a distemper of black cattle, caused by a worm lodging between the skin and the flesh, and perforating the same. This distemper is not mentioned by the ancient Greeks, and is but little known in Europe.

BOVINUS, a small town of the Austrian Netherlands, in the province of Namur, seated on the river Maas or Meuse, in E. Long. 4° 50'. N. Lat. 49° 45'.