Leopoldville

Collier's New Encyclopedia (1921)

a village in the only ( 1) two primary only two Belgian Kongo, West Africa. A rail- Rhopalocera (1) Rhods road extends from Matadi 248 miles flies; ( 2) Heterocera away to this town. A pipe line of about moths, and the anoths the same length connects the two cities, 50,000 lepidoptera are known. 50,000 and through it oil is pumped to supply fuel for steamers on the Kongo river. Pop. about 16,000. Roman LEPIDUS statesman, the office of the office LEPANTO (anciently Naupactus, now break of the civil break of th called by the Greeks Epakto), a small ular party. He iar party town of Greece, on the N. side of the horse at, and in 46 morse, and entrance to the Gulf of Corinth. Dur- Rome at the at Rome at ing the Peloponnesian war it was one the latter, and The latter, of the chief naval stations of the Athenfex maximus; had maxim ex ians. In the Middle Ages it was given Narbonese Gaul, Jarbonese by the Byzantine emperor to the Venejoined Antony, oined Ant tians, who fortified it so strongly that enemy to the state nemy to the in 1477 it stood a siege of four months first triumvirate rst triumv by 30,000 Turks and in 1499 was only Roman world was Coman wor taken by Bajazet II. at the head of 150,000 tavius, Antony, and Lepidus. Avius, Aut men. Near Lepanto took place again consul in 42 gain consu the celebrated naval battle between the of Africa, after Turks on one side and the Papal galand Cassius at leys, and those of the Venetians and erward unsuccessfully ward un , on the other, on Oct. 7, ther, de Oct. 7. the Christians, com- Christians commanded Juan of Austria, decisive victory. In this bat- Don Juan of Austria, victory. In this batlost an arm. The town arm. The town GULF OF. See CORINTH. TLF OF. See CORINTH. , an order of insects, an order of insects, clothed with scales imclothed with scales imwings, with their margins with their margins scales; it is these, and es; it is these, and theraselves, that are so res, that are se The wings are four. wings are four. consists of an antlia, or long antlis, or long or tongue, by means of by means of on honey in the nectarin the nectarwhich is their appropriate their appropriate undergo a complete metaa complete metaparent generally depositgenerally depositsome plant; these being plant; these being caterpillars, at once illars, at once voraciously, increasing increasing and casting their skin their skin becoming full grown full grown the chrysalis state, rysalis state, due time as full - grown full-crown Formerly they were dithey were disub - orders or tribes: ers or tribes: Sphinxes or Hawk - moths, or Hawk-moths, first having club - shaped aving club-shaped second having the thickest aving the thickest antennæ toward the front, toward the front, both directions, and the lirections, and the , if not feathery, then, not feathery, then, thinner from the inner from the The butterflies are the butterflies are the colored, and fly by day; less brilliant tints, fly and fly by day; brilliant tints, fly ; the moths, normally the moths, normally are nocturnal. The last turnal. The last are now combined, and combined, and divisions recognized: isions recognized: , containing the butterng the butter- , comprising hawkising hawkmoths. More than More than wn. MARCUS. In 49 ÆMILIUS B. C. he held, a beld prætor, and at the outthe outwar he joined the popthe-popbecame master of the aster of the consul with Cæsar; was with Cesar; was time of the murder of of the murder of succeeded him as pontihim as pontithe government of government of and Hither Spain; Either Spain; and was declared an was declared an . In October, 43, the In October, 48, the was formed, and the as formed, and the divided between Ocdivided between Oc- Lepidus. He was He was ; was made governor was made governor the defeat of Brutus the defeat of Brutus Philippi; attempted aftto make himself independent, and lost his provinces and his office. He died in 13 b. c.