Σαπερδὶς, a fresh-water fish, perhaps Accipenser hugo, 229. Σαργῖνος, the sardine, migratory, Tetragonus niger, 231. Σὰργος, Sparus sargus, _Strack_, a sea-fish, 108, 109, 159, 200. Σατύριον, Sorex moschatus, 205. Σαῦρα, Lizard, generic name, 5, 8, 25, 34, 35, 36, 39, 43, 44; reproduction, 103, 137; life, 204; hybernates, 213; change of skin, 216; Arabian lizards, 225, 252. Σαύρος, Salmo Saurus, marine, 234. Σειρῆν, a kind of wild bee or wasp, Megachile muraria, 260. Σελάχη, the class of cartilaginous fishes, 7, 8, 14, 37, 38, 59, 60, 66; description of the class, 46, 48; sleep, 98; kinds, 99, 104; reproduction, 103, 149, 160; carnivorous, 199; marine, 211; hybernate, 214; male and female, 257. Σελαχοείδεις, cartilaginous fishes, 44, 95, 104, 214. Σέσελις, an umbelliferous plant, Seseli tortuosum, 236. Σηπία, Sepia officinalis, _Spratt's Lycia_, cuttle-fish, 7, 9, 10, 73, 74, 75, 80, 83, 93; reproduction, 105, 110, 120, 123, 125, 154; food, 199; the male protects the female when wounded, 231; emission of the ink, 257; said to change its colour, _ib._ Σὴς, various kinds of moths in clothes, in beehives, in books, 135. Σικύη, a kind of long gourd, 246. Σικύος, gourd or cucumber, Cucurbita lagenaria, 206. Σίλφη, a stinking insect, Blatta orientalis, or Lepisma, _Strack_, 216. Σίλφιον, a plant, perhaps Assafœtida, Laserpitium, or Thapsus Silphium, 227. Σινόδων, or συνόδων, a carnivorous fish, Tetraodon hispidus, or mola, or Sparus dentex, _Strack_, T. lineatus, 199, 200, 211, 234. Σίττη, a kind of woodpecker, or perhaps Sitta Europœa, creeper, 233, 247. Σιττάκη or ψιττάκη, parrot, Psittacus erithacus. Σκάρος, a sea-fish, supposed by the ancients to ruminate, Scarus oretius, _Spratt's Lycia_, S. cretensis, _Strack_, 37; has not sharp teeth, 38, 44; food, 199; appears to ruminate, 200, 256, 278. Σκίαινα, a sea-fish, Sciæna nigra, _Strack_, S. cirrhosa, 218. Σκίλλη, Scilla maritima, 133. Σκολόπαξ, perhaps the woodcock, Scolopax rusticola, 242. Σκολόπενδρα, Scolopendra morsitans, Centipede, 8; the marine kinds Nereis or Aphrodite, A. aculeata, 38, 88, 255. Σκομβρίας, σκόμβρος, fish allied to the tunny, mackerel, Scomber sarda, 109, 160, 210, 212, 235. Σκορδύλη or κορδύλη, the young tunny, 160. Σκορπίος, Scorpio Europæus, 89, 131, 135, 227. Σκορπίος, a sea-fish, Cottus Scorpius, _Strack_, 44, 108, 211. Σκορπὶς, a sea-fish, Scorpæna porcus, 109. Σκορπιῶδες, a small creature in books, Phalangium Cancroides, 89, 135. Σκυλίον, dog-fish, Squalus Stellaris, S. canicula, 149, 151. Σκύλλαρος or κύλλαρος, a kind of hermit-crab, 85. Σκωλήκιον, a worm that eats wood, 136; a small intestinal worm in fish, 159; an insect in honey-combs, 266. Σκώληξ, worm, especially the earthworm, 8, 123. Σκὼψ, the screech-owl, Strix Scops, Strix Otus, 201, 249.