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is nearly deferted, and the whole town is rrnich reduced. 

 Here are two ann^ial fairs. The parifh contains 121 houfes, 

 and 744 inhabitants. 



BILUR, in Natural Hijlory, a name given by many of 

 the Arabian writers to age:ii, which though they often men- 

 tion, yet they liave no v/htre given us a defcriptiou of. 

 Some have imagined it the onyx, and others the beryl ; but it 

 appears more p.-obable to have been a fpecics of cryftal ; 

 probably the ptbble-cryftal of the Eafl Indies, which is con- 

 fiderably finer than the comnaon fprig-cryftal, and is often 

 fold under the name of the white fapphire; though confider- 

 ably inferior, both in luftre and hardnefs, to the true white 

 fapphire. 



JBIMA, in Geography, a river of Hindoftan, fo called by 

 Mr. Pennant. See Beemah. 



BIMACULARIS, in Entomology, 2l fpecies of PhAl;ena 

 (Pyra/w, Gmel.), found in Europe. The anterior wings 

 are grifeous brown, with two brown fpots. Linn. 



BlMACULATA,m Concholugy, a fpecies of Tellina, 

 found in the European and American feas. This (hell is of 

 a lomewhat rotundatcd triangular fliape, rather broad, 

 fmootli, whitilh, with two fauguineous fpots witliin. It is 

 a fmall (hell, being ufually half an inch in length, and fonie- 

 times, though rarely, of a ycUovvifli colour. Linn^us, Do- 

 novan Brit. Shells, &c. On the Engli(hcoafts this is a fcarce 

 fpecies. 



BiMACULATA, in Entomology, a fpecies of Siupha, found 

 in Barbar)-. It is ovate and black ; head of the antenna, 

 globofe ; legs ferruginous. Gmelin. The margin of the 

 thorax is rather ferruginous, and the middle of each wing- 

 cafe is marked with a red fpot. 



BiMACCLATA, a fpccics of Ch R YSOM EL A, of an oblong 

 fliape, and black ; wing-cafes teltaceous, with a black fpot 

 on each. Inhabits America. Fabricius. 



BiMACULATA, 3 fpccies of Le PTURA, of a rufous Colour, 

 with cylindrical thorax ; wing-cafes dotted, with a fpot and 

 undulated ftreak of white on each. Schaeffer, &c. 



BiMACULATA, a North American fpecies of Cantharis, 

 ■with a ferruginous tbo,-2x, having a black fpot ; wing-cafes 

 teftaceous, with a black fpot at the tip. Fabricius. 



BiMACULATA, a fpec'.cs of MoRDELL A, of a large fize, that 

 is found in Hungary. It is ferruginous, with the breall black ; 

 wing-cafes teftaceous, with a black fpot on each. Fabricius. 

 Mant. Inf. 



BiMACULATA, a fpecies of Buprestis, that inhabits In- 

 dia. Tiie wings are vei-y entire, ftriated, with a red fpot ; 

 body browni(h, green. Linn. Fabr. S.'C. 



BiMACULATA, a fpecies of Sphinx {Zygiena), o( the 

 middle fize, that inhabits America. The wings are above 

 and beneath black, with two yellow fpots on the anterior 

 wings. Gmel. Fabr. &c. 



BiMACULATA, a fpecies of Phryg.i:nea, defcribed by 

 Degeer. The \vings are brown, with a double yellov/ lateral 

 fpot. Linn. &c. 



BiMACULATA, a fpccics of TiPULA, found in Europe. 

 The wings are hyaline, with two brown fpots ; abdomen 

 fpotted, with ferruginous in the middle ; antennae feathered. 

 Linn. Fn. Suec. Obf. This fpecitic charaiSter is liable to 

 fome exception, for it is only the female which has the abdo- 

 men fpotted with ferruginous ; that of the male is immacu- 

 late. 



BiMACULATA, 3 fpccies of MuscA, found in New Hoi- 

 land, and defcribed by Swederus, Nov. A&. Stockh. The 

 colour is light blue, with a whithh fpot on each fide of the 

 breail : abdomi.n green, and blue at the bafe. 



BiMACULATA, a fpecies of Sco LI A, defcribed by Fabri- 

 cius. It is black, hairy, with two pale yellow fpots ; antennae 



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yellow. A variety of this infeft with fulvous, inftead of yel- 

 low fpots, is mentioned by Pelagn. Inf. Calabr. The 

 former inhabits North America. 



