Coxa

“ In other insects also these legs are used for the same purpose as soon as the insects are put in the water. But the swimming legs of water-beetles are oars of quite peculiar construction. They are not turned about in the coxæ, as are other legs, but at the foot-joint. The coxa, namely, has grown entirely together with the thoracic partition. The muscles we have mentioned, exceeding in strength all the soft parts taken together, take hold directly of the large wing-shaped tendons of the upper thigh, and extend and retract the leg in one of the planes lying close to the abdominal partition. ”

“ The two other appendages of this group are robust and short. One is tolerably complete, apparently lacking only the dentate border of the coxal joint. It is 38 mm long and consists of seven joints. The coxa is large and globose. Each joint from the second to the fifth carries on the posterior edge a pair of short, stout, distally directed, lanceolate spines, averaging 2.5 mm long and nearly half as wide. Joint two is broad and very short. Joints three, four and five are subquadrate and successively smaller. ”

“ Cotypes: are all the specimens before the describer when a species is named, no single one being selected as the type: the type in such case equals the sum of the cotypes: see paratype.
Coxa -ae: the basal segment of the leg, by means of which it is articulated to the body.
Coxal cavity: the opening or space in which the Coxa articulates; in Coleoptera the cavity is open when the epimera do not extend to the sternum; closed or entire when the epimera reach the sternum or join medially as in Rhynchophora ”

“ The coxal glands are well developed, and lie beneath the endosternite, opening near the first coxae.
The nervous system is much concentrated and of the usual Arachnid type. The median abdominal nerve has a ganglion towards its extremity, supplying, according to Bernard, [251] the muscles which move the tail. The heart is extremely long, and varies little in width. It has nine pairs of ostia [252] —two in the thorax and seven in the abdomen. The generative glands are paired, and in the male there are large seminal vesicles. ”

“ All the coxae large, free, entirely covering the sternal surfaces of the three thoracic segments, as well as the base of the abdomen. The sternal sclerites of the thoracic segments little developed, being weak and consisting of pieces that do not form a continuous exo-skeleton; tegmina and wings extremely variable, sometimes entirely absent. The wings possess a definite anal region capable of fan-like folding; rarely the wing is also transversely folded. The three pairs of legs differ but little from one another. ”

“ These are long or short, weak or strong, according to the habit of the insect. Each leg consists of the following joints or parts: The coxæ (Fig. 24) , which move like a ball and socket joint in the close-fitting coxal cavities of the body-rings. Next to these follow in order the broad tracanter, the large, broad femur (Fig. 2, g′, 1) , the long, slim tibia (Fig. 2, g′, 2) , frequently bearing strong spines at or near its end, called tibial spurs, and followed by the from one to five-jointed tarsi (Fig. 2, g′, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3) . ”

“ Other excretory organs are the coxal glands, which form many coils behind the nerve-mass, and open between the coxae of the third and fourth legs. They have been taken for poison-glands.
There is a small endosternite in the hinder portion of the cephalothorax under the alimentary canal.
The vascular system is not completely understood. The heart is a very long, narrow, dorsal tube, extending almost the entire length of the animal, and possessing eight pairs of ostia, two in the cephalothorax and six in the abdomen. ”

“ The sterna in Blattidae are remarkable for their rudimentary structure. This is probably correlated with the great development of the coxae, which serve as shields to the lower part of the body. The pieces of the sterna are not only small, but are also of feeble consistence—semi-membranous, in fact—and appear like thicker portions of the more extensive and delicate membrane in which they are situate; they sometimes differ considerably in the sexes of the same species. ”

“ The legs vary greatly in the details of {262}their shape: the coxae are short, oval, or round, never large; the trochanter is small; the front femora often have the basal part narrower than the apical, and they are frequently so formed that they can be stretched out in front of the head, concealing its sides and outline and entirely encasing the antennae. There is an arolium or cushion between the claws of the five-jointed tarsi. The front legs are frequently longer than the others. Only a very slight study has been made of the alar organs of Phasmidae ”

