Doct. Mitchill on the Proteus of Lake Erie. 63 
Carpamine Untrtora.—Well described by Pursh and 
Mich. Omitted by Nuttal, probably as doubtful, or per- 
haps inadvertently. Found in the rocky Prairies of Jeffer- 
son County, Alabama, in March. 
ZOOLOGY. 
HERPETOLOGY. 
Art. VIII.—Observations on several Reptiles of North- 
} the family of Proteus. 
jesty Francis Emperor of Austria, and director of the 
Imperial Museum of natural history, &c. ; dated New- 
3 
(Read before the New-York Lyceum, June 9, 1823.) 
Sir, 
[ have long ago acknowledged the receipt of your letter 
Ain 17th September, 1821,by the handof the con- 
sul Baron 
The creature I mean, is that which the white fishermea 
have called by the vulgar name of Hell-bender, and the In- 
dians Tweeg. It is surely aquatic ; but can live, it is said, 
twenty-four hours out of the water. univalve 
molluscas ; for on dissecting one of them, | found several 
