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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
oí
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.gsvery
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.esof 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.ISbas (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.ndthrecrl-likc. h inhwlts
mor–
lTes.
12 ,
T he
bat3taS,
is
01'
~
blood·('(lh'ur.
a.n~\
a
li..
1e
rOllgh;
<JI'
fore
p.urof kg'
'-1'<
as long
dS
\he
body.