64 PLINY'S NATURAL HISTOUY. [Book XXXII. 



the orthnoriscus, M the phnger, M the j>hycis w a rock-fish, the 

 pelamis,** (the largest kind of which is called " opoiefctum, 

 and is tougher than the tritomus) the sea-pig, 60 the phtliir, 

 the sea-sparrow, 6 - the pastinaca, 63 the several varieties oLlhe_ 

 polyp, 64 the scallop,* 5 which is larger and more swarthy in 

 summer than at other times, and the most esteemed of which 

 are those of Mitylcne, 06 Tyndaris,'- 7 Salome, 6 * Altinuin, w .the 

 island of Chios, and Alexandria in Egypt; the small scallop/ 

 the purple, " the pegris, 7 - the pinna, 73 the pinnotheres, 71 the 

 rliine 7 * or squalus of the Latins, the turbo ty* the Beams 77 a 

 fish which holds the first rank at the present day ; the sole, 7 * the 

 sargus, 79 the squilla, w the sarda 81 such being the name of an 

 elongated pelamis 52 which comes from the Ocean; the scomber,* 3 

 the salpa,* 1 the sorus,* 5 the Rcorprena, h * the sea-scorpion, fe7 the so- 

 las,*" the sciiena,*" the sciadeus, 60 the scolopendra,' 1 the smyrus,' /; 

 the sxpia,* 5 the strombus, y4 the solen, 95 otherwise known as the 



55 The same, probably, as the *'orbis." Sec Chapters 5 and 9 of the 

 present Book. ** Or phagrus. See B. ix. c. 21. 



47 Sec B. ix. c. 42. * A young tunny. See B. ix. c. 20. 



L9 A " choice bit." See B. ix. c. 20. 



60 Sec B. ix. c. 17. 6l This fish lias not been identified. 



62 Sec B. ix. c. 36. 63 Or sting-ray. See B. ix. c. 40. 



64 See B. ix. c. 48. See B. ix. c. 51. ** See B. v. c. ,'H). 



67 Probably the place of tbat name in Sicily* mentioned in B. ii. c. 04, 

 and B. iii. c. 14. 6 " See It. iii. c/20. 



C9 See B. iii. c. 22. 70 **IVctunculus." Sec Note 65 above. 



71 See B. ix. c. 60. " 2 An unknown fish. The reading is doubtful. 



73 Src- B. ix. c. 60. '* See B. ix. c. 66. See B. ix. c. 40. 



Ithombus." Sec B. ix. c. 36. 



^ Sec B. ix. c. 20. ' See B. ix. c. 36. " Sec B. ix. c. 30. 



* The same, perhaps, as the *' pinnotheres" of B. ix. C. C6, a kind of 

 Lrimp. " See Chapter 17 of this Book. 



See B. ix. c. IS. M See B. ix. c. 19. ** See B. ix. c. 32. 



w ConRidt-red by Sillig to be the same as the "Saurus" of Chapter 28 of 

 this Book ; the " sea-lizard," apparently. 



s ' It does not seem to have b en identified; though Rondelet says tbat 

 it is the same as the Hasfafse of the Mediterranean. 



K See B. xx. c. 53, and Chapters 23, 30, 32, 34, and 35 of this Book. 



*"* This fi^i has not been identified ; indeed the reading is very doubtful. 



* See B. ix. c. 24. 



* A fish similar to the preceding one, probably ; some kind of ombre, 

 Littre thinks. 91 See B.'ix. c. 67. 



*- Probably the same as the " Myrus " of B. ix. c. 30. 



w See B. ix. c. 45. w g ce Chapter 30 of this Book. 



w See Chapter 32 of this Book. 



