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BouCLiER, in Enlomology, a genus of coleopterous in- 

 fefts in Olivier's arrangement, inchided in his firft fcftion. 



The bouchers are diltinguilhcd by having two tranfparent 

 wings under the elytra ; body a hltlc deprtlled ; thorax 

 large, dilated, fcarcely lefs than the elytra, and concealing 

 the head of the infeft. The antennas clubbed, pcrfoliated, 

 fomeuhat comprefTcd, nearly the length of the thorax, with 

 eleven joints, the tirft of which is large, elongated, and club- 

 bed, and the lall ahnoft oval. The mouth is furniihej with 

 horny, fimple majidiblcs ; acutely poinled jaws ; and four 

 unequal filiform feelers ; and lallly, the tarfi are filiform, 

 and compofed of five joints. 



Infefts of this tribe were formerly confounded with thofe 

 oi cajfida, elophonis, fphisnilliim, nlcropljonis, opatrum, and iiiu- 

 diila, from all of which they are to be difcriminated by the 

 foregoing charafter ol bouclier. 



There is another very analogous genus to this, namely, 

 peltis of Fabricius. Peltis was a name given many years 

 ago by Geoffroy to the infcdls afterwards called filpha by 

 Linnius. It was again taken up by Illiger, who bellowed 

 it on a new genus of cokoplera etlablidicd by him, in which 

 the Linnsan fpecies oijifplid;, groffa, ferruginea, oblonga, and 

 limbata, were comprifed. The genus pehis is adopted from 

 Illiger by Fabricius, in his laft work on coleoptera, Syjlema 

 Eleutheratorum. It will be therefore proper to point out ex- 

 aftly in what particulars thofe two genera differ. The 

 peltis has the lower lip truncated and cihated, while in the 

 boucliers that part is dilated and bifid ; there is fomc diflimi- 

 litude in the external cliarafter of the two genera, and their 

 habits of life are diltinft. See Pei.tis. 



The boucliers exhale a moft fcEtid odour. Commonly 

 they are found feeding upon cadaverous carcafes, the dung 

 of animals, or other fuch filth. There can be no doubt that 

 the ftench of thefe infects affefts even the animal matter 

 which they crawl upon, and on which they fubfift. When 

 taken in the hand, thefe beetles fpurt from the mouth, as 

 ■well as from the anus, a drop of liquor of a dark or black 

 colour ; the confiftency of which is thick, and the llench dif- 

 gufting. This liquor is not produced by violence or com- 

 preffion ; it is voluntarily difcharged by the creature, and is, 

 beyond difpute, a fecretion prepared by nature to promote 

 the putrefaAion of the flefli it may chance to meet with, as 

 is is only in that ftate that the boucliers feed upon it. 



Olivier defcribes only a few fpecies of this family ; namely, 

 U thoracique, which is black, oval, and depreffed ; thorax 

 fawn colour ; and wing-cafes with elevated lines. Le Uttornl 

 is black, long, with three elevated lines on the wing-cafes, 

 and a tranfverfe protuberance. Le raboleux is black ; the 

 wing-cafes rugged, with three elevated lines ; the thorax 

 rugged hkewifc, and finuous behind. L'atre is very black, 

 with an entii-e thoi-ax ; tlie wing-cafes dotted, with three 

 fmooth, elevated lines. L'ohfciir is black, {lightly convex, 

 with the wing-cafes dotted, and three elevated lines ob- 

 fcurcly marked. Le quaJripondue is oval, deprelfed, and 

 black ; the wing-cafes of a pale yellow, with two black dots 

 on each. Thefe are all the boucliers mentioned. 



BOUCNASCH, in Geography, a town of Germany, in 

 the duchy of Holftein ; 5 miles E. N. E. of Rendf- 

 burg. 



BOUCOIRAN, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Gard, and chief place of a canton, in the dillridt of 

 Uzes ; 3 leagues W. of Uzes. 



BOUCONVILLE, a town of France, -in the depart- 

 ment of the Meufe, and chief place of a canton, in the diilrift 

 of St. Mihiel ; 2 leagues E. of St. Mihiel. 



BOUDHA, in Lid'um Mythology. See Boodh. 



BOUDIN DE MER, in Zoology, the name given by 

 Vol. V. 



