284 Zoological Writings of Rafinesque. 



confounded, Aglophema, Raf. has precedence of F, Cuvier's 

 Arctocephalus ; Aglophema pusilla (Phoca pusilla, Lin.) being the 

 type of both ; Rafinesque, however, calls it A. phoca, changing 

 the specific name without cause. Authors are not agreed upon 

 the habitat of this species, but its range may be extensive, or dis- 

 tinct species may be confounded under the same name. 



The " Prodromus of Sicilian Herpetology,''^ suggests such ' im- 

 provements' as Batrachus, for Bufo ; Ranaria, for Rana ; and Hy- 

 laria, for Hyla ! and contains notes of a considerable number of 

 new species. 



Thirty six new genera of Marine animals of Sicily. Of five 

 mollusks, Oxynoe is said to differ from Sigaretus, by having an 

 external shell;* and of three Limaces, one (Tylodina) appears to 

 be identical with Testacellus. Artedia differs from Planaria by 

 having two little tentacles. As we will have occasion to refer to 

 his section of Porostomes, we give its characters here — Porosto- 

 ui-Animali senza hocca apparente^ e nutrendosi con pori superfi- 

 ciali ; quasi sempre gelatinosi e natanti. Vol 2, p. 165. 



1815. Description of BalcBna gastrytis, a new Mediterranean 

 species. In the Palermo Port Folio. 



Analyse de la Nature, ^c, pp. 224, 8vo., with a portrait. 

 Among his manuscripts, I find a sketch of his life written as by 

 another person, wherein it is stated that he esteemed this work 

 more than any other of which he is the author. We cite his or- 

 ders of Mammalia, the three first of which form his sub-class 

 Chiropodea. 1. Primatia, 2. Chiropteria; 3. Exogenea (Mar- 

 supials); 4. Stereoplia (Solipeda, Ruminantia) ; 5. Pachyder- 

 mia; 6. Anodonea (Edentata); 7. Gliria; 8. Ferea ; 9. Amphi- 

 bia (Phoca, Manatus); 10. Cetacea. 



1816. Observations on the Sturgeons of N. America, and de- 

 scription of a new species, Accipenser marginatus, for the Phil. 

 Soc. of Philadelphia. 



Circular address on Botany and Zoology, S^x. This is a gen- 

 eral invitation to all to forward the author specimens, &c. for ex- 

 change, as "rare pamphlets, and publications not in my posses- 

 sion I shall receive thankfully any kind of information or 



news relating to natural sciences, such as discoveries, pubhcations, 

 proceedings of individuals and learned societies, &c. I particu- 



* See the note to PI. 49 of Deshayes' edition of the Regne Animal. 



