14 CONTRIBUTIONS TO NORTH AMERICAN ICHTHYOLOGY 1. 



Vir. Farther discoveries in Natural History, made during a journey 

 through the Western Region of the United States, by Constantiue 

 Samuel Rafinesque, esq. <; American Monthly Magazine and Critical 

 Review, October, p. 445. (Describes new genera Litholejyis, Dinoctus 

 and Pogostoma, and mentions without description the typical species 

 of each.) 



Twenty-two species are catalogued and three species are described, as 

 follows:* 



Anguilla laticauda 445= Anguilla vulgaris Fleming. 



Esox vittatus 445= Unidentiffed. 



Bodianus calliops 445= A myth. 



VIIT. Further account of Discoveries in Natural History in the Western 

 States, by Constantine Samuel Rafinesque, esq. Communicated in a 

 letter from that gentleman to the editor, Lexington, October 5, 1818. 

 < American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, November, 1818. 

 (Three new genera described and the typical species of each :) 



Pomoxis annularis 41=Pomoxys annularis. 



Noturus flavus 41=Noturus tlavus Raf. 



Sarchirus vittatus 41 = Lepidosteus osseus (L.) Ag. 



The following are the species added to the catalogue in this paper: 



Lepieosteus platostomiis Alligator Fish. 



Lepisosteus stenorhynchus Gar Fish. 



Anguilla laticauda. Ohio Eel. 



Cyprinus fasciolaris Mullet. 



Cyprinus trachiaphas Brown Mullet. 



Exoglossum argeutuui White Chub. 



Olraerus albula White Fish. 



Bodianus calliops Bride Perch. 



Pogostoma leucops White Eye. 



Esox vittatus Jack Pike. 



Esox fasciolaris Salmon Pike. 



Catostomus amisopterus Perch Buffalo. 



Catostomus amblodon Black Buffalo. 



Catostomus velifer Sailor Fish. 



Glossodon chrysops Gold Eye Herring. 



Clupea chrysochloris , Golden Shad. 



Silurus pallidus White Cat Fish. 



Silurus cerulescens Blue Cat Fish. 



Glanis liniosus Mud Cat Fish. 



Accipenser heptipus Brown Sturgeon. 



Dinoctus truncatus Blunt-uoso Sturgeon. 



Litholepis adamautinus Diamond Fish or Devil Jack. 



