PLATE VIII. _Melitera dentata._ Adult, silken cocoon and outer layer of dirt-masses held together by silken threads; larva (shaded); larva in outline showing position and number of tubercled hairs; hind wing of adult showing venation. PLATE I. Skull of _Pteranodon_ sp., one-fifth natural size. [Illustration: KAN. UNIV. QUART. VOL. I. PLATE I. S. W. Williston.] PLATE II. Left front paddle of _Clidastes velox_ Marsh, two-thirds natural size. _C_, coracoid; _S_, scapula; _H_, humerus; _I_, first digit; _V_, fifth digit. [Illustration: PLATE II. S. W. Williston, ad nat. del.] PLATE III. Left hind paddle of _Clidastes velox_ Marsh, two-thirds natural size. _Il_, ilium; _P_, pubis; _Is_, ischium; _F_, femur; _T_, tibia; _Fb_, fibula; _I_, first metatarsal. [Illustration: PLATE III. S. W. Williston, ad nat. del.] PLATE IV. Right front paddle of _Clidastes Westii_ Williston, one-third natural size. _S_, scapula; _C_, coracoid; _H_, humerus; _R_, radius; _U_, ulna; _I_, _IV_, first, fourth digits. [Illustration: PLATE IV. S. W. Williston, ad nat. del.] PLATE V. Right hind paddle of _Clidastes Westii_ Williston, one-half natural size. [Illustration: PLATE V. S. W. Williston, ad nat. del.] PLATE VI. Eighteenth dorsal vertebra of _Clidastes Westii_ Williston, natural size. Fig. 1, centrum from behind; fig. 2, from below. [Illustration: PLATE VI. FIG. 1. FIG. 2. S. W. Williston, ad nat. del.] PLATE VII. Fig. 1, _Microdon megalogaster_ Snow. Fig. 2, _Brachyopa cynops_ Snow. Fig. 3, _Syrphus ruficauda_ Snow. Fig. 4, _Callicera montensis_ Snow. Fig. 5, _Tropidomyia bimaculata_ Williston. Fig. 6, _Promerisana nasuta_ Macq. Fig. 7, _Ancanthina hieroglyphica_ Wiedemann. [Illustration: PLATE VII. Mary Wellman and S. W. Williston, ad nat. del.] PLATE VIII. _Melitera dentata_ Grote; adult, silken cocoon and outer layer of dirt-masses held together by silken threads; larva (shaded); larva in outline showing position and number of tubercled hairs; hind wing of adult showing venation. [Illustration: PLATE VIII. Mary Wellman, ad nat. del.] PROSPECTUS. The KANSAS UNIVERSITY QUARTERLY is established by the University of Kansas, and will be maintained by it as a medium for the publication of the results of original research by members of the University. Papers will be published only upon recommendation by the Committee of Publication. Contributed articles should be in the hands of the Committee at least one month prior to the date of publication. A limited number of author’s _separata_ will be furnished free to contributors. The QUARTERLY will be issued regularly, as indicated by its title. Each number will contain fifty or more pages of reading matter, with necessary illustrations. The four numbers of each year will constitute a volume. The price of subscription is two dollars a volume, single numbers varying in price with cost of publication. Exchanges are solicited.