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ANTIVARI (Montenegrin Bar, so called by the Venetians from its position opposite Bari in Italy)

ANTIVARI (Montenegrin See also:
BAR
BAR (0. Fr. barre, Late Lat. barra, origin unknown)
BAR, CONFEDERATION OF
BAR, FRANCOIS DE (1538-1606)
BAR, THE
Bar, so called by the Venetians from its position opposite See also:
BARI
BARI (anc. Barium)
Bari in See also:
ITALY
ITALY (Italia)
Italy) , a seaport of See also:

MONTENEGRO

Montenegro which until 1878 belonged to See also:

TURKEY

Turkey. Pop. (1900) about 2500. The old See also:

TOWN

town is built inland, on a See also:

STRIP

strip of See also:

COUNTRY (from the Mid. Eng. contre or contrie, and O. Fr. cuntree; Late Lat. contrata, showing the derivation from contra, opposite, over against, thus the tract of land which fronts the sight, cf. Ger. Gegend, neighbourhood)

country See also:

RUNNING

running between the Adriatic See also:

Sea and the Sutorman range of mountains, overshadowed by the See also:

PEAK, THE

peak of Rumiya (5148 ft.). At a few See also:

HUNDRED

hundred yards' distance it is invisible, hidden among dense See also:

OLIVE (Olea europaea)

olive groves. Within, there is a ruinous walled See also:

VILLAGE

village, and the See also:

shell of an old Venetian fortress, surrounded by mosques and bazaars; for Antivari is rather See also:

TURKISH

Turkish than Montenegrin. The See also:

FINE

fine See also:

bay of Antivari, with Prstan, its See also:

PORT

port, is distant about one See also:

HOUR

hour's drive through barren and forbidding country, shut in by mountains. At the See also:

NORTHERN

northern See also:

horn of the bay stands Spizza, an See also:

AUSTRIAN

Austrian military station. Antivari contains the See also:

RESIDENCE (Latin residere, to remain behind, to dwell, reside)

residence of its See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

ARCHBISHOP (Lat. archiepiscopus, from Gr. apxceatorcoros)

archbishop, and, in the centre of the See also:

SHORE

shore, Topolitsa, the square undecorated See also:

PALACE (Lat. Palatium, the name given by Augustus to his residence on the Palatine Hill)

palace of the See also:

CROWN

crown See also:

prince. Antivari is the name applied both to Prstan and the old town. The Austrian See also:

Lloyd steamers See also:

CALL (from Anglo-Saxon ceallian, a common Teutonic word, cf. Dutch kallen, to talk or chatter)

call at times, and the " Puglia " S.S. See also:

COMPANY

Company runs a See also:

REGULAR

regular service of steamers to and from Bari.

As an outlet for Montenegrin See also:

commerce, however, Antivari cannot compete with the Austrian See also:

CATTARO (Serbo-Croatian Kotor)

Cattaro, the See also:

HARBOUR (from M.E. hereberge, here, an army; cf. Ger. Heer and -beorg, protection or shelter. Other early forms in English were herberwe and haiborow, as seen in various place names, such as Market Harborough.. The French auberge, an inn, derived through

harbour being somewhat difficult of See also:

ACCESS (Lat. accessus)

access instormy See also:

WEATHER (O. Eng. weder; the word is common to Teutonic languages; cf. Du. weder, Dan. veir, Icel. ve8r, and Ger. Wetter and Gewitter, storm; the root is wa- to blow, from which is derived " wind ")

weather. Fishing and olive-oil refining are the See also:

main See also:

INDUSTRIES

industries. See also:

ANT-See also:

LION, the name given to neuropterous See also:

INSECTS

insects of the See also:

FAMILY

family Myrmeleonidae, with relatively See also:

SHORT, FRANCIS JOB (1857– )

short and apically clubbed antennae and four large densely reticulated wings in which the apical See also:

VEINS

veins enclose regular oblong spaces. The perfect insects are for the most See also:

PART

part nocturnal and are believed to be carnivorous. The best-known See also:

SPECIES

species, Myrmeleon formicarius, which may be found adult in the See also:

LATE

late summer, occurs in many countries on the See also:

EUROPEAN

European See also:

