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animal to Rafinesque, or that he (Rafinesque) might have been present at the 

 reading of the paper, for it is certain that he sent a good description to Daudin, 

 who pubUshed it in his work under the name it now bears, which was probably 

 given by Barton, and communicated through Rafinesque to Daudin, for the latter 

 gives the specific name, as imposed by Barton. Six years after, Dr, Barton 

 published his account of the same animal in the sixth volume of the Transactions 

 of the American Philosophical Society, under the name Lacerta subviolacea, from 

 its colour. It would appear, however, that the specific name venenosa is the 

 appropriate one, at least so far as regards priority, as it was first pubhshed by 

 Daudin, with a reference to Barton, who had no right to change a name, even 

 though imposed by himself, after it had been once published to the scientific world. 



