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fpots on the back. It is frequently found in the winter 
on the fnow in thefootfteps of men and other animals. 
7. Podura vaga : oblong, black; abdomen and antennae 
with a white band. 
8. Poduraarborea: oblongblack,with white legs and forks. 
9. Podura villofa: oblong, villous, variegated with 
brown and black. This is a Britifti infeft, and the largeft 
of the tribe known to us. The ground colour is dark- 
brown, mixed with a fhade of yellow, and variegated all 
over with (freaks of black. The abdomen of this infedft 
alone is fmooth, the head being very much covered with 
hairs, which are fo deciduous, that they (tick to the fin¬ 
gers on handling the animal; the antennae confift of four 
articulations, and are nearly as long as the body. This 
infeft is generally found under (tones. 
10. Podura cineta : cylindrical grey, with a black belt, 
which is white on the fore part. This and the next are 
found chiefly in woods. 
11. Podura annulata : livid, with black wings, 
12. Podura lignorum: lead-colour, with pale head, 
thorax, legs, and fork. This is an European infect, very 
fmall, and found in old wood. 
13. Podura pufilla: cylindrical, bronzed with a white 
fork. It inhabits woods. 
14- Podura aquatica: black, aquatic. This is one of 
the mod common fpecies of the genus, meafuring fcarcely 
one-twelfth of an inch in length, and entirely of a black 
colour. It is a gregarious fpecies, and is occasionally feen 
aflembled in vaft numbers, particularly near the brinks of 
ponds, covering the ground to the diltance of feveral feet, 
and fometimes even the furface of the water itfelf. On the 
ground the numbers are fo great, as to have the appearance 
of fcattered grains of gunpowder; and, if clofely examined, 
will be found in almoft perpetual (kipping motion. This 
as fiiown, magnified, at fig. 5. 
15. Podura atra : globular; Alining white or black ; an¬ 
tennae ftrong, compofed of many articulations. It infefts 
the bark of trees; a magnified under-view of itis given at 
fig. 6. to (how the pofition of the tail as it lies doubled 
beneath the bod}'. 
16. Podura fimetaria: white, terreftrial. This perfeftly 
refembles the atra, exceptin colour, and in that the fpecific 
difference confilts. It is found early in the fpring in 
frefti earth, and alfo in damp places. 
17. Podura ambulans: white, with a bifid extended tail. 
Found among mofs in different parts of Europe. 
18. Podura monura : whitifli, with an undivided conic 
tail. It inhabits Auftria; and found with the laft, which 
at refembles, but is much lefs. 
19. Podura rufefcens: reddifh-yellow, villous; eyes 
black ; fork whitifli. A native of Auftria, found among 
ftones, 
20. Podura fiava : fub-cylindrica], yellow-green, with 
black eyes. This is found in Norway. 
21- Podura motitan^: long, red, with an extended tail; 
antennae and legs hyaline. This and the eight that follow 
inhabit Denmark. 
22. Podura fylvatica: cylindrical, grey-brown; tail 
pointed and unarmed. 
23. Podura femoralis: oblong, cinereous; tip of the an¬ 
tenna and legs white; tail of a fulphur-colour. 
24. Podura aquatilis: cylindrical; yellowifli, with black 
eyes, back, and fides of the abdomen. 
25. Podura cryftailina: body entirely hyaline. 
26. Poduralongicornis: cylindrical, yellowifli; antennte 
as long as the body, and with legs cinereous. 
27. Podura paluftris: yellowifli, with black eyes and 
line down the back. 
28. Podura lanuginofa; filvery-gilt, covered above with 
blue wool; antennae recurved. 
29. Podura craflicornis: dull blue, cylindrical and grow¬ 
ing thicker towards'the tail. 
30. Podura humicola: blue-brown; antennae fhort, thick ; 
body cylindrical, and growing thicker towards the tail. 
Inhabits Greenland, as does the next. 
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31. Podura maritima: bluilh-black, with a whitifh 
abdomen ; body nearly round, and growing thicker to¬ 
wards the tail. 
