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ulate, and confi.ling of twelve coatiguous flattifli whorls. 

 Gmel. Lifter, &c — MiiJl. in hia Hift. Venn. Fluv. ct Terr, 

 defcribes it ?.s Nerita tefta fubulata Ixvi, apertura antice 

 poftic^^que finuata. 



Ater, in Entomok^, a fpecics of Dermestf.s found in 

 the neighbourhood of IJpfiil, 'and dcfcnbed by Dr. Thun- 

 berg, in Nov. Aft. Upf. 4. p. 4. 11.4. It is glolTy black, 

 with the wing-cafes thinly puuftured. This is a fmall 

 infect. 



Ater, a fpecies of Hydrophilus, a native of Europe. 

 This is black and glabrous; antennae and flianks reddirti. 

 Gmel. 



Ater, a fpecies of Byrrhus that inhabits Germany, 

 and in rtiape and fize refemblcs byrrhus pilula. It is black 

 and without fpots. Fabr. This is c}/Iela nigra iiiSnii glabra 

 of Gcoffroy. 



Ater, a fpecies of Texebrio found in Europe. This 

 is of a black colour, with ferruginous antennae. Linn. 



Ater, a fpecies of Carabus that inhabits Denmark. 

 Black; wing-cafes ftriated; claws fomewhat ferruginous. 

 MUU. Zool. Dan. 



Ater, a fpecies of Cerambyx {Cal/idium Fabr.) found 

 in the environs of Venice. It is black, with truncated 

 wing-cafes, and moderate antennx. Scopoh, Gmel. &c. 



Ater, a fpecies of Grvllus {^Aclnta Fab.) that in- 

 habits Surinam. The colour is dark brown, and the 

 tail of the female is unarmed. Degeer Inf. 3. — Gmel. 



Ater, a fpecies of Cimex {Cohoptratus Sec). This 

 infeft is gloffy -black, with the apex of the wing-cafes very 

 pale. Fabr. Mant. Inhabits Gennany, and is about half 

 the fize of cimex zofterae. 



Ater, is alfo a fpecies of Cimex in the Linnasan Fn. 

 Sv. 944. The body is entire, and in Gmehn'saiTangement 

 it belongs to the feftion oblongus. GeofFroy defcribes 

 it as being black and oblong, and the antennae terminating 

 each in a briftle or hair. Inhabits the north of Europe and 

 Calabria. 



Ater, a fpecies of Cvs'ips, defcribed by Schrank among 

 the infefts of Germany, and which form and inhabit very 

 large excrefcences on the ftems of plants. It is black, with 

 elevated dots; tarfi of the legs paler. 



Ater, a fpecies of Bombylius defcribed by Scopoli, 

 Schsffer, &c. It inhabits Germany. The colour is black ; 

 bafe of the wings half black; abdomen fpotted with white. 

 Fabr. Spec. Inf. — Front of the head and thorax downy, 

 and a white dot before each eye. 



Ater, a fpecies of Asilus found in Europe. It is 

 black and hairy, with a white beard. Fn. Sv. Scopoli 

 calls it erax proftratus. 



Ater, a minute fpecies of Ips found in England by 

 Mr. Kirby, and defcribed by Mr. Marlham, Ent. Brit. 

 It is fubcylindrical and black ; thorax dotted with ira- 

 prefled points, and carinated along the middle ; wing-cafes 

 with crenate ftrix ; foles of the feet pitchy black. — General 

 colour black. 



Ater, in Natural Hljlory, a fpecies of Anguis or fnake. 

 It inhabits Ceylon ; black, fafciated with white, and the 

 fcales tipt with black. Laur. Amp. This is ampliifbccna 

 ceilonica fosmina of Seba ; and anguis ater, black-banded 

 flow-wonn of Dr. Shaw. 



Ater, a fpecies of Limax, (Aug or fnail), the body 

 of which is black and rugged. Miill. Gmel. Of this 

 kind there are feveral varieties ; the firll (a) is black, and 

 pale beneath ; it is figured by LiRer, exerc. anat. tab. iii. 

 f. I — 5., and is probably cochlea nuda of Gefn. The 

 fccond variety (/S) is black, with a pale greenifh dorfal 

 ridge. The third (7) is defcribed by Swammerdam ; it is 

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black above, white beneath, and the mouth yellowifli. The 

 fourth (J) is limax fubnifus of Lifter; the colour of whicii 

 is chefnut-brown above, white beneath, and mouth yel- 

 lowifli. The fifth kind is of an obfcure brown, with a 

 yellowilh mouth and ftreak on each fide. 



