Constantine Samuel Rafinesque. 155 



38. Museum of Natural Sciences. By C. S. Rafinesque, Esquire. 4. 



Dissertation on Water Snakes, Sea Snakes and Sea Serpents. 

 (American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Vol. I, No. 6, 

 pp. 431-435. New York. 1817. Reprinted, with same title, in 

 The Philosophical Magazine and Journal, London, Vol. LIV, pp. 

 361-367. 1819.) 



Describes Ophinectes n. g., Natrix, n. g., and new 

 species as follows : Natrix dorsalis, Platurus laurenti* 

 Hydrophis cyanura, Pelamis schneideri, Pelamis margin- 

 atus, Pelamis fuscatus, Ophinectes cinereus, Ophinectes 

 viridis, Ophinectes luteus, Ophinectes cerulescens, Ophi 

 nectes versicolor, Ophinectes maculatus, Ophinectes punc- 

 tatus, Ophinectes crythrocephalus [misprint for erythro- 

 cephalus\ Ophinectes dorsalis, and Ophinectes major. 



39. [Museum of Natural Sciences.] 5. Extracts from the Journal of 



Mr. Charles LeRaye, relating to some new Quadrupeds of the 

 Missouri Region, with notes by C. S. R. (American Monthly 

 Magazine and Critical Review, Vol. I, No. 6, pp. 435-437. 1817.) 

 \Corvus \cervus\ macrurus, n. s. ; Cants cklorops, n. s. ; Cervus mel- 

 anurus, n. s.; Melesium pratense, n. s. ; Felis misax, n. s., and 

 Lynx aureus, n. s.] 



40. [Museum of Natural Sciences.] Botany. 6. Neogenytum Sicu- 



lurn, or Descriptions of four new genera of Dicotyle Sicilian 

 Plants. (American Monthly Magazine and Critical Review, Vol. 

 I, No. 6, pp. 437-439- .1817.) 



*The description of this form is the very briefest that I remember ever 

 having seen in a work on natural history. It reads : &quot; 2. sp. Platurus laurenti 

 Raf. Tail obtuse.&quot; 



