that of any state, even though we have no direct resources in gold, silver and copper. The substitution of stone, brick and cement for wood is bound to become general, and no country is better supplied than Kansas with the raw material for these products. Our museum will call attention to and tend to develop this mineral wealth. THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE. The third object to be aimed at by the Academy of Science should be, as stated in the original draft of the constitution, "to increase and diffuse a knowledge of the natural sciences." This may be done by encouraging scientific investigation, and by making our Transactions the organ through which to publish to the world of science the contributions of our members. At an earlier day it was the custom to have commissions appointed for the investigation of special problems, and grants were made from the society's funds to aid in this work. There is at present in our treasury a small sum that could be used for such purposes, and the regular dues of members will continue to supply such resources, to say nothing of bequests for the advancement of science that may be entrusted to the Academy. The various universities and colleges are developing rapidly, and each, in its own way, is a center of scientific activity; but the Academy should be the place where scientific workers can meet on a common ground and gain the inspiration that comes from numbers and fellowship. We are at present able to publish annual volumes, but may expect to replace these annual volumes by quarterly bulletins, and perhaps have more frequent meetings. So the Academy may become the common publishing bureau for all the schools of the state, as well as for individual scientists, and each will thus gain the encouragement that comes from approval and friendly criticism. J. T. LOVEWELL, Secretary. PRINTED TRANSACTIONS OF THE ACADEMY. Original volumes I, II, III, were published as parts of the State Agricultural Reports for 1872, 1873, 1874. (Out of print now.) PRICE. $0 60 40 40 60 1 00 60 .paper, 75 cts.; cloth, 1 25 Reprint of volumes I to III (1896), 135 pages, 4 figures. 100 75 paper, 75 cts.; cloth, 1 25 ..paper, 60 cts.; cloth, 1 00 paper, 1 25 1 50 .paper, $1; cloth, 1 50 paper, $1; cloth, 1 50 .paper, $1; cloth, 1 50 paper, $1; cloth, 1 50 Volume XVIII, 1903, 287 pp., 35 fig., 15 pl. Members can complete their sets at one-half above rates, prepaid. Requests for the purchase or exchange of these publications, and all correspondence, should be addressed to the SECRETARY KANSAS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE, Topeka, Kan., U. S. A. INDEX. Adams, L. O. Mentioned Adams, O. Mentioned A day in Jemez pueblo in harvest time. A. B. Reagan Additions to the list of Kansas Coleoptera. W. Knaus. A fossil tusk found in the equus beds at McPherson. E. O. Deere.. Agrelius, F. G. Mentioned.. Aitkinhead, Wm. Mentioned A Kansas beaver. L. L. Dyche Allen, H. C. Mentioned.. PAGE 10 10 208 150 115 10 10 165 10 Animals, reptiles and amphibians of the Rosebud Indian reservation, S. D. A. B. Reagan... 163 Concerning some insects collected and bred from dead and dying elm. E. S. Tucker.. 158 152 Dyche, L. L. Notes on a Kansas beaver taken near Lawrence. 165 Some observations on the food habits of the blue jay (cynocittus cristatus) 130 4, 17, 21, 15 List of Coleoptera collected in New Mexico in 1907. W. Knaus.. List of Noctuidæ, Geometridæ, and Microlepidoptera, taken at McPherson, Kan., July and 152 150 Newby, J. H. Necrology. D. M. Valentine, life sketch of, by J. T. Lovewell.. Mentioned. 269 11 Neon and argon in natural gas. H. P. Cady and D. F. McFarland.. 64 Occurrence of podagrion mantis in the eggs of the common mantis. L. C. R. Smyth.. 178 11 Percentage of an extractive as a means of identification and analysis of drugs and spices.... 57 |