PODURUE'VA, a town of Ruflia, in the government 
of Irkutlk, on the Lena: twelve miles north-north-weft: 
of Vercholenlk. 
PO'E, a village of Baol, in Weftern Africa ; five miles 
fouth of Portudal. 
PO'E, a river of Ireland, which runs into the Shrule, 
about a mile and a half north of Omagh, in the county of 
Tyrone. 
PO'E-BIRD,y! An inhabitant of the South Sea iflands, 
wdiere it is held in great efteem and veneration by the 
natives. It goes by the name of/iog-oin New Zealand; but 
is better known by that of poe-bird. It is fomewhat lefs 
than our blackbird, and is remarkable for the fweetnefs 
of its note, as well as the beauty of its plumage. Its flefli 
is alfo delicate food. We do not know its generic name, 
nor whether it has been received into the Linntean 
fyftem. 
PCECILA'SIUM, in ancient geography, a town fitua- 
ted on the fouthern coaft of the Ifle of Crete. Ptolemy. 
PGE'CILE, a famous portico at Athens, which received 
its name from the variety (ttoi xiho;) of paintings which it 
contained. Zeno kept his fchool there; and there alfo 
the ftoics received their lefions, whence their name, from 
roa, a porch. The Poecile was adorned, among many 
others, with a picture of the fiege and lacking of Troy, 
the battle of Thefeus againft the Amazons, and the fight 
between the Lacedaemonians and Athenians at Oenoe in 
Argolis. The only reward which Miltiades obtained 
after the battle of Marathon was to have his picture drawn 
more confpicuous than that of the reft of the officers that 
fought with him, in the reprefentation which was made 
of the engagement, and which was hung up in the Poecile 
in commemoration of that celebrated victory. 
PCEDIC'ULI, or Pcedicli, the name of one of the 
three people who compofed the nation of the Liburni. 
They came originally from Illyria, about the 16th centu¬ 
ry B.C. fettling at firft between the Alps and the Athe- 
fis, when they retired towards the fouth of Italy into 
Japygia. The Poediculi, Apuli, and Calabri, fpoke the 
fame language. Strabo. 
POEJAN'NY, a town of Bengal; feven miles fouth of 
Koonda. 
PO'EL, an ifland in the Baltic, near the coaft of Pome¬ 
rania, irregular in its figure, and about fix or feven miles 
in circumference, containing feveral villages: two miles 
north of Wifmar. Lat. 53. 57. N. Ion. 11.26. E. 
PO'ELEMBURG (Cornelius), an eminent Dutch pain¬ 
ter, was born at Utrecht in 1586. He learned the prin¬ 
ciples of his art under Abraham Bloemaert, and then 
went to Rome for improvement. The manner of Elfliei- 
mer was the firft object of his imitation; but the works 
of Raphael attracted his admiration, and infpired him 
with the defire of copying his peculiar grace and fweet¬ 
nefs. The refult of his ftudies was a manner-of his own, 
diftinguiflied by Angular delicacy of touch, fweetnefs of 
colouring, and an elegant choice of objefts and fituations. 
His (kies are clear, light, and tranfparent; his back¬ 
grounds, ornamented often with the veftiges of magnifi¬ 
cent Roman edifices, which always contribute to the har¬ 
mony of the whole compofition ; and his female figures, 
which he generally reprefented naked, are beautiful and 
elegant forms. His greateft excellence appeared in the 
fmall pictures of his hand, for in the larger (ize he is not 
fo deferving of commendation. 
The Italians were exceflively pleafed with the works of 
Poelemburg; and fome of the cardinals at Rome, of the 
fir.eft tafte, attended him frequently while he was painting, 
to obferve his manner of working, and exprefled their ad¬ 
miration in the ftrongeft terms. It was not without re¬ 
gret that he left Rome to return to his own country; 
though he afterwards found fufficient caufe to be pleaied 
with the honours he received from the grand-duke of 
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