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 ACANTHINE, any thing reembling or belonging to the herb acanthus. Acanthine garments, among the ancients, are aid to be made of the down of thitles; other think they were garments embroidered in imitation of the acanthus.  ACANTHIUM, in botany, the trivial name of a pecies of onopordum. See.  ACANTHOIDES, in botany, a ynonime of the carlina, or carline-thitle. See.  ACANTHOPTERYGIOUS fihes, a term ued by Linnæus and others for thoe fihes whoe back-fins are hard, oeous, and prickly.  ACANTHUS, bears-breach, or brank-urine, in botany, a genus of plants belonging to the didynamia angiopermia clas. There are only five pecies of this plant, all of which are natives either of Italy or the Indies. For its figure, which is extremely beautiful, ee plate I. fig. 3. The leaves of the acanthus are famous for having given rie to the capital of the Corinthian order of architecture.

is likewie ued by Theophratus as a ynonime of the acacia.

, in architecture, an ornament repreenting the leaves of the acanthus, ued in the capitals of the Corinthian and Compoite orders. See.  ACANUS, in botany, a ynonnime of the carduus caabonæ of Linnæus. See.  ACAPATLI, the American name of the piper longum, or long pepper. See.  ACAPNON, in botany, an obolete name of the origanum or marjoram. See. <section end="Acapnon" /> <section begin="Acapulco" />ACAPULCO, in geography, a ea-port town in North America, in 102. 0. W. long. 17. 3. N. lat. ituated in the province of Mexico, on a fine bay of the South-ea, from whence a hip ails annually to Manilla in the Philippine ilands. <section end="Acapulco" /> <section begin="Acara" />ACARA, in ichthyology, an obolete name of the perca chryoptera. See. <section end="Acara" /> <section begin="Acara-Aya" />ARARA-AYA, in ichthyology, an obolete name of a pecies of the cyrprinus or carp. See. <section end="Acara-Aya" /> <section begin="Acara-Peba" />ACARA-PEBA, in ichthyology, an obolete name of the parus. See. <section end="Acara-Peba" /> <section begin="Acara-Pinima" />ACARA-PINIMA, in ichthyology, an obolete name of the parus cantharus. See. <section end="Acara-Pinima" /> <section begin="Acara-Pitamba" />ACARA-PITAMBA, in ichthyology, an obolete name of a pecies of the mugil. See. <section end="Acara-Pitamba" /> <section begin="Acarai" />ACARAI, a town in Paraguay in South America, built by the Jeuits in 1624, 116. 40. long. 26. 0. S. lat. <section end="Acarai" /> <section begin="Acari" />ACARI. See. <section end="Acari" /> <section begin="Acaricoba" />ACARICOBA, in botany, a ynonime of the hydrocotyle umbellata. See. <section end="Acaricoba" /> <section begin="Acarna" />ACARNA, in botany, a ynonime of the carduus cauabonæ, of the cnicus, of the carlina lanata, corymboa, racemoa, and cancellata. Acarna is alo ued by Vaillant as a term for cynaracephalous or artichoak-headed plants. <section end="Acarna" /> <section begin="Acarnan" />ACARNAN, an obolete name of the parus erythrynus. See. <section end="Acarnan" /> <section begin="Acaron" />ACARON, the name of the god of flies. the Ekronites called him Baalzebub. <section end="Acaron" /> <section begin="Acarus" />ACARUS, a genus of inects belonging to the order of aptera, or uch as have no wings. The acarus has 8 legs, 2 eyes, one on each ide of the head, and two jointed tentacula like feet. See plate 1. fig. 4. There are thirty-one pecies of the acarus. 1. The elephantinus, is about the ize of a white lupin eed, has a depreed orbicular livid body, thicket at the edges, with three furrows on each ide of the belly, and a black oval triid pot at the bae or end of the body. It is native of India. 2. The ægyptius, is of an oval hape, yellowih colour, and a white edge or margin. It is a native of the Eat. 3. The reduvius is plain and oval, with oval pot at the bae. It lives on oxen and dogs. 4. The americanus, is reddih and oval, with the cutellum and joints of the feet white. It is a native of America. 4.5. [sic] The anguiugus. The hinder part of the abdomen is crenated, the cutellum is oval and yellowih, and the beak is triid. It is a native of America, and ticks o fat on the legs of travellers, ucking their blood, that they can hardly be extracted. 6. The ricinus is globular, and has a round pot at the bae; and feelers are clubbed. It inhabits the bodies of dogs and oxen. 7. The cancroides, with nippers like a crab, and an oval depreed belly. It is found in the hady places of Europe. 8. The corpioides, with crab-like nippers, a cylindrical belly, and a mall pendulous head. It is of a yellowih colour; and its bite is venomous. It is a native of America. 9. The craipes has the econd pair of legs haped like thoe of a crab, and is a native of Europe. 10. The paerinus has the third pair of legs remarkably thicker than the ret. It infets everal pecies of parrows. 11. The motatorius has the firt pair of legs very long and nimble, and frequents the woods. 12. The aphidioides has the firt pair of feet longet, and two mall horns at the hinder part of the belly. It is a native of Europe. 13. The coleoptratus is black, and the ides are a little crutaceous. It is a native of Europe. 14. The telarius is of a greenih yellow colour. It has a mall ting or weapon, with which it wounds the leaves of plants, and occaions them to fold backward. They are very frequently to be met with in the autumn, incloed in the folded leaves of the limetree. 15. The iro has lob-like ides; the four hinder feet are longet; the head and thighs are of an iron colour, and the belly is britly. It inhabits the farinaceous plants of Europe and America. 16. The exulcerans has very long etaceous legs, but the firt are hort. It inhabits the eabies. 17. The geniculatus, is black, and the joints of the thighs are globular. 18. The aquatics has a depreed red belly, and the hinder part of it obtue. It inhabits the freh waters of Europe. 19. The holoericeus has the ame charactters with the former, only it does not liv in water. 20. The baccarum, has a red ditended belly, and lives on gooeberries, &c. 21. The mucorum, is of yellowih red colour, and the hinder legs are long and threedthread [sic]-like. It inhabits moesmosses [sic]. 22. The batatas, is of a blood-colour, and a little rough; the fore pair of legs are as long as the<section end="Acarus" /> body.