Chap. 73.] crssms. 459 



CHAP. 72. niF.ciors STONKS WHICH DEKIYE THEIB NAMES 



ANIMALS. CAKCINIAS. KCHITIS. 8CO1UTTIS. SCAK1TIS. TJil- 

 GLIT1S. <ft:GOIM!TUALM03. HYOVUTlfALMOS. GERAXITIS. HIKRA- 

 CITIS. AKTITIS. 11YKMECIT1S. CAJJTI1ARIA9. LYCOriiTnAUdOS. 

 TAGS. T1M1CTOXIA. 



Other stones, again, derive their names from various animals. 

 Carcinias 40 is so called from the colour of the sea-crab ; echitis, 41 

 from the colour of the viper ; ficorpitis?, 42 from either the colour 

 or the shape of the scorpion ; scaritis, from the fish called 

 scarus ; w triglitis, from the sur-mullet ; M jrgophthalmos, from 

 the eye of the goat; hyophthahnos, from the eye of the swine; 

 gcranitis, from the neck of the crane ; hieracitis, from the 

 neck of the hawk ; and aetitis, from the colour of the white- 

 tailed eagle. Myrmecitis 45 presents the rppearance of an ant 

 crawling within, and cantharias, 46 of a scarabaeus. Lycoph- 

 thalmos 47 is a stone of four different colours; on the exterior 

 it is ruddy and blood-red, and within it is black, surrounded 

 with a line of white, closely resembling the eye of the wolf in 

 every respect. Taos* 8 is a stone with colours like those of the 

 peacock. Timictonia, I find, is the name of a stone, like the 

 asp. in colour. 



CIIAP. 73. - PRECIOUS STONES WHICH DERIVE THEIR NAMES FROM 

 OTHER OBJECTS. HAMMOCHRYSOS. CENCHRITIS. DUYITIS. CIS- 

 SITIS. NARCISSITIS. CYAM1AS. TYREN. PI1CENICITIS. CHA- 

 LAZIAS. 1'YRITIS. POLYZONOS. ASTUAP-EA. P1ILOGITIS. AN- 

 THRACITIS. ENIIYGROS. POLYTHRIX. LEONTIOS. PARDAUOS. 

 DROSOLITHOS. MEL1C1IUU8. 31ELICOLOROS. CROCIAS. POLIAS. 

 SPAKTOPOL1AS. 11HODITIS. CHALCITI8. SYCITIS. BOSTRYCHIT1S. 

 CHEIiNITIS. ANANCITIS. BYNOCHITIS. DENDRTTIS. 



llammochrysos 49 resembles sand in appearance, but sand 

 mixed with gold. Cenchritis 50 has all the appearance of grains 

 of millet scattered here and there. Dryitis 51 resembles the 

 trunk of a tree, and burns like wood. Cissiiis, fii upon a white, 



40 " Crab stone." * l " Viper-stone." 42 4t Scorpion stone." 



43 Sec tt. ix. c. 29, B. XT. c. Gl, and B. xxxii. c. 53. This was perhaps 

 the same stone as the " Synodontitis" of Chapter 67. 



44 Which was called rpcyXa, in Greek. 



45 ' 4 Ant stone." Possibly a kind of amber. 4 * ' Beetle stone." 

 47 " Wi.lfi eye." 4 ^ PC acock stone." 



43 " fJold'-n hand." This may possibly have b-en Aventurine quart!. 

 60 " MilU-t Ktono." H 4t '0uk btoue." Fossil coal, perhaps. 



"Ivy stuiie." 



