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rected thighs, usually of the fore-leg, have a chan- 
nel for the reception of the tibiae, which are in- 
flexed, and both armed with a double series of 
spurs. — Ex. Mantis, Nepa. 
14. Prehensorious (Prehensorii). When the thighs of 
the hind-legs converge and the tibiee diverge so as 
to form an angle which is armed with spines. — Ex. 
Gonyleptes. Plate XIV. Fig. 8 a . 
E. Hip (Coxa). 
1. Fixed (Fixce). When they are not moveable. — Ex. 
Dytiscus, Gonyleptes. 
2. Free (Liberce). When they are moveable. — Ex. 
Hymenoptera, most Coleoptera. 
3. Laminate (Laminates). When the posterior coxae 
form a broad thin plate which covers the trochanter 
and the base of the thighs. — Ex. Haliplus. Plate 
XV. Fig. l.jp". 
4. Flocculate (Floccidatce). When the posterior 
coxae are distinguished by a curling lock of hair 
(Flocculus). — Ex. Andrena b . 
F. Trochanter (Trochanter). 
1. Fulcrant (Fulcra?is). When the trochanter merely 
props the thigh below at the base, but does not 
at all intervene between it and the coxa. — Ex. Ca- 
rabus. 
2. Intercepting (Intercipiens). When the trochanter 
intervenes between the thigh and the coxa, so as 
3 See Kirbyin Linn. Trans, xii. 450 — . t. xxii./. 16. 
b Mon. Ap. Angl. i. t. iv. Melitta **. c./.lO. a. 
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