Kansas University quarterly . those of smallsize. The largest observed is a vertebra of an Etnpo, or someallied fish, of about four feet in length. These remains furnish conclusive evidence that the food of theseanimals consisted chiefly if not entirely of fishes, and, moreover,fishes of small or moderate size. The skin preserved in this specimen does not differ materiallyfrom the same membrane in Tylosaunis; the scales appear to besomewhat larger and the carina is indistinct, though this may bedue to the condition of preservation. The hyoid bones in this genus resemble those of Tylosaurus(Uni
Kansas University quarterly . those of smallsize. The largest observed is a vertebra of an Etnpo, or someallied fish, of about four feet in length. These remains furnish conclusive evidence that the food of theseanimals consisted chiefly if not entirely of fishes, and, moreover,fishes of small or moderate size. The skin preserved in this specimen does not differ materiallyfrom the same membrane in Tylosaunis; the scales appear to besomewhat larger and the carina is indistinct, though this may bedue to the condition of preservation. The hyoid bones in this genus resemble those of Tylosaurus(Univ. Geol. Snrv., Kans., iv, pi. xxi, there wrongly referred toPlatccai-piis). The presphenoid is well preserved in the skull; it is quite likethe same element in Varanies. PLATK XII. Nuchal fringe and cervical ribs of Platecarpus coryphaus, naturalsize. Kan. Univ. Quar., Vol. VIII, Series A. PLATE Lantern or Stereopticon Slides. Duplicates of the extensive collection of original Lantern Slides made expresslyfor the University of Kansas can be obtained from the photographer. The low price of 333 cents per slide will be charged on orders of twelve or moreplain slides. Colored subjects can be supplied for twice the price of plain sub-jects, or 6673 cents each. Send for list of subjects in any or all of the following departments: Physical Geology and Paleontology.—Erosion, Glaciers and Ice, Volcanoesand Eruptions Colorado Mountain Scenery, Arizona Scenery, Restoration of Ex-tinct Animals, Rare Fossil Remains, Kansas Physical Characters, Chalk Region,and Irrigation, Bad Lands of South Dakota, Fossil Region of Wyoming, Micro-scopic Sections of Kansas Building Stones, Evolution. Mineralogy.—Microscopic Sections of Crystalline Rocks, and of Clays, LeadMining, of Galena, Kan., Salt Manufacture in Kansas. Botany AND Bacteriology.—Morphology, Histology, and Physiology of
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