Ametabola
or AMETABOLIANS, a sub-class of insects, consisting of those which do not undergo metamorphosis.
It includes three orders: the anoplura, and the thysanura, or spring-tails. All are wingless insects. color is clear purple or bluish violet; AMETHYST, a variety of quartz. Its hence it is sometimes called violetquartz. The coloring matter is generally believed to be manganese. The beauty and hardness of the amethyst cause it to be regarded as a precious stone. It occurs in veins or geodes in trappean and other rocks. The best specimens are brought from India, Armenia, and ple variety of sapphire.
The last stone in the third row of the Jewish high-priest's breastplate was an amethyst (Exod. xxviii: 19); and the 12th foundation of the new Jerusalem, mentioned in Rev. xxi: 20, was to be an amethyst.
Arabia.
AMIENS Chief of the British army in 1778, in which capacity he took a most active, a Field-Marshal. Died in 1798. AMICA, a lake of South America, in London riots of 1780. Upon resigning his chief command in 1795 he was made a Field-Marshal. Died in 1798.