Part 45

234. Quaest. conv. καὶ μὴν, de fac. lun. καὶ τὴν, Stein μαινῶν, Diels καλχῶν, comparing Nicander, Alexipharm. 393 and Schol. Schneid. p. 98 for the interpretation of a fish furnishing a dye. Also Arist. Hist. anim. viii. 13; 599 a 10 πορφύραι καὶ κήρυκες.

236-237. Arist. Meteor. iv. 9 387 b 4.

237. MS. λεπίδες, corr. Karst. from a gloss of Hesych.

238-239. Plut. de fort. 98 D.

238. MS. ἐχῖνος, corr. Steph. 239. MS. ὀξυβελὴς δέ τε, text follows Cd. Vulc.

240-242. Simpl. de caelo, Peyr. 28; Gaisford xliii. Brand. Schol. 512 a. The three lines are cited separately.

242. A ξυμπρώτ’, B ξυμπρώταις, corr. Karst.

243. Plut. Quaest. conv. 683 E.

244-246. Simpl. de caelo, Peyr. 46; Gaisf. xliv. Schol. Brand. 512 a. 244. Ar. de anim. iii. 6; 430 a 29; de gen. an. i. 18; 722 b 20, and commentators.

244. MS. ᾗ, ἤ, ὡς. 245. πολλαὶ, πολλῶν ἐμπλάζοντο.

247-253. Simpl. Phys. 258 r.

247. MS. τοῦτον μὲν ἂν ... ὄγκον, Vulg. omits ἂν, text from Diels. 249. MS. θαλέθοντος, corr. Karst. 253. Ald. ὀρειμελέεσσιν, corr. Schneider (cf. 438).

254-256. Simpl. de caelo following 246 after a break.

254. B Taur. omit δαίμονι. 256. B Taur. ἐξεγένετο.

257-260. Aelian, hist. anim. xvi. 29. Cf. Plut. Colot. 1123 B.

257. MS. φύεσθαι, Karst. ἐφύοντο. 258. MS. ἀνδρόπρωνα ... ἐξανατείνειν, corr. Gronovius. 259. MS. ὑπ’, corr. Jacobs. 260. MS. σκιεροῖς, corr. Diels.

261. Plut. Colot. 1123 B.

MS. εἱλίποδα κριτόχειρα, corr. Karst. and Duebner.

262-269. Simpl. Phys. 86 v 381, 31.

263. MS. ἐννυχίους, corr. Panz. cf. Odyssey λ 344 ἀπὸ σκοποῦ, which perhaps should be restored here. 266. MS. εἴδεος, Stz. οὔδεος, but cf. Simpl. 382, 7. 269. E οἵα τ’, F οὔτ’, a οὔτ’ αὖ, Diels οἷόν τ’: EF γύων, a γῆρυν, corr. Stein.

270. Arist. de gen. anim. i. 18; 722 b 12; ibid. i. 1; 764 b 17; and 270-271 in Philop. on this passage.

270. Z omits ἐν. 271. Stein transposes last two words.

272. Plut. Quaest. nat. 917 C.

MS. τῷ δέ τι ... εἴτε διὰ πέψεως ἀμμίσγων. Karst, τῷ δ’ ἐπὶ ... δι’ ὄψεος ἀντ’ ἀίσσων, Stein ἀμμιχθέντι.

273-274. Arist. de gen. anim. iv. 1; 723 a 24 after 271. S ἐλύθη.

275. Schol. Eur. Phoen. p. 600 Valck. Stein transposes first two words.

276-278. Galen in Hippokr. Epidem. iv. 2.

276. MS. τὸ κατ’ ἄρρενα ἔπλετο γαίης. Text from Diels.