Itch Mite
a small white parasitic spider, of the family Acaridæ, producing the disease called itch. The mouth is furnished with bristles; so are the third and fourth pair of legs, while the first and second pair have suckers.
ITHACA (ith'ä-kä), now THIAKI, one of the Ionian Islands, on the W. of Greece, between the mainland and Cephalonia, 17 miles long, and not above 4 broad. It is rugged and uneven, and divided into two nearly equal parts connected by a narrow isthmus. The inhabitants are industrious agriculturists and mariners, and build and fit out a ITHACA considerable number of vessels. They seem to be of pure Greek race, and the women are famed for their beauty.
Ithaca was the royal seat of Ulysses, and is minutely described in the Odyssey. currants. Pop. of Island, 12,000. trades largely in oil, wine, raisins, and and identified several sites mentioned