One of the femora of an old man was found in the celebrated Cro-Magnon Cave, bearing a deep depression caused by a blow of a projectile, and on the forehead of the woman that lay beside him is a large wound made by a small flint hatchet (Fig.
Judging from the length of the femora found, though it must be added that they are mostly those of women, the ancient Lake Dwellers were not so tall as the present inhabitants of Europe.
The hairs on the femora are much fewer than those on the tibiæ and tarsi.
In some instances sections of both femora and tibiae occurred in articulated position; in others, just a pair of tibiae or femora, or a single femur or tibia were left.
In one burial the greater part of both femora was present.
In the second burial most of the two tibiae and parts of both femora remained, their position strongly suggesting flexure.
The knee-joints approach one another; the femora slope downwards and inwards towards the knee-joints; the tibiae become straight; and the sole of the foot faces almost directly downwards.
Legs pale yellowish, femora and coxae more whitish, tibiae and patellae I and IV tipped with black.
Landois has observed another important fact, namely, that in the females of the Acridiidae, the stridulating teeth on the femora remain throughout life in the same condition in which they first appear during the larval state in both sexes.
Landois also found such rudiments on the under surface of the wing-covers of the female Achetidae, and on the femora of the female Acridiidae.
Onitis furcifer, processes of anteriorfemora of the male, and on the head and thorax of the female.
African genus belonging to the same family, we meet with a new and remarkable modification; in the males a small notched ridge projects obliquely from each side of the abdomen, against which the hind femora are rubbed.
The skeleton of a young child with a persistent frontal suture was found at a depth of from 3 to 4 feet with the head east, trunk on back, femora at right angles to tibiae, and fibulae parallel to them, flexed to left or south.
The legs were flexed so that the femora lay at right angles or to the southeast of the pelvis, and the tibiae and fibulae lay parallel to them.
Osteotomy was performed on him, and the femora were found to be mere thin shells of bones surrounding cavities containing great quantities of medulla, which flowed out of the wound as oil; five ounces were discharged at once.
Softening of bones and synchondroses, torsion, the weight of the trunk, and the pressure of the femora from below produce the change of the pelvis so well known and much feared in the parturient female.
When fifteen years old I began to practice coitus inter femora on my brother and continued it intermittently for about two years.
His teachings went still further, for he masturbated before me, then persuaded me to masturbate him, and finally practiced coitus inter femora upon me.
African genus belonging to this same family, we meet with a new and remarkable modification: in the males a small notched ridge projects obliquely from each side of the abdomen, against which the hind femora are rubbed.
Legs and underside ferruginous, bases of abdominal segments green, as are the tips of the femora and all the tarsi: front edge of tibiae of fore-legs without teeth, hind tibiae moderate.
Legs reddish except the coxae and cephalic femora and tibiae.
Legs reddish except the coxae and the first and third femora ventrad; more slender than usual, the ovipositor about as in californicum but the abdomen is longer, hence the ovipositor is so.
Forbes founded this genus of Dinornithidae on remains of Moas of three distinct sizes as regards femora collected by him at Manitoto.
Hair at apex of the abdomen yellow; legs including femora yellowish brown.
Anterior lobe of the pronotum with a bispinous or bituberculate disc; femora unarmed.
Fore femora very much swollen, armed with spines below, fore tibia arcuate and applied closely to the inferior margin of the femur.
Empodium well developed, nearly as long as the claws and with long hairs at the base; femora and fifth tarsal segments unarmed, i.
The legs are irregularly marked with rings and spots, and thefemora are dark toward the end.
In the male the ends of the legs are pale, without rings, and the rings of the femora are broken into spots except on the front legs, where the femora are black.
The legs have the femora and patella and tibia of first and second pairs black or dark brown and the other joints light and black at the ends.
The femora of all the legs are striped lengthwise with brown and yellow.
In the males the femora and the sides of the thorax are much darker brown, and the tibiae of the front pair dark and thickly covered with hairs.
The legs are comparatively short and tapering, and the femora thick.
The palpi are usually carried doubled up in front of the head, with the curved ends of the femora just below the eyes and the palpal organs over the ends of the mandibles.
On the first and second femora the dark rings are very wide, covering sometimes more than half the joint.
The cephalothorax is dark brown or black, as are also the femora of all the legs and of the palpi.
There are sometimes fine black lines on the under sides of the femora and a wide black middle stripe under the abdomen.
The legs are pale, except the darkfemora of the first pair and dark spots on the ends of the joints of the fourth pair.
The femora of the first and second legs are black.
The first legs are twice as thick as the others and have the femora flattened, but in the female the fourth legs are longest.
The cephalothorax, abdomen, and femora of all the legs are bright orange color, with brilliant yellow and green reflections.
The femora are distinctly marked with four rings, and the other joints less plainly.
Femora densely hairy; posterior tibiae in male short and much swollen, furnished on inner side with very large dense tuft of hairs.
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