254 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ACADEMY OF [1892. 



Family TRICHIURIDJE. 



80. Trichiurus lepturus (L). 



Apost. 22 {Trichiurus lepturus), '\ (j-aHin^uiiiu^ blade-fish. 



81. Lepidopus caudatus (Euphrasen). 



Apost. 22 (Lepidopus argenteus), f T/J"? at Patras and f J?.'.axax at 

 Corfu. 



Family SCOMBRIDJE. 



82. Scomber scombrus (L). 



Apost. 19 {Scomber scomber), tjy.nuiJ.Cp''. 



83. Scomber colias (Gmelin). H. IyMij>if,pi{^^ axopfipi (J, * Zfrr^po^- (j). 



Apost. 19 {Scomber colias), y.o'Ato^. 



The specimen which I bought as /.o'a'j'x; got lost, so that although 

 1 secured the name I can not be sure of the species to which it was 

 attached. 



Arist, (jy.upfjpo^, 610b 7, 597a 22, 571a 14, 571a 12, 599a 2. The 

 Gx6iJ.6poi copulate about April and spawn about July or iiugust. 

 The weaker animals always migrate first at each extreme of heat or 

 cold, the ay.6pf)poi before the Ou'^xa, and the quails before the cranes. 

 Frequently when the south wind blows against the y.oXia'. and ayiip.- 

 6poi as they are swimming out of the Black Sea, they are caught 

 below more than about Byzantium. koUai^ ay.upMpoi and -r^katiudzq 

 run in schools. Athen. vii, 116. Hicesius says the ay.op.^pot are 

 less in size than the yjikiai, but more nutritious. Arist. y.aMu.'i, 610b 

 7, 543a 2, 598a 24. The most of the xoXiai do not migrate into the 

 Pontus but pass the summer in the Propontis and spawn, while 

 they pass the winter in the Aegsean. The xoUat are caught when 

 they are passing into the Propontis, and in smaller numbers as they 

 pass out. They are best in the Propontis before they spawn. The 

 axopftpoi and y-oliai (are gregarious) go in schools. 



Athen. iii, 92. The adp^a. is like the yM/Jji.<; in size. 



84. Gymnosarda alliterata (Rafinesque). 



Apost. 19 {Thynnus tliynnina), -f zo-^iva at Chalcis. 



The tunny {(Jnwo?, fem. Ouv^a and Oowt'?), is probably mentioned 

 oftener than any other fish in A. G. writers. Arist., Ow'^o^, 488a 6, 

 505a 27, 591a 11, 537a 21 23, 543a 12, 571a 12 8, 607b 32, 607b 

 28, 599b 9 sq., 602a 31, 543a 1 b 3, 571a 15 14, 598b 19, 597a 22, 

 557a 27, 598a 18, 602a 26, 1531a 30, 844a 29. Oo^^t^, 591b 17, 

 610b 4, 1528b 6, 543a 9, 543b 12, 598a 26, 571a 10 15 18. 



