PAPERS PRESENTED AT REGULAR 
MEETINGS. 
February 21, 1902. 
“A Consideration of S. B. Buckley’s ‘North American Formicidse’ ” 
(by title), Dr. William Morton Wheeler, Professor of Zoology in the 
University of Texas. 
“The Principle of Acceleration and Retardation in the Development- 
of Animals,” William Morton Wheeler, Ph. D. 
April 25, 1902. 
“Cretaceous and Later Rocks of Presidio and Brewster Counties/' E. 
T. Durable, Houston. 
“The Present Status of Forestry in Texas,” Dr. William L. Bray, 
Professor of Botany in the University of Texas. 
Formal Meeting, June 11, 1902. 
“Consciousness and Purposive Movements,” Edmund Montgomery, 
Ph. D., Hempstead. 
“Some Fundamental Characteristics of the Extensity of Sensations,” 
S. E. Mezes, Ph. D., Professor of Philosophy in the University of Texas. 
“De Vries’ Mutation Theory,” H. Ness, M. S., Professor of Botany in 
the A. and M. College of Texas. 
“Mining — With Some ' Accounts of Russian Practice,” William H. 
von Streeruwitz, C. E., Houston. 
“New Departures in Cotton Mill Machinery and Appliances,” Stone- 
wall Tompkins and W. E. Anderson, Houston. 
October 24, 1902. 
“Regulations of the Issuance of Texas Railroad Securities,” Annual 
Address by the President, Robert A. Thompson, M. A., C. E., Chief 
Engineer to the Texas Railroad Commission. 
November 28, 1902. 
“Contributions to a Knowledge of the Coleopterous Fauna of the 
Lower Rio G-rande Valley in Texas and Tamaulipas, with Biological 
