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HIRZTIOLMEN, or Hep.tz'holm, three fmall iflands 
of Denmark, lying in the Cattegat, chiefly inhabited by 
fifhermen : four miles north-eaft of Flaadftrand. Lat. 57. 
31. N. Ion. 10. 24. E. Greenwich. 
HIS , pronoun pojfejjivc-, [hy)~, Sax.] The mafculine pof- 
felfive. Belonging to him that was before-mentioned.— 
He that is nourifhed by the acorns he picked up under an 
oak, has appropriated them to himfelf; nobody can deny 
but the nourilhment is his. Locke. 
Heav’n and yourfelf 
Had part in this fair maid; now heav’n hath all, 
Your part in her you could not keep from death; 
But heav’n keeps his part in eternal life. Shakefpeare. 
It was anciently ufed in a neutral fenfe where we now 
lay its: 
Who can imprefs the foreft, bid the tree 
Unfix his earth-bound root ? Shakefpeare. 
It is fometimes ufed as a fign of the genitive cafe ; as the 
wan his ground, for the man's ground. It is now rarely 
thus applied, as its ufe proceeded probably from a falfe 
opinion that the s formative of the genitive was his con¬ 
tracted : 
Where is this mankind now ? who lives to age 
Fit to be made Methufalem his page ? Donne. 
By thy fond confort, by thy father’s cares, 
By young Telemachus his blooming years. Pope. 
It is fometimes ufed in oppofition to this man’s: 
Were I king, 
I fliould cut off the nobles for their lands, 
Defire his jewels, and this other’s hcufe. Shakefpeare. 
Anciently before fcf —Every of us, each for his fie If, la¬ 
boured how to recover him. Sidney. 
HIS'HOLT, a town of Sweden, in the province of Sma- 
land : twenty miles fouth-eaft of Halmftadt. 
HISIN / GEN, a fmall ifland in the North Sea, fituated 
near the coaft of Sweden, at the mouth of the Gotha, 
about fixteen miles long, and fix broad, containing feven 
parifhes. The town of Gotheborg was firft built on this 
ifland. Lat. 57. 45. N. I011.11.48.E. Greenwich. 
HIS'MO, a town of European Turkey, fituated at the 
mouth of a river of the fame name, in the province of 
Albania : fixteen miles north-north-eaft of Durazzo. 
HIS'PA, f. in entomology, a genus of infefts belonging 
to the order of coleoptera; the characters of which are ; 
antennse cylindrical, approximate at the bafe, ancf fieated 
between the eyes; feelers fufiform; thorax and fhells of¬ 
ten fpinous, or toothed at the tip. There are twenty- 
five fpecies now afcertained, and ciafled in three divifions, 
viz. 
1. Lip horny, entire.—1. Hifpa atra: body black, an¬ 
tennse fufiform; thorax and (hells covered with (harp 
fpines. Inhabits England, and is found generally near 
the roots of long grafs. It is a fmall fpecies, delineated 
in the Engraving at fig. 4. ’ 
2. Hifpa teftacea, antennae fufiform ; body teftaceous ; 
antennae and ejms black; fpines on the thorax lateral, 
thofe on the fhells fcattered, all black. Inhabits Africa. 
3. Hifpa bipuftulata: antennae ferrate; body hairy, 
black; fhells with a rufous fipot at the bafe. Inhabits 
Italy. 
4. Hifpa fpinipes: rufous; (hells black, fpotted with 
rufous ; fore-fhanks with a Angle fpine ; head rufous ; 
antennEe black. Inhabits Surinam. 
5. Hifpa fanguinicollis: antennse fufiform, thorax and 
bale of the fhells fanguinous: fhells ferrate, with three 
elevated Arise, the (paces between punblured. Inhabits 
America. 
6. Hifpa ferrata: antennae fufiform ; body black; fhells 
pale .rufous, ftriate, ferrate and black at the tip. Inha¬ 
bits Surinam. 
7. Hifpa cornuta: black; antennse fufiform; thorax 
fpinous before and behind ; fhells with longitudinal railed 
lines. Inhabits Sweden. 
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8. Hifpa fcabra: black; antennas fufiform ; thorax and 
fhells with a ferrate fringe at the edge. Inhabits Sweden. 