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Dicqurmare in the Journal dc Phyfique, OAober, 1778, to 

 a fort of marine worm with a llieath, wliich, it is believed, 

 niuft appertain to the nereis genus ; but of which thcdclcrip- 

 tion is fo very incomplete as te> render this a matter of uncer- 

 tainty. The animal inhabits a membranaceous ftieath about 

 four inches long. 



BOUDOIR, Le, in Geography, a fmall iflaiid in tlie 

 fouthern Pacific ocean, difcovered by Qiiiro-s, in 1606, by 

 whom it was callid " La De/.ana ;" in 1 767, by Wallis, 

 wlio named it •' OInaburg ;" and in the following year by 

 Bougainville, who gave it the name of " Le- Boudoir," or 

 " Pic de la Boudeufe." The natives call it " Maitea," ac- 

 cordiiig to the report of captain Cook, who vifited it in 

 1769. See MAiruA. 



BOIIDRI, or BouDRY, a town and 'hate-lain of Swiffer- 

 land, in the county of Neuchatel, 6 miles S.S.W. of Ncucha- 

 tel, near the river Reufc, which runs into the lake of Neu- 

 chatel. N. lat. .|C° 59'. E. long. 6° 38'. 



BOUDROU, or BouoRous, the modern name of the 

 ancient " HalicarnalTus," (which fee,) fituate at the entrance 

 of the Ceramic gulf, now called the gulf of Stancho, on the 

 coaft. of Caria. The fortrefs, which is at the entrance of the 

 prcfent harbour of Boudroun, is the work of the knights of 

 St. John of Jerufalem, who made themfclves maftcrs of this 

 place, when, after the firil crufades, they iiad cflabiidied 

 themfelves at Rhodes. They conftrufted this citadi.1 on the 

 foundations of the magnificent palace of the con; -.t of 

 Artemifa, and named it " Caftel San Pietro," or, in Spanifh, 

 " San Pedio." Of this the Turks made " Bedro," then 

 " Boudroini," changing the P into B, according to their 

 manner of pronunciation. Coats of arms, fculpturcd in 

 fome compartments of the walls, ftill (hew, as at Rhodes, in 

 whofe hands Boudroun was, before it pafTed into thofe of 

 the Turks. Its prefent poncCTors have, with their cuftomary 

 negligence, fuffered the harbour to be choaked up, fo that 

 there is no longer water enough for large (hips : the harbour, 

 however, is fafe and commodious, leaving to the wind and 

 fea only a very narrow entrance. N. lat. 36° 59'. E. long. 

 27° 15'. 



BOUDS, in Entomology, the epithet under which the 

 tvee-vil h dillinguiflied in fome countries. 



BOVEE, in Geography, a town of France, in the depart- 

 ment of the Meufe, and chief place of a canton, in the dif- 

 trift of Commercy ; 5 leagues S. E. of Barle-Duc. 



BOVELLES, a town of France, in the department of 

 the Somme, and chief place of a canton, in the dilliifl of 

 Amiens ; 2 leagues W.S.W. of Amiens. 



BO VENA, the moft eafterly of the Hieres iflands to 

 the eaft of Toulon, in the Mediterranean, on the coaft of 

 France. See Hieres. 



BOVENDEN, a town of Germany, in the circle of the 

 Upper Rhine, and principality of Heffe-Rhinfels ; 4 miles 

 N. of Gottingen. 



BOVES, a town of France, in the department of the 

 Somme, and chief place of a canton, in the diftricl of Amiens; 

 1-1 league S. E. of Amiens. 



BOUEXIERE, La. a town of France, in the department 

 of the lUe and Vilaine, and chief place of a canton, in the 

 diftrift of Vitre ; 10 miles N. E. of Rennes. 



BOUFFE, in Zoology, a race of dogs with fine, lonjr, 

 frizzled hair ; a crofs breed between the barbet and great 

 fpaniel. 



BOUFFLERS, Louis-Francis, in Biography, duke, 

 peer, and marflial of France, and a celebrated general, was 

 the fon of Francia count of Boufflers, and born in 1644. In 

 1669, he became colonel of dragoons, and ferved in thecon- 

 queil of Lorraine under marihal Crequi ; and in the war 



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