Thefc are found in woods, meadows, and gardens. The 

 length is from an inch and /our lines to five inches. The 

 feelers are black in all ; the fliicld rough, with many- 

 punAurcs ; back and belly deeply furrowed or wrinkled. 



Ater, in Ornithology, a fpecies of Falco that inhabits 

 Europe. The cere and legs are yellow, body above brownilh- 

 black ; and the head, whitifh ; tail forked. Gmel. This 

 is a kind of kite, and is fomewhat fmaller than the common 

 fpecies, milvus* Brifl". calls it milvus niger ; BufF. milan 

 noir ; and Cramer, braunermaldygeyer. It is alfo the black 

 gled of Sibbald, and black kite of Latham. 



Ater, a fpecies of Psittacus, of a black colour, 

 glofTed with green, with bill and eyes red, and ycliowlegs. 

 This is the black maccaw of Engiilh writers ; ara noir of 

 Buff. ; and ararauna ou machao of de Laet, &c. It lives 

 about the fummits of the dry mountains and rocky places 

 in the interior parts of Guiana, and in that rcfped dilfcrs 

 from the other kinds of maccaws found in that countrj*. 

 Buffon fpeaks of it as a fpecies v.ell known to the inha- 

 bitants of Guiana, but had never feen it ; and obfer.es, 

 that though the plumage is black, it is fo blended with 

 green, that in the funlhine it has a mod fplcndid ap- 

 pearance. 



Ater, the Gmelinian fpecific name of the crefted black 

 cuckow of Latham; a kind of Cuculus, with a wedge- 

 formed tail ; body fhining, black ; feathers of the head 

 elongated into a creft ; and the firft five quill-featlicrs white 

 at the bafe. This bird is a native of Africa, being found 

 at the cape of Good Hope, and it is conjedured may be 

 only a variety of cuculus fcrratus. 



The length of this kind is twelve inches; the bill 

 an inch and a quarter in length, and rather incurvated. 

 Buffon fays in his fpecimen, the tail feathers arc not regu- 

 larly cuneated. The fame author fuppofes his Jacobin huppe 

 de Coromandel, or Coromandcl crefted cuckow, to vary only 

 through the difference of climate. 



Ater, a fpecies of Parus, that inhabits the woods of 

 Europe and North America, and is known in England br 

 the name of the colemoufe. The head is black ; back 

 cinereous; back of the head and breaft white. Gmel. &c. The 

 bill and chin of this bird is black; verit, reddiih ; quill and 

 tail feathers brownilh-afli ; legs and claws lead-coloured. 



Ater, a fpecies of Parus, called in England the 

 Colemoufe. It is fmaller than the blue titmoufe, and ij 

 pretty common in woods, orchards, and gardens ; feed* 

 on infefts, and lays a number of eggs. This bird it 

 found througliout Europe, and inhabits likewife Siberia, 

 and fome parts of North America. Linnius (Fn. Suec.) 

 defcribes it fpccifically as having the head black ; back 

 cinereous ; hind-part of the head and breaft white. Scop. 

 Cram. Gmel. &c. This is parus atricapilhis, la mcfange ii 

 tcte noire of Briffon. av. et la petite charbonnicre of Buf- 

 fon ; Frifch calls it kohlmeife. — General dcfcription. Length 

 four inches ; weight two drachms ; bill black ; throat, at 

 well as the head, of the fame colour ; from the bill, on each 

 fide, a broad band of white paffing juft under the eye to 

 the fides of tliaiieck; between the breaft and vent, rufous 

 white ; wing-coverts grey, tipped with white, forming two 

 bands of that colour; quill and tail feathers brownilh-afh, 

 bordered with gray; tail rather forked ; legs and claws lead 

 colour. 



ATERGATIS or Ataroatis. called alfo Z)cr<-rf», in 

 A a Mythology, 



