BUG 



Moiiljicllicr, but not in England, admitted it into the 

 Iccoiid edition of his Synopfis. Dillfniiis, in tiie tliird edi- 

 tion, lavs It wai found alfo by Doody, on Hounflow heath ; 

 but it has not fince been difcovered in either of thole places. 

 -. B. pfiennis. La Marck Ilhif. Pi. Sy. f. 2. '• Stems 

 branched and bearing flowers near the top ; calyx leaves 

 fcariofe at the edge" perennial. Peduncles longer than in 

 the preceding fpccies, forming a panicle ivitho\it the ap- 

 pearance of a fpike. Frequent in dry llony places in 

 Auvergne. 



BUFONIS, in Zoalo!;^, a fpecies of ascaris found in 

 the intelUnca of the toad. The body of this kind is fili- 

 form, and the tail rounded. It is viviparous. Goe's.t. 



Ut;roNis, a fpecies of t/f.nia, or tape worm, that in- 

 fefts the intellines of the toad. The anterior part is 

 roundilTi, behind fihform : head continued obtufe : joints 

 invefted with a thin membrane, cylindrical, and oblong; 

 margin Hlvcry. Cmcl. It is Tsenia difpar. of Goexe. 



Obf. The colour is white, and opake. Length of the 

 worm fix inclies. 



BUFO.VITA, in Natural Hi/lory, the roADpne. 

 This is a fodil that has been received not only among the 

 Iill of native (lones by the generality of authors, but even 

 has held a place among the gems, and is ilill worn in rings 

 by fome people: it is, however, as much an extraneous 

 foflil, as any animal remaining of that kind. There has been a 

 ftror.g opinion in the world, that it was found in the head 

 of an old toad ; and that this animal voided it at the mouth, 

 on being put on a red cloth. 



The general colour of the bufonita is a deep, dufky 

 brown ; but it varies greatly in this refpeft in feveral fpeci- 

 mens, fomeof which are quite black, others of an extremely 

 pale, fimple brown, a cheftnut colour, liver colour, black, 

 grey, or whitirti. 



The bufonitac are ufually found immerfed in beds of ftone ; 

 and fo little doubt is there of what they have originally 

 been, I'iz. the petrified teeth of the lupus p'tfcis, or wolf 

 filh, that part of the jaw of the fi(h has fometimes been 

 found, with the teeth petrified in it. See Grondeur. 



The bufoii!t:e are faid to be cordial and aftringcnt : many 

 other fanciful virtues are afcribed to them, which the prelent 

 praflice has rejeAed. 



Dr. Kramer fays, pulv'ts bufonum, when applied by way 

 of poultice, with barley-flour and urine, is an excellent re- 

 medy for ripening peililential buboes, but that it has no 

 fuch effi.A in venereal, or any other thin peililential bu- 

 boes. 



BUG, in Entomology. See Cimkx. 



Bug, in Geography, a river of Poland, which rifes in 

 Red Ruflia, and after a winding courfe through the centre 

 of the kingdom, joins the Villula between Plocfko and 

 VVarfaw. 



Bu G-ca/erpjl/ar, in Entomology, a name given by Bonnet 

 to a fmall kind of caterpillar, which fmells exaftly like a 

 bug. This is not the only fpecies which yields a fenfible 

 fmell, for there is another which, at the time of the change 

 into the chryfalis liate, emits a very pleafant rofc-like fcent ; 

 and their cafes, which are made of earth and filk, retain that 

 fmell for a long time after, even for feveral years. Many 

 other infefts in this llate are known to have a peculiar fcent. 

 See Larva. 



BUGA marble, in Natural Hi/lory, a name given by the 

 Spaniards to a fpecies of black marble, called by our arti- 

 ficers the Namur-marble, and known among the ancient 

 Romans by the name of marmor Luculleum. It is common 

 1.T many parts of Europe, and is ufed by the Spaniards in 



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medicine as well as in building; the powder of it being faid 

 to bean excellent ilvptic, apjjIitiJ to frefli wounds. 



