B I C 



B I D 



heneath teftaceous, legs tipped with gold. Fabricius, 

 &c. 



BiCOLORATA, a fpecies of Phal;ena [Gmniclra) with 

 blueidi ftriated wings ; firft pair black at the tips, with 

 white fpots. A large infeft, and inhabits Surinam. Fa- 

 bricius. 



BICORDATA, a fpecies of Cicada {Ra>mtra),v!\\.h. 

 b'ack vvini^-cafes, both fides, and line in the middle, with 

 the legs ytUow, Scopoli. Inhabits Carniola, on the nut- 

 tree. 



BICORDATUS, in Knluml Hiftory, a fpecies of 

 Echinus, having the crown doubled. Leike apud Kkin, 

 &c. 



BICORNE Os, in Aualomy, is a name which has been 

 given to the os hyoides. 



BICORNES, from b'ls, and cnrnu, horn, in Botnrv!, plants 

 •whofe antherse have the appearance of two horns. Tlie term 

 likewife exprtfles an order of plants of the Fragmenta Me- 

 thodi Naturalis of Linn:?us. 



BICORNIGER, in Mytholosy, an appellation of Bac- 

 chus, who is fometimes reprcfented with horns, as fymbols of 

 the rays of the fun, or of the virtue which he imparts to 

 wine. The Arabians gave this name to Alexander the Great, 

 either to exprefs his having added the eaftern to the weftern 

 emp're, or in allufion to medals on which he is rcpre- 

 fentcd with horns, under a pretence that he was the fon of 

 Ainmon. 



BICORNIS, MuscULUS, in Anafomy, is an appellation 

 formerly given to thofe mufclcs ufually denominated Exten- 

 fores carpi radiaks ; which fee. 



BicORNis, or Trtcorms polUcis manus., are terms formerly 

 applied to defignate the three extenfor nuifcles of the 

 thumb. 



BicoRNis, in Entomology, a fpecies of^ScAR ab^t.us, with 

 two horns on the thorax ; a recurved, fingle-toothed horn on 

 the head, and rufous w-ingcafes. Aubert. Jablonlky. In- 

 habits South America ; of a middle iv/.t among the liorued 

 kind 'of Scarabsei. 



BicoRNis, a fpecies of HisPA.with pectinated antenna; 

 thorax and wing-cafes brafiy-grcen ; head two- horned. In- 

 habits North America. Fabricius. 



BicORNis, 3 fpecies of Curculio, with acutely dentated 

 thighs, and two teeth on the head. Fabricius. Inhabits 

 New Zealand, and is varied with brown and cinereous. 



BicoRNis, a fpecies of Casgida that inhabits South Ame- 

 rica. It is of a cyaneous blue colour, with a truncated fpine 

 on the anterior angle of the wing-cafes. Linn. Fabr. 

 &c. 



BicoRNMS, a fpecies of Mantis, found in South Ame- 

 rica, and it is faid alfo in India. The thorax is fmooth ; 

 head bipartite and fubulate. Linn. &c. The legs are 

 unarmed. 



BiCORNis, a fpecies of Apis, ivith two horns in front ; 

 head black ; abdomen liirfute and rulous. A native of Eu- 

 rope. Fabricius. 



BicoRNis, a fpecies of Aranea, with two horns on 

 the abdomen. Lepcchin.it. Found in the woods of Si- 

 beria. 



BicORNis, in KtUitral H'l/lorv, a fpecies of Planaria, 

 with an ovate-lanceolate body obtufe at both ends, of a grc} i(h 

 afh colour, dotted with black ; and two very ihort divergent 

 tubes on the fure-part. Gmeliu. This is Fajc'tohi punclata 

 of Pallas. 



BiC0RMS,a fpccic? of Act isma, found in the North fen. 

 This kind is hemilpherical-oval, and glabrous with two horns. 

 Miill. Zool. Dan. 



1)1 COR PORE A figna, from Ih, and corpus, lody, in 



AJlronomy, thofe figns of the zodiac which have two bodies, 

 or confilt of two figures. Such are gemini, or the twins ; 

 alfo pifces, or fagittarius, confiding of a man and a hoife. 



