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Caserta – Cecidomyia
Caserta
a town of Italy; capital of the province of the same name; on a plain 20 miles N. N. E. of Naples by rail. It is chiefly remarkable on account of its magnificent palace, one of the finest in Europe, which was founded by Charles III. in 1752. Pop. about 32,000.
Cassatt
ALEXANDER JOHN- STON, an American railway executive; born at Pittsburgh, Pa., Dec. 8, 1839.
He received his education at the University of Heidelberg and the Rensselaer CASSIUS terprise that the Pennsylvania terminal in New York, with its tunnels under the Hudson and East rivers, was planned and built. He died at Philadelphia, Dec. 28, 1906.
Cateau
LE, or CATEAU-CAMBRÉ- SIS, (kat-ō), a town in the French department of Nord, on the Selle, 14 miles E. S. E. of Cambrai. Pop. about 10,000 .
Here in 1559 the treaty of Cateau -Cambrésis was concluded between Henry II. of France and Philip II. of Spain. death, after they had on
Catharine Howard
Queen of England. See HOWARD.
Cathedral Peak
a peak of the Sierra Nevada Range, situated in Mariposa co., Cal. It is of granite formation and contains the source of the Merced river. Height, 11,000 feet.
Caudine Forks
a pass of southern Italy, in the form of two lofty forkshaped defiles, in the Apennines (now called the valley of Arpaia), into which a Roman army was enticed by the Samnites, 321 B. C., and being hemmed in was forced to surrender.
Cautin
a river in Chile; flows W. through a province named after it, and CAUTO empties into the Pacific Ocean. Its length is about 200 miles. The province of Cautin has an area of 6,381 square miles; pop. about 165,000; capital, Temuco (pop. about 32,000).
Cauto
a river of Cuba, rising in the province of Santiago de Cuba, and after a northwesterly course of about 20 miles, flowing W. into Buena Esperanza Bay.
It is about 125 miles long and is navigable for small boats for about 75 miles.
Cavalcanti
GUIDO (kav-al-kan' tē), a Florentine poet, born about 1246.
He married Beatrice, daughter of Farinata degli Uberti (chief of the Ghibel- The armies reconstructed after the World War, however, still included a comparatively large number of cavalry regiments. For the number and position of these regiments in the United States army, see MILITARY ORGANIZATION, UNITED STATES.
Caxamarca
or CAJAMARCA (kähä-märkä), a department and town of Peru; area of the department 12,538 square miles; pop. about 443,000. The town is situated about 70 miles from the Pacific Ocean, 280 N. of Lima. Pop. about 10,000. It was the scene of the imprisonment and murder of Atahualpa, the last of the Incas.
Cayes
or AUX CAYES (ki), a seaport of Haiti, on the S. W. coast, 95 miles W. S. W. of Port-au-Prince. Pop. about 15,000.
Cecidomyia
a genus of two-winged flies Diptera, of the family Tipulidæ.
There are about 26 species, all of which are of small size. C. tritici, the Wheatfly, is well known from its attacks on wheat.