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A genus of small beetles, of which one species (the grapevine Fidia, F. longipes) is very injurious to vines in America.

slender fishes, remarkable for their habit of living as commensals in other animals. One species inhabits the gill cavity of the pearl oyster near Panama; another lives within an East Indian holothurian.

A species of tax upon personal property formerly laid on towns, boroughs, etc., in England, being one fifteenth part of what the personal property in each town, etc., had been valued at. Burrill.

A species of kangaroo (Macropus Brunii), inhabiting New Guinea.

A genus of slender, nematode worms of many species, parasitic in various animals. See Guinea worm.

A small singing bird of many genera and species, belonging to the family Fringillidæ.

bird (heliornis fulica) allied to the grebes. The name is also applied to several related species of the genus Podica.

A species of creeping bent grass (Agrostis alba); -- called also fiorin grass.

e and elegant shape, some of them valued for their timber and others for their resin. The species are distinguished as the balsam fir, the silver fir, the red fir, etc. The Scoth fir is a Pinus.

nd in Central and South America; -- called also cucujo. The name is also applied to other species. See Firefly.

One of several species of pheasants of the genus Euplocamus, having the lower back a bright, fiery red. They inhabit Southern Asia and the East Indies.

A singular marine fish of the genus Pterois, family Scorpænidæ, of several species, inhabiting the Indo-Pacific region. They are usually red, and have very large spinose pectoral and dorsal fins.

name given in the East and West Indies to certain trees with brilliant blossoms, probably species of Cæsalpinia.

A small beetle of the family Halticidæ, of many species. They have strong posterior legs and leap like fleas. The turnip flea- beetle (Phyllotreta vittata) and that of the grapevine (Graptodera chalybea) are common injurious species.

A jumping plant louse of the family Psyllidæ, of many species. That of the pear tree is Psylla pyri.

The complete system of vegetable species growing without cultivation in a given locality, region, or period; a list or description of, or treatise on, such plants.

e Rhodospermeæ of many authors; -- so called from the rosy or florid color of most of the species.

A flatfish of the family Pleuronectidæ, of many species.

lower beetle (Zoöl.), any beetle which feeds upon flowers, esp. any one of numerous small species of the genus Meligethes, family Nitidulidæ, some of which are injurious to crops. -- Flower bird (Zoöl.), an Australian bird of the genus Anthornis, allied to the honey eaters. -- Flower bud, an unopened flower. -- Flow…

A species of amaranth (Amarantus melancholicus).