“ The legs of the last pair are directed backwards in a line parallel with the long axis of the body, so that their coxae, fused in some cases with the pleural sclerites (Scolopendra, Geophilus) , or free and of large size (Scutigera, Lithobius) , serve to protect the small genital and anal somites. They are often greatly modified. In the males of some species of Lithobius one or more of the segments is inflated or furnished with tubercle-bearing, tactile bristles; in some Geophilomorpha the whole limb is thickened in the male sex. ”

“ The coxae and tibiae are stout and formed for leaping, especially in the posterior pair of legs. The remarkable power of jumping has given rise to the name turnip-flea. The females are slightly longer and decidedly stouter than the males. ”

“ Head yellow-white, forehead and vertex black, antenna black.
Thorax black, with two transverse lines anteriorly and the sides posteriorly yellowish, legs black, spotted with white, densely clothed with fulvous hairs at the base of the coxae. Abdomen black, last segment bright fulvous.
Female with markings rather more blue than in the male.
Exp. alar. 1 un. 9 lin.
Habitat: New Holland. ”

“ Color in alcohol. Legs: first and second pairs of coxae dull brownish, others lighter; all femora dark brown with scattered white scales, first pair with a rather conspicuous prolateral white patch of scales; all patellae yellowish tipped with reddish brown; all tibiae reddish brown; first metatarsi yellowish in proximal third, elsewhere reddish brown, second and third metatarsi yellowish except reddish brown distal ends, fourth metatarsi entirely reddish brown; first three pairs of tarsi yellowish, fourth pair reddish brown with yellowish tips. ”

“ Mister Cox, Mister Cox, My feelings overpower me, That his lodger, his friendly lodger, Should once suspect that Bouncer is COX:
A dodger. BOUNCER:
As to who takes your coals, wood, and all that, It must have been — COX:
No! No! ’Twas not the cat! BOUNCER:
Rataplan, Rataplan, I’m a military man, Rough, honest, I hope, though unpolished, And I’ll bet you a hat, that as to the cat, The cat in the Army’s abolished! COX:
Rataplan, Rataplan, you’re a military man, Honest, I hope, though it doesn’t appear, And as to the cat, the treacherous cat, If it isn’t in the Army, don’t have it here. ”

“ The Cossacks finished their task round the cordon and gathered in the hut for supper. Only the old man still stayed under the plane tree watching for the vulture and pulling the string tied to the falcon’s leg, but though a vulture was really perching on the plane tree it declined to swoop down on the lure. Lukáshka, singing one song after another, was leisurely placing nets among the very thickest brambles to trap pheasants. In spite of his tall stature and big hands every kind of work, both rough and delicate, prospered under Lukáshka’s fingers. ”

“ Cox, the celebrated architect, in viewing a wild Panther, which a shew-man had in his possession, in Medford, was suddenly seized by the voracious animal, and his head and face torn in so shocking a manner, that his death would be a consolation to his desponding relatives. The strength of the animal was so great, that five persons could hardly disengage its teeth and claws from the unhappy victim of its rage. ”

“ Of all these sufferers perhaps Cox is most to be pitied. They all have to eat what they're told, no doubt, yards and yards of beefsteak, and so on. In the old days rowing men had to drink beer at breakfast; I can't think of anything worse, except, perhaps, stout. But Cox doesn't eat anything at all. He has to get thinner and thinner. And if there is one thing worse, than eating beefsteak at breakfast it must be watching eight rowing men eating beefsteak at breakfast and not eating anything yourself.
Yes, beyond question Cox is the real hero. ”

“ There are many of them, and an indistinct murmur rises through the darkness from under the hill. Those are the Cossacks “on the march.”
Petrùsya also knows what “Cossacks” means. The Cossack Hvèydka, [11] who sometimes stops at the house, is called by everybody “the old Cossack.” Many a time has he lifted Petrùsya to his lap and smoothed his hair with his trembling hand. When the boy according to his custom felt of his face, he found deep wrinkles under his sensitive fingers, a long, drooping [87] mustache and sunken cheeks, and on those cheeks the tears of old age. ”

