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ORISMOLOGY. 
rected thighs, usually of the fore-leg, have a chan- 
nel for the reception of the tibiee, which are in- 
flexed, and both others armed with a double series 
of spurs. Ex. Mantis, Nepa. 
Prenensontius (Prehensorit). When the thighs of 
the hind-legs converge and the tibia diverge so as 
to form an angle which is armed with ‘spines. Ex. 
Gonyleptes K. Prarr XIV. Fic. 8+. 
E. Hip (Coxa). 
Fixep (fx). When they are not moveable. Ex. 
Dytiscus, Gonyleptes. 
Free (Libere). When they are moveable. Ex. 
Hymenoptera, most Coleoptera. 
Laminate (Laminate). When the posterior coxe 
form.a broad thin plate which covers the trochanter 
and the, base of the thighs. Ex. Haliplus. PLATE 
XV. Fie. 1. p", 
Froccviate (Hlocculate). — When . the. posterior 
coxz are distinguished by a curling lock of hair 
(Flocculus). Kx. Andrena Latr.” 
F. Trochanter (T'rochanter). 
Fuxcrant (Ludcrans). 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 L. 
InTERCEPTING (Intercipiens). When the trochanter 
intervenes between the thigh and the coxa, so as 
entirely to separate them. Ex. Scarabeus L., Cur- 
_ culio L., Hymenoptera. 
* See Kirby in Linn. Trans. xii. 450—, t. XXL A 16. 
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