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ACANT l-!1NS, any thing rofcmbliog

aT

helonging

' 0

the herb

aC:lnthus.

Ac.:Jllthim: garmcnu,

amullg

(he

anciems, are:.

raid

lO

be made of lhe Jown of tbiflk s ;

Qthers t!link

(hey

wcrc.garmcnls clllbroiJ.ercd in

l.nll–

talion al'

the

acanthus.

A CANTffiUM, in hotany, the tri.i.l name af a (pe–

eies of onopordum. Scc

O NOPOkDU M.

ACANTHO lDES, in botany, • fyaonime af me

C' T–

Iina, or carlinc-thiUle. See

C AP..L IN A.

ACAN.THOPTE R YG IOUS

fifhes ,

~

tc1m ufed by

L innx us and athers faTm ofe GILe. whafe uack-filll are

haTd, alfeaus, and PTickly_

ACANT HUS, bears-bTcach,

aT

bTank-urline, in bota–

ny, a genus of plants belonging

tO

the didynamia aQ–

giofpermi.

cl.ús

. TheTe aTe aaly fivc fpecie. of this

f

lant, aJl of which are aatives ei!ber

of

ltaly ar the

ndies. l"'or lIS figure, whicb

i5

extremely bcautiful,

fce plate

1.

fig.

3. Tbe

leO\'es af lhe acaothus aTe

famaus for haviog givea rife ta lhe capital of the Ca–

tinlhian

arder

of

architeéture.

ACA NT HU' is

li~ewife

ufed by Theophraaus as a fyoa–

Dime of che acacia.

ACAHTHU S,

in accbiteél"ure, an arnament repreCenting

me leaves af th·e acanthus, ufed in the capitals of lhe

C oriothiañ

and

Cowpafite oTders. See AaC HIT tC–

TU RE.

~CANUS,

in bataor, a f)'oanirne 'of

thc

cmlllus cafa–

bonz of

Linn~us.

See

CA

R.DOVS.

ACAP lITLI, the American oame of the piper loogum,

or laog pepper. See

p,

PE

R.

~CAPNON,

ia botaoy, an abCakte ""me of the aTiga–

DUro

or

marjoram. See

OR. IGANU ,.t,

.hCAP UL CO, in geagraph)', a fea-por! town io Nortb

AmeTica, io

. 0 1 .

o.

W. laog.

"1. 3. N.

la.<. fiLUated

io me pravince of Mexico,

00

a

fiae hay af the SOlllh–

(ea, fram wbence a Ibip Cails . oaualll' ta MatliUa

in

<he Phiüppioe iflands.

aCARA,

in

ichthyolagy,

an

obfaL:te Dame

of

.he

perca

- chryfoptera. See PERC ....

ACAR A-AYA, in ichthyo\ogy,

an

ohfolere name

of

a

. {pecies of the eyprious ar carpo See CH' tHUS .

ACARA-PEBA, io ich,hyalagl',

an

ohiclete name of

the fparos. See S ' HUS.

ACAR lI-PINIMA, io ichmyalogy, an obfolete name

of the fparo. cantharus. See

S'AR~S.

ACAR A-PIT AMBA, io ichthyology,

an

abfal..e Dame

of

a fpecios af me mugil. See M"

G

I

~.

ACAR Ar, a ' a\Vo ia Paraguay in Sowh AmeTica, built

by me Jefuits io

,62 4, ,. 6. 40. 1008. 26. 0-.

S.

la•.

A CAR!. Sce AcARus.

AC¡\R ICOllA, in batao)', a fyoaoime of the hy&aca–

. yle uDlbellata. Sce

BYDR OCOT YL E.

ACARNA , io bataoy,' [yoaoime of

,be

carduus caofa–

bon::t, of

the cnicus,

oi"

me

carlina lanata, corymbo..

fa, ractmoCa, and cancellata. Acarnai1 alfo ufed

by

VaiUant as a tcrm for eynaracephalous or

a1:ticho~

h¡:aded plants_

J\.CAR NIIN, an al1fol". oame af the [parus erytl"Y"

ous. See

S PARVS.

ACARON, the Dame of <he gad of Bies. T I", E

lt.ro

...

ite. caUed hilll

lJa. /z<ú"b.

AC /\ R US, a

g<OllS

of infed, h:loaging ....

lha

ordu

Il(

"ptcra, or fuch as ha\'c no wings . The. ;u:anu

h~

11.

