APE 
A P H 
in mankind. It has a long upright tuft of hair on 
the crown of it's head, another under it's chin, and 
two long tuflcs in the upper-jaw. Tlie fore-feet 
relemble human hands, but the nails on the fin- 
gers are flat. The fore-part of the body, and the 
infide of the legs and arms, are quite naked: the 
other parts are covered with mottled brown and 
olive-coloured hair, that on the back being duflcy; 
and the buttocks are red and bare. The length of 
the whole animal, in Sir Afliton Lever's Mufeum, 
falls fomething fliort of three feet fix inches. It 
has a moil fivage and difgufting appearance, and 
is peculiarly fierce and falacious. Though it ufu- 
ally goes on all-fours, it will fometimes fit on it's 
rump, and fupport itfelf with a ftick: in this atti- 
tude, its hold a cup in it's hand, out of which it 
drinks with facility. This animal, like the reft of 
the Ape tribe, chiefly fubfifts on fruits, and has ap- 
parently no carnivorous appetites. 
Ape Hog. This animal, to which Ariftotle 
gives the name of fimia porcaria, is a fpecies of 
which moderns have no perfe6l' knowledge. Buf- 
fon imagines it to be the baboon; but, as Ariftotle 
exprefsly defcribes Apes as having no tails, and 
enumerates this as one of the genus, we cannot fub- 
fcribe to the opinion of this celebrated naturalift. 
In the Britifti Mufeum, there is a drawing of an 
Ape, with a nofe exaftly refembling that of a hog, 
which may perhaps be intended forthe animal men- 
tioned by Ariftotle; but the painting is unaccom- 
panied by any account which might enable us to 
trace it's hiftory. 
Ape, Sea. Mr. Stellar, in his Hiftory of Kam- 
fchatka, defcribes a, very fingular animal which he 
faw on the coaft of America, and to which he gives 
the name of the Sea Ape. It's head refembled 
that of a dog; it's ears being fiiort and erecSl; it's 
eyes large; and it's lips covered with a fort of 
beard. The length of it's body was about five 
feet, and it's form was thick and round; being 
iargeft near the head, and tapering to the tail, 
which had two prongs. The body was covered 
v/ith thick hair, grey on the back, and red on the 
belly; but our author could neither difcover feet 
nor pav/s. It appeared extremely frolickfome, and 
diverted itfelf with a variety of .tricks; fometimes 
fwimming on the one fide of the ftiip, and fome- 
times on the other, and apparently obferving it 
with great amazement. It frequently approached 
fo near the veflfel, that it might have been reached 
with a pole ; but, on the fmalleft motion of the fai- 
lors, it immediately retired. Sometimes it v/ould 
raife itfelf fo as to have at leaft a third part of it's 
body out of water, and continue ere6t for a confi- 
derable time; then, fuddenly darting under the 
Ihip, inftandy appeared on the other fide exa6liy 
in the fame attitude : and this frolic it repeated for 
thirty or forty times fuccefTively ; fometimes bring- 
ing up fea-plants, wantonly toffing them about, 
and catching them again in it's mouth, with a num- 
ber of other fantaftic tricks. 
_ APER. A fea fifti, called by fome ftrivale and 
riondo. It approaches very much in ftiape to the 
faber or doree, but is confiderably fmaller. 
APER. The clafllcal name for the boar. 
. APER MOSCHIFEROUS. A name by 
which fome naturalifts have diftinguiflied the ta- 
jacu of America. 
APEREA. A fmall American animal of the 
rabbit kind, apparently of a mixed nature between 
the rabbit and the moufe ; having exaftly the ftiort 
round ears of the moufe kind, but all the other pro- 
perties of the rabbit. It therefore obtains the name 
of the Brazilian rabbit, and generally grows to about 
a foot in length. It's upper-lip is divided; it's 
ears are fliort; it has four toes on the fore-feet, 
and three on the hind; and is deftitute of a tail. 
The colour of the upper part of the body is black, 
mottled with tawny; and it's throat and belly are 
white. It is a native of Brazil, where it lives in 
the holes of rocks; and, being forced from it's 
flielter, is hunted by dogs. It's flefli is fuperior 
in goodnefs to that of the European rabbit; and 
it refembles the hare in it's paces. 
APER PISCIS. An appellation which fom.e 
authors have given to the fea-fifli, more ufually 
called the caprifcus. 
APHIS. The name of a genus of infefts, called 
alfo pediculus arboreus, or the wood-loufe, be- 
longing to the hemiptera infefta of Linngeus, and 
of which that great naturalift has enumerated fix- 
teen different fpecies ; namely, that of the currant- 
bufti, of the elm-tree, of the elder, of the maple, 
of the lime-tree, of the birch, of the pine, of the 
rofe, of the parfnip, of the dock, of the carduus 
benediftus, of the mygwort, of faw-wort, of chick- 
weed, of the lily, and of the cabbage. 
The fpecies, hov/evcr, are certainly more nume- 
rous ; but they are all denominated from the trees, 
bufties, or plants, on which they are refpe6lively 
found. According to the obfervation of an inge- 
nious naturalift, the Aphides are at one time of 
the year viviparous, and at another oviparous. 
Thofe of the rofe-tree have been particularly re- 
marked ; and, of ten generations, which regularly 
fucceeded each other in the courfe of one ipring, 
fummer, and autumn, the firft proceeded from eggs 
laid during the preceding autumn ; the eight fol- 
lowing were all produced viviparous, and confifted 
entirely of females, of which gender, likewife, was 
the firft brood ; and, in the tenth generation, which 
appeared rather earlier than the middle of Septem- 
ber, a few male infcfts were difcovered : thefe laft 
arrive at their full growth in three weeks ; and, hav- 
ing intercourfe with the females, thofe eggs are 
foon laid which become hatched in the Ipring. As 
thefe infedts differ more in colour and fize, than 
in any peculiar habits or conformation, it will be 
lufficient to give a defcription of one fpecies, the 
Aphis of the currant-bufh, from which the figure 
of the reft may be eafily conceived. This creature 
is about the fize of a common loufe,and of abrown- 
ifli green colour. The legs are green; the joints 
of the knees, which commonly projedl above the 
body, are brown ; the feelers, which are ftraight 
and flender, contain a joint near the head, where 
they are fomewhat bent, and exhibit a darkifti ap- 
pearance. The hinder part of the breaft is black- 
ifti; the fides of the body are variegated with fmall 
black fpots; and the wings, which are erect, are 
whitifli, except only that they have a few black 
veins, and two of them are extremely minute. Tlie 
vent is prominent, and forniflied with two briftly 
appendages confiderably ftiorter than the wings. 
APHRODITA. A genus of fea infers, called 
by Columna the pudendum regale; by Bartholi- 
nus, vermis aureus; and by othei-s, mus marinus, or 
the fea-moufe. The general chara6teriftics are, 
that it's figure is oval and aculeated, having a num- 
ber of fafciculi on each fide, llipplying the place of 
feet; it's mouth is cylindric, retra£lile, and placed 
at the extremity; and it is furnifiied with two ce- 
taceous feelers. It is one of the gymnarthrodia, 
or infcfts v/ith naked bodies ; and belongs to the 
. N ordej. 
