OF THE

KANSAS

ACADEMY OF SCIENCE.

VOLUME XXV.

CONTAINS

LIST OF OFFICERS AND PAST PRESIDENTS; MEMBERSHIP LIST
JANUARY 1, 1913; MINUTES OF FORTY-FOURTH AND
FORTY-FIFTH ANNUAL MEETINGS; PRESIDENTS'
ADDRESSES; SOME PAPERS READ.

December 23 and 24, 1912.

STATE PRINTING OFFICE:
TOPEKA, 1913.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS.

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I. INTRODUCTORY:

1.

Present and Past Officers of the Academy..

2. Membership of the Academy, January 1, 1913..

3. Secretary's Report of Forty-fifth Annual Meeting......

4. Address of Retiring President at Forty-fourth Annual

Meeting....

5. Address of Retiring President at Forty-fifth Annual Meet-

ing..

1. Notes on the Moraine of the Kansas Glacier, Southwest of

Topeka..

43

2. Expeditions to the Niocene of Wyoming and the Chalk

Beds of Kansas.

IV. - BIOLOGICAL PAPER:

1. Formaldehyde Gas Not Effective Upon Flies....

2. Further Records of Insects Personally Collected in Kansas

and Colorado......

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7.

Provisional Catalogue of the Flora of Kansas....

A Partial Key to the Genera of North American Jassoidea, 129

Insecticides...

138

A System of Notation Applied to Entomological Accessions, 142

Biotropism ..

......

V. - MISCELLANEOUS PAPERS:

146

1. On the Immunity of the Kansas Bottom Ground Waters to

Changes in the Composition of the Kansas River Water, 153

2. The Common Mole. -Runway Studies.

160

3.

The Longevity of Yale Graduates as Shown by the Pub-

lication of "Living Graduates of Yale University in

1912".

164

4.

Has the Quality of Drugs Improved Since the Enactment

of the Foods and Drugs Law? . . . . . .

... 167

5. A Further Discussison of Municipal Ownership of Water

and Light Plants.

Dates signify date of election to membership in the Academy.

HONORARY MEMBERS.

G. P. Grimsley, Ph. D., 1904, Martinsburg, W. Va.

Edw. L Nichols, Ph. D., 1897, Cornell Univ., Ithaca, N. Y.

W. S. Franklin, Sc. D., Lehigh Univ., South Bethlehem, Pa.

Geo. Wagner, Ph. D., 1904, Univ. of Wisconsin, Madison, Wis.

S. W. Williston, A. M., M. D., Ph. D., 1902, professor of paleontology, Univ. of Chicago, Chicago, Ill.

ASSOCIATE MEMBER.

Mr. R. J. Brown, 1903, Leavenworth.

LIFE MEMBERS.

E. H. S. Bailey, Ph. D., 1883, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.
Edward Bartow, Ph. D., 1898, director of water survey, Urbana, Ill.
Joshua William Beede, Ph. D., 1894, associate professor of geology,
Bloomington, Ind.

F. W. Bushong, Sc. D., 1896, Mellon Institute, Univ. of Pittsburg, Pa.
F. W. Cragin, Ph. D., 1880, economic, geologic and historical research,
Colorado Springs, Colo.

Lewis Lindsay Dyche, M. S., 1881, professor of systematic zoölogy and curator of birds, mammals and fishes, state fish and game warden, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

Geo. H. Failyer, M. Sc., 1879, Manhattan.

E. C. Franklin, Ph. D., 1884, Stanford Univ., Palo Alto, Cal.

I. D. Graham, 1879, Live Stock Com., Panama Ex., San Francisco, Cal.

Wm. Ashbrook Harshbarger, B. S. 1900, professor of mathematics, Washburn Coll., Topeka.

Erasmus Haworth, Ph. D., 1882, state geologist, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

Warren Knaus, M. Sc., 1884, entomologist, editor and publisher, McPherson.

D. E. Lantz, M. Sc., 1887, biological survey, Washington, D. C.

J. T. Lovewell, Ph. D., 1878, chemist, Topeka.

F. O. Marvin, A. M., 1884, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

Ephraim Miller, A. B., A. M., Ph. D., 1873, Pasadena, Cal.

E. A. Popenoe, A. M., 1872, entomologist, Topeka.

L. E. Sayre, Ph. M., 1885, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

Alva J. Smith, 1903, city engineer, Emporia.

*B. B. Smyth, 1880, curator Goss Orinthological Collection, Topeka. Mrs. L. C. R. Smyth, M. S., Ph. D., 1902, curator of Goss Ornithological

Collection, Topeka.

C. H. Sternberg, 1896, explorer and collector, Lawrence.

A. H. Thompson, D. D. S., 1873, Topeka.

M. L. Ward, D. D., 1880, Ottawa Univ., Ottawa.

J. T. Willard, M. S., 1883, Kansas Agr. Coll., Manhattan.

ANNUAL MEMBERS.

Frank G. Agrelius, A. M., 1905, State Normal School, Emporia.

H. C. Allen, 1904, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

John J. Arthur, 1904, Topeka.

Wm. R. Arthur, B. A., 1903, dean of law school, Washburn Coll., Topeka.

W. M. Bailey, 1906, teacher, Holton.

Harvey W. Baker, 1902, florist, White Church.

Benj. P. Baker, 1909, student Agr. Coll., Manhattan.

Elam Bartholemew, M. S., 1905, mycologist, Stockton.

W. J. Baumgartner, 1904, professor of zoology and histology, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

Frank G. Bedell, 1904, Dodge City.

F. H. Billings, Ph. D., 1909, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

Julius Brandt, 1907, Bethany Coll, Lindsborg.

H. H. Braucher, 1907, teacher, K. S. N, Emporia.

Frank. P. Brock, 1911, ind. research, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

E. W. Brown, B. S., 1909, Chehalis, Wash.

Edw. Bumgardner, M. D., Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

L. D. Bushnell, 1909, professor of bacteriology, Agr. Coll., Manhattan.

H. P. Cady, Ph. D., 1904, professor chemistry, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence. M. E. Canty, 1903, Buffalo, Kan.

I. D. Cardiff, Ph. D., 1909, professor of botany, State Agr. Coll., Pullman, Wash.

V. B. Caris, 1911, professor mathematics, M. T. S., Pittsburg.

F. P. Clark, M. D., 1909, Univ. Hospital, Kansas City, Kan.

W. A. Cook, M. S., 1907, Baker Univ., Baldwin.

R. A. Cooley, 1910, Ag. Expt. Station, Bozeman, Mont.

Rev. John T. Copley, 1903, clergyman, Manhattan.

E. G. Corwine, 1905, Mulvane.

E. F. Crevecœur, 1899, entomologist, Onaga.

S. J. Cru bine, M. D., 1909, secretary State Board of Health, Topeka.

B. J. Dalton, C. E., 1909, Univ. of Kansas, Lawrence.

Geo. A. Dean, M. S., 1912, professor entomology, Manhattan.

O. P. Dellinger, professor biology, M. T. S., Pittsburg.

*Deceased.