CHAP. 62.—LEPIDOTIS. LESBIAS. LEUCOPHTHALMOS. LEUCOPŒCILOS. LIBANOCHRUS. LIMONIATIS. LIPAREA. LYSIMACHOS. LEUCOCHRYSOS.

Lepidotis3352 is a stone of various colours, and resembles the scales of fish in appearance. Lesbias, so called from Lesbos which produces it, is a stone found in India as well. Leucophthalmos,3353 which in other respects is of a reddish hue, presents all the appearance of an eye, in white and black. Leucopœcilos3354 is white, variegated with drops of vermilion of a golden hue. Libanochrus3355 strongly resembles frankincense, and yields a liquid like honey. Limoniatis3356 would appear to be the same as smaragdus; and all that we find said about liparea3357 is, that employed in the form of a fumigation, it allures all kinds of wild beasts. Lysimachos resembles Rhodian marble, with veins of gold: in polishing it, it is reduced very considerably in size, in order to remove all defects. Leucochrysos3358 is a kind of chrysolithos interspersed with white.