BUGALET, in Sea-hm^mig^, a fm;dl veffel with two 

 mails, ufed on the coall of Britanny. The foremall is very 

 (liort ; and on each mall is carried a fqujre fail, and fome- 

 times a top-fail over the main fail. Thefe veffcls have a 

 bowfprit, aiid fot one or two jibs. 



BUGARONIE, Cape, in Geography, W^s on the coaft 

 of Africa, in tlie Mediterranean, bL-tween Bugia bay on 

 the Well, and Cape Ferra on the ealt. 



BUGEAT, a town of France, in the department nf 

 the Conczc, and chief place of a canton in the dillrid of 

 llfTcl ; the town contains 629, and the canton 601 1 inhabi- 

 tants : the territory comprehends 507^ kiliometres and 

 12 communes. 



BUGEE, in Zoology, a fort of monkey mentioned by 

 Ray in his Synopfis of quaclru;j';ds. He tells us it is an 

 Indian animal, ar.d very rare even in India ; that it is about 

 the fize of tlie beavei-, and much of the fame colour, but its 

 tail and claws are wholly of the monkey kind. The fpecies 

 meant by Ray is altogether uncertain. 



BUGELUGEY, the name of a large fpecies of lizard, 

 called by Clufius, and fome other authors, Lacertus indicus. 

 This is Lacerta Ame'i'va of Gmelin. See Ameiva. 



BUGEN, in Geography, a town of Germany, in the 

 circle of Upper Saxony, and middle mark of Brandenburg, 

 10 miles W. of Frankfort on the Oder. 



BUGENHAGEN, or Bugenhagius, John, in Bio- 

 graphy, a learned proteftant divine, was born at Woliin in 

 Pomcrania, in 14S5. From being a Catholic prieft and a 

 violent oppofer of Luther's doftrines on their firft promul- 

 gation, he became a convert and zealous propagator of them 

 in the north of Germany. At Wittenberg, where he was 

 niinifter, he was in high efteem both for his learning and 

 moderation ; and his reputation induced Chriftiem III. king 

 of Denmark, to invite hira for the purpofe of fettling the 

 reformation in that kingdom. In this arduous taflc he gave 

 great fatisfaftion. He died at Wittenberg in 1558. Of 

 his various works the moll worthy of notice are, " Commen- 

 taries on tlie Holy Scriptures," in feveral volumes, 8vo. a 

 " Harmony of the Evangelills," and a " Hillory of Pome- 

 rania." Nouv. Dift. Hift. Mofiieim, E. H. vol. iv. p. 304. 

 BUGEY, in Geography, a province or fmall dillridl of 

 France, before the revolution, bordered on the eaft by 

 Savoy, on the fouth by Dauphiny, on the weft by Breffe, 

 and on the north by Franche Comte, and dependant on 

 the government of Burgundy. It is about 20 leagues long, 

 and 12 broad. Its capital is Belley. Before the time of 

 Brennus, the Bugey, the traft of land denominated Gex, 

 and part of Breffe, formed a dillind country; which is 

 termed by Polybius the " Celtic Delta," in allufion to its 

 triangular form. M. Peter I. I. Bacon-Tacon m his " Re- 

 cherches fur les Origines Celtiques, &c." Paris, 1799, 

 traces the primitive hillory of Bugey to the firll ages of the 

 world, and thinks that its mountains retain their original 

 form ; being a continuation of mount Jura, which i& itfelf 

 clofely conneaed with the Alps, He alfo endeavoure to 

 prove, that the worlhip of Ifis was, from time immemorial, 

 eftablidied in the Bugey ; and that the topographical nomen- 

 clature of the county is ftill in a manner entirely " Ifiac." 

 He is inclined, likewife, to fuppofe, that the inhabitants of 

 this dillnft, 60c years before our a;ra, accompanied Bellov- 

 efus, from the firft part of whofe name is derived Belley, 

 on his memorable expedition into Italy, where he founded 

 the cities of Cremona, Vicenza, Aquiltja, Pavia, Mantua. 

 &c. rrom various concurring circuraftances this author 



