OCCULTAS SPIRANTIBUS. IJ 



„tur Rondelctiiis) BcUoniinn non ndmodiim nbfurdc fcripfine : Rannm pi- 

 icatriccm geminos lub vcntre pcdcs h;ibcre ad ranxpiilullrisllniilitudincra, 

 „mcmbrana intertcxtos, qvibus verilimilc ell , eam ranx in modum per 

 „maris lundum incedcrc,,. Qvid ergo obftaret, qvo minus ejusmodi pi- 

 lcium genus lingulare conilituercaius, rubaiitiqvo, qvo Plinius (Lib. XXXIf. 

 cap. X.) utitur nomine. 



I. BATRACHUS, corpore qvafi pedato. Ex gracco|9«Tffl!;^o?, Rana ; fic 

 ranunculum plantam graxi batrachion vocant. Flin. XXV. 

 ca\). CIX. batrachites , gemmacolorcm ranx retbrens. IJ. 

 XXXVII. cnp. LVI. (ia]^cixiog A!]cij bufonita 3 bufonites} 

 bufonius lapis: 



I. Batracbus, capite ri&uqve rante^ corpore & figura gyrino fimilis; 

 lub iplb gutture fibi mutuo vicinx binac pinns, talpx pedi- 

 bus limillimar, lingulx qvinis radiis leu digicis conlto! tes; 

 Willugbb. p. Sd- q''^'^ pinnas tamen Tab. E. i. non exhiber. 

 A little bclow the Diaphragm , on its upper Part, are two 

 iargc Fins in the Shape of a Hand, anddividcdintofiveFin- 

 gers j Anonyui cit. p. fo. & p. fi. He has rvvo little Feetco- 

 mmgoutof his Belly, like the Feet of a Gooie. Ultimus 

 fuit qvatuor pedes longus, with a Mouth large cnoughtota- 

 ke in a middle fiiz^d Dog , it opcning twelve hiches wide. 

 (2aT^axo? grtecis. Pilcis rospus, Iftrisi rospus enim ipfis 

 bufo. Bora, Taurinis ; Zatto, LomhardiSf G.Emiusapud 

 Charleton:Rima pilcatrix.SV//y/V?«/,& aliorum. Thelodlish, 

 or Frogfish, or Sea-Divel , Auglis. Sub altero pinnarum pare, 

 iniplijpilcismargine iito , ingentiaforamina, in qvorumfun- 

 do tres branchirt, nullis ariiHs donataf. Lophius a) ore 

 cirrofo b) figura corporis monilrola ; Artedi ^cbth. P. IIL 

 p. 6z. 



a) Xo^M pinna, eminentia, qvi.a uncfiqve eminentiis , pinniformibus inflruitur, ^/■/«■(f, 

 eum pinna aiias WTi^i^ vel 'Trti^oCpfia, groecis audit, AcipKX, vel Ao(^(« autem 

 proprie prorai»»fwr/'rf (fojyJTumitur ; infuper claritTimus /i«/or P. /J.p. 3. autuniat, mem- 

 brnnas qvae interdum fperiem pinnac habent , nullis tamen ofliculis vel cartilsiitnibus 

 ndiatis tulciuniur, nullum ufuni in natando praeliarej h\nc p/KBtt »fptUari ni,i7 fofjt. 

 Qvicqvid tamen rit,piurioii pifces intrarent ir> eontubernium Lophltritm, qvodpiunrai 

 eminentias liabent; Horunt ^rtedus ncn nifi duas (pecies rcccnfet. 



