A.beetle, prob. blister-beetle, Cantharis vesicatoria, Arist.HA531b25, 542a9; used in medicine, Hp.Nat.Mul.32, Plu.2.22a: pl., POxy.1088.14 (i A.D.); beetle hurtful to corn, Pl.Com.37, Thphr.HP8.10.1, Nic.Al.115; also to fruits, etc., Arist.HA552b1; so prob. in Gal.12.363.
II. a kind of fish, Numen. ap. Ath.7.326f.