“ He looked at his watch—it was past eight o’clock. The sea was glittering and bespangled with sunlight. He found among his scanty belongings a bathing suit, and, wrapped in his overcoat, hurried down-stairs.
“Breakfast in half an hour, Mrs. Cox,” he called out.
She stood at the door, watching him as he stepped across the pebbles and plunged in. For a few moments he swam. Then he turned over on his back. The sunlight was gleaming from every window of St. David’s Hall. He even fancied that upon the terrace he could see a white-clad figure looking towards him. ”

“ We sounded the trumpet, we beat the drum, Somehow the enemy didn’t come. So I gave up my horse In Her Majesty’s force As there wasn’t a foeman To meet with the yeoman; And so no invasion Threatened the nation. There wasn’t a man In the rear or the van, Who found an occasion to sing Rataplan! Rataplan! Rataplan! Rataplan plan, plan, plan! Enter COX.
COX: This comes of having one’s hair cut. None of my hats will fit me. By-the-bye, Bouncer, I wish to know how it is that I frequently find my apartment full of smoke? ”

“ I should set him down as a gentleman connected with the printing interest.
BOUNCER: Yes sir. Good morning. (Going.)
No. 3. Duet (Cox and Bouncer) , "Stay, Bouncer, Stay" COX: (recit.)
Stay, Bouncer, stay! To me it has occurred That now’s the time with you to have a word. BOUNCER: (aside)
What can he mean? I tremble — Ah! I tremble! COX:
Listen! BOUNCER:
With pleasure. COX:
Now, coals is coals, as sure as eggs is eggs, Coals haven’t souls, no more than they have legs; But, as you will admit, the case is so, Legs or no legs, my coals contrive to go! ”

“ There is a namesake of yours in particular, Cox, the Statuary, who, everybody knows, is a first-rate maker of verses. He surely is the man of all the world for your purpose.' 'Alas, sir, I have heretofore borrowed help from him, but he is a gentleman of so much reading that the people of our town cannot understand him.'
"I confess to you, my dear, I felt all the force of the compliment implied in this speech, and was almost [pg 70] ready to answer, Perhaps, my good friend, they may find me unintelligible too for the same reason. ”

“ In this story the old Cossacks, centuries dead, have a genuine resurrection of the body. They appear before us in all their amazing vitality, their love of fighting, of eating and drinking, their intense patriotism, and their blazing devotion to their religious faith. Never was a book more plainly inspired by passion for race and native land. It is one tremendous shout of joy. These Cossacks are the veritable children of the steppes, and their vast passions, their Homeric laughter, their absolute recklessness in battle, are simply an expression of the boundless range of the mighty landscape. ”

“ Captain Cox, then, will have to work hard before he can bring his worm abreast of so thrilling a creature; but, meanwhile, he has commenced well. To him we owe the latest confirmation of one of the oldest of the world’s superstitions, and though, in confirming it, he has divested the thing of our fancy of all that made it precious, he has given us in place of the rampageous sea-serpent of our ancestors, tinkered out of scraps from half the beasts in nature, a plausible and well-conducted eel. ”

“ Twenty-four hours afterward, passing the mouths of the Atacoari or Cocha—or rather the “furo,” or canal, which communicates with the lake of Cabello-Cocha on the right bank—she put in at the rising ground of the mission of Cocha. This was the country of the Marahua Indians, whose long floating hair, and mouths opening in the middle of a kind of fan made of the spines of palm-trees, six inches long, give them a cat-like look—their endeavor being, according to Paul Marcoy, to resemble the tiger, whose boldness, strength, and cunning they admire above everything. ”

“ Cox? And one of 'em not over strong? Deary me! that makes it hard for you and the young gal But you be standing it remarkable well. And gentlemen born you say! They do say that the other one wi' the specked skin be making fools of Miss Maria up at the Rectory and old Miss Dexter at the cottage. Well! well! Poor Miss Ellen was gone afore we knew it like, poor soul, that was so kind!”
Much of this cunning volubility sprung upon Mrs. Cox in pumping fashion failed to extort from her anything but good-humoured smiles and laughs. ”