HALIEUTICA, I. 307-319 



Osmylus." These also are amphibious ; and some 

 rustic tiller of the soil, I ween, who tends a \-ineyard 

 by the sea, has seen an Osmylus or a Poulpe twining 

 about the fruit-laden branches and devouring the 

 sweet fruit off the trees.'' The same way as these 

 reptiles have also the crafty Cuttle-fish.'' But other 

 tribes dwell in the waves which have a hard shell,<^ 

 many among the rocks and many amid the sands ; * 

 to A\-it, the Nerites ^ and the race of the Strombus 

 and the Purple-shells themselves and the Trumpet- 

 shells and the Mussel » and the truly named Razor- 

 shell ^ and the dew}' Oysters ' and the prickly 

 Sea-urchins,^ which, if one cut them in small pieces 

 and cast them into the sea, grow together and again 

 become alive.*^ 



* A. 547 b33 <f)veTai o airrCbv to, fuv iv roh revdyeai, to 8 

 ev Tols aiyiaXoU, ra 5' iv roh ffiriKwSeffi Tdiroii, ivioi 5' ev rois 

 (t/cXtjpois Kal rpaxeo'i, to. 5' ev tois aixfj-uioeaiv. 



^ vTiHTrji, (TTpofi^os, irop<pi'pa, K^pv^ all belong to the 

 arpofi^wdri (A. 5-28 a 10, Part. an. 679 b 14) or spiral-shaped 

 Testaceans. vrjpiTTjs (A. 530 a 7, 547 b 23, etc. ; Ael. xiv. -28 ; 

 also called avapirrj^ Athen. 85 d, 86 a) and Kijpv^ (A. 5-2S a 10 

 547 b 3, etc. ; .\then. 86 c-91 e) may be species of Buccinum 

 or Trochti^. arpoix^Sos (A. 548 a 17, etc. ; Ael. vii. 31, etc.) 

 may be Cerlthlum ruh/afum, Ital. sfromholo. wop<l>vpa (A. 

 547 a 4 (IitI 5e rCiv -ropcpvpQv yevrj irXeioj, cf. Athen. 88fiF. ; 

 Plin. ix. 130 ff.) probably includes Murttx hrandaris, M. 

 trunculus. Purpura lapillus, etc. 



» Mytilus edidis, etc., A. 538 a 15, 547 b 11, etc. 



* A bivalve which burrows in the sand ; several species, 

 Solen siliqua, S. ensis, S. hr/umen, etc., occur in the 

 Mediterranean. A. 547 b 13. etc.: Plin. x. 192, xi. 139. 

 It is "truly named" as <rwX^j' = pipe, in reference to the 

 long tubular shell. Also called a^Xos, 56va^, Svif Athen. 90 d, 

 cf. Plin. xxxii. 151. * //. i. 764 n. 



' H. ii. 2-25 n. ; E. Forbes, pp. 149 ff. 



* Ael. ix. 47 ; Phil. 64. 



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