286 Zoological Writings of Rajinesque. 



the newly gathered examples between paper (without pressure) 

 where they were left without being disturbed, until required* 



The circular contains a prospectus of a Flora and Fauna of N. 

 America, in which he proposes to figure every animal and plant 

 on wood, and that every one may have such a portion as he may 

 require, partial sets are indicated as a fauna and flora ornata, eco- 

 iiomica, dietetica, Virginica, &c. (fee, amounting to no less than 

 one hundred and fifteen varieties of flora, and nearly as many of 

 fauna. 



1817-18. American Monthly Magazine. This periodical con- 

 tains many descriptions of bats, reptiles, fish, Crustacea, &c. and 

 Notrema, a curious genus of shell from the Ohio, which resembles 

 Fissurella. The name is changed to Tremesia in the Monograph 

 of Ohio shells. This animal is said to have been discovered by 

 Audubon, and communicated to Rafinesque, who described and 

 figured, without having seen it. It certainly cannot be admitted 

 into the systems of malacology without further investigation. 

 His Mazama (Ovis montana, Ord.) is identical with Aplocerus of 

 Smith, and was probably first published-! If this is the case, 

 Smith's genus Mazama is left without a name. Many new spe- 

 cies of Aphis, (and two new genera,) are described in this period- 

 ical ; and, in the extended article "on water snakes, several spe- 

 cies of Sea-serpent are named, principally from newspaper para- 

 graphs. See a list of these papers, appended to the Florula Lu- 

 doviciana. 



]819. Sei'cnty new genera of animals in the Journal de Piiy- 

 sique, Vol. 88. This paper is too long for analysis. Two Chei- 

 roptera are noticed, and some "genera" of Helix proposed. The 

 fishes described are reproduced in his Ohio fishes ; and many of 

 the genera, especially among the zoophytes, are fossil. 



Several genera and species of fish are described in the Jour. 

 Acad. Nat. Sci. Yol. I, and in the first volume of the American 



* The greater part of his fossils resembled bis plants, as any stone which was 

 marked with the slightest ridge or farrow, or bore any vestige of organic remain 

 was carefully preserved, together with strange looking pebbles and waterworn frag- 

 ments. Bushels of such trash were sold at the sale of his eifects, for trifling sums 

 but the specimens were absolutely worthless; the localities even beino- unknown. 

 There were many bad specimens of Unio, mostly odd valves, amonw them. 



t It includes Smith's genus Subulo! one species being called 3Iazama pita, and 

 another M. bira. These names are taken from Azara. See Hunter's trans vol. 1. 

 p. 141 and 145. 