9. Hifpa Capenfis: body black, or dull red; hifpid; tho¬ 
rax with a palmatefpine. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope, 
10. Hifpa dentata: antennse fufiform; body black; 
edge of the thorax yellow ; fhells ferrate, .with a yellow 
fpot at the bafe, and a band in the middle. Inhabits 
Cayenne. 
11. Hifpa angulata : antennse fufiform; body yellow; 
head, dorfal line on the thorax, and finuate edge of the 
fhells, black ; fhells, grooved, truncate and toothed at the 
tip ; body beneath ferruginous. Inhabits Cayenne. 
12. Hilpa bihamata: unarmed, black fpotted with red ; 
fhells truncate, hooked. Inhabits India. 
13. Hilpa emarginata: antennae fufiform; body black ; 
fhells with a rufous fpot at the bafe, the tip two-toothed ; 
head rufous: eyes globular, black; antennse black; 
fhells with three raifeu lines, tranfverfely grooved ; body 
beneath palifh ; legs black ; thighs pale at the bafe. In¬ 
habits Surinam. 
14. Hifpa ferraticornis: antennas ferrate and com- 
prefled at the bafe ; body black ; edge of the thorax and 
fpot on the bafe of the fhells yellow; head whitifh ; 
crown black, fhells grooved, with a Angle railed line in 
the middle, three-toothed at the tip, the middle tooth 
larger, rounded ferrate ; brealt and bale of the thighs white. 
Inhabits Surinam. 
15. Hilpa ferratula : brown; antenna: ferrate; fhells 
ftriate. Inhabits Upfal. 
16. Hifpa bidens : ferruginous ; thorax with a black 
lateral line ; (hells one-toothed at the tip ; eyes black ; 
(hells grooved, with a double row of dots between the 
grooves. Inhabits Surinam. 
17. Hifpa nigricornis : glabrous, fcarlet ; antennae 
black. Inhabits the Cape of Good Hope. 
18. Hifpa fulcata : fcarlet; fhells black, with a fcarlet 
line at the bafe, and band in the middle; eyes black; 
fhells unarmed, punftured, grooved. Inhabits Surinam. 
II. Lip membranaceous, lubemarginate. The Ptili- 
nus of Fabricius.—19. Hifpa myfticina : antennas pecti¬ 
nate ; body teftaceous, dotted with white ; head black ; 
jaws projecting ; thorax cinereous; abdomen beneath, 
with two lines of black dots on each fide. Inhabits New 
Holland : delineated in the Engraving at fig. 5. 
20. Hifpa pefitinicornis: antennas peftinate; body 
brown; legs yellow. Inhabits Europe. 
21. Hifpa iiavefcens : antennas pectinate ; body black, 
fubviilous ; fhells yellow. Inhabits France, chiefly on 
flowers. 
22. Hifpa peflinata: antennae peftinate ; body black ; 
antennae and legs yellow; fhells ftriate; body covered 
with a yeliowifn down. Inhabits Germany, generally 
concealed in old wood. 
23. Hifpa mutica: antennae hairy; body beneath black ; 
fhells ftriate, languineous, fpotted with yellow. Inhabits 
Europe, and is moltly found in mufeums. This is fhown 
in the Engraving at rig. 6. 
III. Lip membranaceous, entire. The Melasis of Fa¬ 
bricius.—24. Hifpa flabellicornis: antennas pectinate; 
body black; fheils with fmooth itrice ; body cylindrical ; 
head globular; thorax ending on each fide at the bafe in 
a ftrong lharp fpine. Inhabits England. 
25. Hifpa melafis : antennas peftinate, fhort, indebted ; 
body blackilh ; fhells with punftured ftrias ; the edges of 
the fhells and abdomen pale rufous. Inhabits the Cape of 
Good Hope. 
HISTALIS, in ancient geography, a town of Baetica,- 
in the Farther Spain: now called Seville. 
HISPA'NIA, the ancient name of Spain, called Hefpe- 
ria Ultima by Horace, becaufe the wefternmoft part of Eu¬ 
rope ; alfo Iberia, from the river Iberus. Its name Hifpa- 
via or Spania, is of Phoenician original, from its great 
number of rabbits: the Phoenicians, -who fettled feveral 
colonies on the coaft calling it Sp&njah, from thele ani¬ 
mals. See the article Geography, vol. viii. p. 371. 
HISPA'NIAN, adj. Belonging to Spain, Spanifli. 
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