in Zoology, a genus of insects belonging to the order coleoptera. See Entomology Index.

a town of Bética, in the Farther Spain; an ancient mart or trading town on the Bétis, navigable quite up to it for ships of burthen, and thence to Corduba for river barges. Called Colonia Romulensis. It had also a conventus juridicus, a court of justice or assizes (Pliny). Now called Seville. W. Long. 6° N. Lat. 37°.