CONTINENT (from Lat. continere, "to hold together "; hence " connected," " continuous ")

continent, though like the See also:

REST (O. Eng. rest, reste, bed, cognate with other Teutonic forms, e.g. Ger. Rast, Riiste, rest, and probably Gothic Rasta, league, i.e. resting or stopping place)

rest of this See also:

GROUP

group it is not indigenous in See also:

England. Strictly speaking, how-ever, the See also:

TERM

term ant-lion applies to the larval See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form, which has been known scientifically for over two hundred years, on See also:

account of its See also:

PECULIAR

peculiar and forbidding See also:

APPEARANCE (from Lat. apparere, to appear)

appearance and its skilful and unique manner of entrapping See also:

PREY (0. Fr. preie, mod. proie, Lat. praeda, booty, from prae and the root hed—seen in prehendere, prendere, to grasp)

prey by means of a pitfall. The See also:

ABDOMEN (a Latin word, either from abdere, to hide, or from a form adipomen, from adeps, fat)

abdomen is See also:

OVAL (Lat. ovum, egg)

oval, sandy-See also:

grey in See also:

hue and beset with warts and bristles; the prothorax forms a See also:

MOBILE

mobile See also:

NECK (O. Eng. hnecca; the word appears in many Teutonic languages; cf. Dutch ride, Ger. Nacken; in O. E. the common word was heals; cf. Ger. Hals)

neck for the large square See also:

head, which carries a pair of See also:

long and powerful toothed mandibles. It is in dry and sandy See also:

SOIL

soil that the ant-lion See also:

LAYS

lays its See also:

TRAP (0. Eng. treppe or traepee, properly a step, as that or which an animal places its foot and is caught, cf. Ger. Treppe flight of stairs)

trap. Having marked out the chosen site by a circular groove, it starts to crawl backwards, using its abdomen as a plough to See also:

shovel up the soil. By the aid of one front See also:

leg it places consecutive heaps of loosened particles upon its head, then with a See also:

smart jerk throws each little See also:

PILE

pile clear of the See also:

SCENE (Fr. scene, Lat. scaena, Gr. oflvil, a tent or booth, a stage or scene)

scene of operations. Proceeding thus it gradually See also:

WORKS

works its way from the circumference towards the centre. When the latter is reached and the See also:

PIT (O. E. pytt, cognate with Du. put, Ger. Pfutze, &c., all ultimately adaptations of Lat. puteus, well, formed from root pu-, to cleanse, whence gurus, clean, pure)

pit completed, the larva settles down at the bottom, buried in the soil with only the jaws projecting above the See also:

SURFACE

surface.

Since the sides of the pit consist of loose See also:

sand they afford an insecure foothold to any small See also:

INSECT

insect that inadvertently ventures over the edge. Slipping to the bottom the prey is immediately seized by the lurking ant-lion; or if it See also:

ATTEMPT (Lat. adtemptare, attentare, to try)

attempt to scramble again up the treacherous walls of the pit, is speedily checked in its efforts and brought down by showers of loose sand which are jerked at it from below by the larva. By means of similar head-jerks the skins of insects sucked dry of their contents are thrown out of the pit, which is then kept clear of refuse. A full-grown larva digs a pit about 2 in. deep and 3 in. wide at the edge. The pupa See also:

STAGE (Fr. 6/age; from Lat. stare, to stand)

stage of the ant-lion is quiescent. The larva makes a globular See also:

case of sand See also:

STUCK, FRANZ (1863— )

stuck together with fine See also:

SILK

silk spun, it is said, from a slender spinneret at the posterior end of the See also:

BODY

body. In this it remains until the completion of the transformation into the sexually mature insect, which then emerges from the case, leaving the pupal integument behind. In certain species of Myrmeleonidae, such as Dendroleon pantheormis, the larva, although resembling that of Myrmeleon structurally, makes no pitfall, but seizes passing prey from any nook or crevice in which it shelters. The exact meaning of the name ant-lion (Fr. fourmilion) is uncertain. It has been thought that it refers to the fact that ants form a large percentage of the prey of the insect, the suffix " lion " merely suggesting destroyer or eater. Perhaps, however, the name may only signify a large terrestrial biting apterous insect, surpassing the ant in See also:

SIZE

size and predatory habits. (R.

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