With Notes on Their 
H abits” ( illustrated ) , 
J. D. Mitchell 19-48 
“Contribution to a Knowledge of the Coleopterous Fauna 
of the Lower Rio Grande Valley in Texas and Tamaulipas, 
With Biological Notes and Special Reference to Geo- 
graphical Distribution/’ 
C. H. Townsend 49-101 
“An Ideal History of Experiments on the Regular Penta- 
gon,” 
H. Y. Benedict 105-113 
Proceedings of the Academy for 1902 : 
Officers for 1901-1902 116 
Titles of Papers Read Before the Academy from February 
21, 1902, to December 29, 1902 *, 117-118 
List of Patrons and Fellows 119-120 
List of Members 120-122 