BICOSTELLA, in Enlomology, a fpecies of Phal;eka 

 {Tinea) found in Europe. This is cinereous, with a brown 

 ilripe on the anterior wings; fetleis advanced; antennae 

 downy. Linn. Fabr. &c. 



BICQUELY, in Geography, a town of France, in the 

 department of the Mcuite, and chief place of a canton in the 

 diitricl of Toul, I -J- league fouth of Toid. 



BICUCULLATA, in Bolany. See Fumaria. 



BICUSPIDES, denies molares, in Anatomy, arc the two 

 fmall grinders, which are next the front teeth. See 

 Teeth. 



BIDA CoLONMA, Bleeda, in Ancient Geography, a town 

 of Africa, mentioned by Ptolemy, and fituated in the in- 

 terior part of Mauritania Cielaiicnfis, S.W. of Iconium. See 

 Blceda. 



BIDACHE, in Geography, a town of France, in the de- 

 partment of the Lower Pyrenees, and chief place of a canton 

 in the diitricl of Ullaritz, 5 leagues eaft of Bayonne. The 

 town contains 2,017 inhabitants, and the canton 9,706. Its 

 territorial extent is 2 I2i kiliometres, and it has 9 communes. 

 N.lat. 41° 31'. W.long. 10°. 



BIDAL, or Bidale, in our Ancient Ciifloms, denotes the 

 invitation of friends to drink ale at fome poor man's houfe, 

 who, in confideratiou hereof, expecls fome contribution for 

 his relief. See Ale. 



BIDALDI, an ancient kind of foot-foldiers mentioned by 

 the French hiftorians, armed with two darts. 



Hence the origin of theword, which leenis to be a coniiption 

 for " bidardi," or " a binis dardis." They are alfo called 

 bidarii, hidans, bideanx, bidauts, and pitauls. 



BIDASSOA, or Vidasoa, in GeograpJiy, a river which 

 rifes in the Pyrenees, and runs into the bay of Bilcay between 

 Andaye and Fontarabia, feparating France from Spain. This 

 river was for a longtime a i'ubjcdl of difpute between France 

 and Spain, each country laying an exclufive claim to it ; but in 

 the 15th century Louis XII. of France, and Ferdinand, king 

 of .Spain, agreed, that it fliould be common between the two 

 nations, and that the duties paid by thofe who pafs from 

 Spain to France fliouId belong to the latter, and of thofe 

 who pafs the contrary way to the foimcr. Buffon obferve;, 

 that the inhabitants of the environs of this river have ears of 

 an uncommon fi^e. 



BIDBlJRG, a town of the Netherlands, in the duchy 

 of Luxemburgh, containing two parilh churches, and a con- 

 vent ; 1 I leagues N.N.E. of Luxemburg. 



BIDDEFORD, or Bideford, an ancient 'fea-port, 

 market, and borough town of Devonfliire, England, is 

 fituated near the fouthern coall on the eaftern and weftern 

 banks ot the river Torridge, which is of confiderable breadth 

 here, and at fpring tides rifes to the height of eighteen 

 feet. The greater part of the town is buil: on the declivity 

 of a fteep eminence, and many of the houfes being compofed 

 of timber, brick, cobb, or mud walls, prefent rather a poor ap- 

 pearance. Bideford does not appear to be noticed in the 

 Domefday furvey, but foon after tlie couqucft it was beftowed 

 with Kilhanipton in Cornv.all, on Richard de Grenaville, a 

 Norman knight, who accompanied the conqueror into Eng- 

 land, and was anceftor to the illuitrious family of tlie Graii- 

 villes, who for upwards of five hui.drtd years continued pro- 

 prietors of the loidlhip. Some of this family have greatly 

 iignalized themfclves in the public events of England ; and 

 the names of two, fir Richard GranviHe and fir Bevai Gran- 

 ville, are honourably noticed in the hillorical annals of this 

 country. This town, though defcribed as a borough in a 

 Xx 2 charter 