BiMACULATA, z fpecies of Arasea, of a fmall fize, that 

 is found Ml E'lrope. The abdomen is f.ibrotund, chcfnut, 

 with two white fpots. Gmelin. Abdomen rather de- 

 pre(red. 



BiMACULATA, a fpeciesof Tenthredo, of a pale colour, 

 with the eyes, bafe of the abdomen aoove, and two fpots on 

 the breall, black. Linnaeus Muf. Leflt. 



BiMACULATA, in Zoo/ogy.,a{pec\ci of Lace rt A, defcribed 

 by Sparmann. Nov. Aft. Stockh. The tail is carinated, 

 toothed, and twice the length of the body ; all the toes 

 lobated. Inhabits the woods of St. Eudace and Pennfylvania, 

 living under ground, or in the hollows of trees, and depofit- 

 iiig its eggs in the earth. The body is blue, tinged with 

 green, and thickly fpotted viith black, but having two larger 

 than the reft on the Ihoulders, from whence it is fpccifically 

 named blmaculata ; on each foot are five toes. 



BIMACULATUM, in Entomology, a fpecies of Pha- 

 LANGiuM, with the abdomen black, and two white fpots. 

 A native ot England and Norway. Gmelin. 



BIMACULATUS, a fpecies of Scarab.eus, with three 

 (light tubercles on the head ; wing-cafes ftriated, with two 

 red fpots at the bafe. Inhabits Germany. Fabricius. 



BiMACULATus, 3 fpecies of HisT ER, of a black colour, 



with the poilerior end of the wing-cafes red. Linn. Fn. 



Suec. Found in the dung of oxen. Th.\s\& Hillerfmelarius 



of Scopoli ; and Altelabus totus niger ; elytris Uvii nonnllAl 



Jlriatis ; I'efcarbot noir of GeofFroy. 



BiMACULATus, a fpecles of Ccrcvlio, of a brown co- 

 lour ; wing-cafes dotted with cinereous ; fnout and legs 

 black. Inhabits Saxony ; and refembles Carfu/»o eo/on, but 

 is rather fmaller. 



BiMACULATus, a fpecies of Cryptocephalus, of a 

 dudcy black, with fulvous thorax, and teftaceous wing-cafes, 

 with two fpots of black. Fabricius. Obf. Thk is Chryjomela 

 melanocephala of Schaller, &c. A native of Italy and 

 Saxony. 



BiMACULATus, a fpecics of Carabus, of a bl.ick colour, 

 with a common intenupted band ; antennas and feet tefta- 

 ceous. Mant. p. 532. Gmel. Inhabits India. The thorax 

 of this infeft is yellow, or black, and fometimes fpotted in 

 different fpecimens. 



BiMACULATus, a fpecics of Dytiscus, of a tefta- 

 ceous colour, with a blacki(h fpot on the wing-cafes. 

 Inhabits France. Size of a grain of rice. Gouar. Gmelin, 

 &c. 



BiMACULATus, a fpccics of Gryllus [Bulla acrijium) 

 found in Europe, and defcribed by Herbft. The thorax 

 is brown, with an ochraceous lunule on each fide. 



BiMACULATus, a fpecies of Ichneumon. Colour black ; 

 front, legs, antenna; beneath, anterior part of the thorax, two 

 fpots on the wings, and poilerior margin of the abdominal 

 fegments, except the fecond, yellow. Linn. Muf. Leftc. 

 Breeds in the larva of phalina fimbria. Scutel raifed behind. 

 Inhabits Europe. 



,BiMACuLATus, is alfo a fpecies of Ichneumon, that in- 

 habits Auftria, and is defcribed by Schranck. It is black, 

 with a yellowifh fcutel ; two laft fegments of the abdomen 

 with a angle gypfeous fpot on each above. 



BiMACULATes, in Ichthyology, a fpecies of Salmo, the 

 body of which is comprefted, and marked with two fpots ; 

 anal fin with thirty-two rays. Gmehn. This is a native of 

 South America. Scba calls it Tctragunopicrui ; and Artedi 

 Coregonoiilei Amhoincnjts. 



BiMACULATus, a fpecies of Labrus, found in the Me- 



diterranean 