Icgs,

:J

cyes, one on each fide of the head.

and

~wo

jointtd

ttat~cula li~e

fcet. See pute

l.

lig. 4. T herc

are tllirty-one fpecies af the ac. rus. , . The elepluo–

tious, "' about .be lize of a white lupia lCed,

has a

dcprelfed orbicular livid hody,

thic~eft

<l

the edz..,

wilh three furrows

0 0

eacfi

flde af the beJly, anu

a

black oval trilid fpat at the hafe

or

epd af lb. bocll'_

!t

is a oative af

Ludia. '.

Thc

"'ID'ptius, i.

of

an

oval fhape, ycllowilh colour. and a white edge or

margino

lt

is a nati.. af lbe Ean.

3.

The redu,–

vius is plain ' Dd oval, ,.,itb

an

" val (poI

at

tlle hafe.

lt

I¡ves on oxen and dogs. 4, T hc amcrica.nus,

i,

reddifh and ovaL, wi<h the (cuteUum and joiots af .the

feet ",hite

lt

isa native of America. 4-

Th~ f~oguifu­

gus. Thc hindc:r

parc

of the abdomen

Ls

creoal(..'d, the

(cuteUum is oval aad

ycll~wilh,

...

d

ehe bm i•

..

¡¡¡¡J.

lt

i.s

a native of America, and ilicks fa.

r.a

ou

rbe legt

of travellers, Cuclciog tllCir blaod, tha< tbey,",o b",d–

Iy be extraéled.

6.

T he Ticious is glabulaT, aod

hu

a

roood fpot al tho uare ; lhe foelo" "'e clubbed.

!t

inhahits lbe bodí", of dags and oxen.

1. Tbe

00'10-

croides,

wilb.

túppcrs like a crab. and an

O\,al

dep~r­

ed bclly_

lt

is roucd

in

the thady places af ¡¡:u–

rope.

8.

T he (co'pinides. witb crah-h.e . ippers, a

cyllodTical beill', aod a fm;J1

pOI1Julla,

head_

1I

i.

of a yellowi{h catuar; and

tU

bite

i~

veoornou.s,

It

is a aative

America.

9.

Tbe

craOipes has <he .fe–

coad paie

aE

legs Ib. ped like !baf. of a

crab,

aod is •

oative of Ew-ape.

10 .

TLe paúerin. s bas the thin!

p'air'of legs remukably tbicke, tbao tbe re(l.

!t in–

fefls feveral fpecies

Clf

r arrows,

1 l .

The mocato–

riu, ha\ me tira paie o

I.gs

very

Ioog

aod n¡mblll"

.ad f..queo" the woad. .

!O.

Tile aphidioides bas

<he firí. pair af feel laoge(l,

and

t\9"

(maI1

uoros ac

the hind. Tpar! of <he hclly.

lt

is a nacive of E u–

rape.

13-

The

caleoptr.cus is black., ""d

th.

Gdes

are a little cl'ullaceous..

1t

is

a.

Move of Europe.

,+

The .elarios is af a greenifh )'c.llow coleur.

!t

has a

fmal!

fliog

or

weapon, witb whidl. ir woutlds

<he

lea.es

of plaots, and ocewoos tbem to fold back–

waTd. T hel'

>re, very

frequently to be

me!

witb iD

tIle autumn, iocloCed ia the fuldeu lca,es af the

Jil~e­

u ee. •

¡.

T he Gro bas lab-lik,

6d,, ;

the foo r bin–

der

rccc

are longdt ; the bead and

tlllgns

are of an

in!n colour, and tbe bdly

j,

brifi ly.

It

inhab,,,

Lhe fnrioaccous

plants of Europc ;u¡¡d

!\m~,ica.

16.

The cxulcerans has very loog Ittacl.ous

1(&.,

bUl

\he

two tid! are !hort.

lt

inhabits [he fCOI.bics, q The

gCDiculatus-, is black., and rhe. joillts of {be tlugb.s

a,¡__

globulaT

18

The aquaIicu, h... • depreibl red

belly,

. nd

,h. hindee pan cf ,. abtufe. l. ¡ohabits

me

frcfl~

waters

0 1'

Europe.

I lj.

T h.e

11l)1..,k(h':

~I.IS

bas (he

fame

charaélers wíth (he fOt"mcr, unly

1(

J",cs

not li.'c in water.

20

Thl!

bac~uum,

h:n

.l

n:~1

d¡–

tlended

beUy,

and lives on gwf,::bcrric9,

6,_

1 1.

Th,

mufcorum, is

0 1'

3.

yelk)\vifh

red , u1our,

flfld

the hlD–

der leys are long :

.I.nd

threcrl-likc. h inhwlts

mor–

lTes.

12 ,

T he

bat3taS,

is

01'

~

blood·('(lh'ur.

a.n~\

a

li..

1e

rOllgh;

<JI'

fore

p.ur

of kg'

'-1'<

as long

dS

\he

body.