Elytra longer than the body, slightly opaque, light brown, with a few indistinct spots; wings scarcely as long as the elytra, with a greenish hue, except at the tip which is brownish; abdomen brown, shining, palest beneath, segments keeled above, posterior tibiae of a bright red, sides at the base yellowish, spines black, posterior Femora with two brown bands on the upper edge about the middle.
"Journals Of Two Expeditions Of Discovery In North-West And Western Australia, Vol. 2 (of 2)"
George Grey
In Heterocerus, which belongs to another family, the rasps are placed on the sides of the first abdominal segment, and are scraped by ridges on the Femora.
"The Descent of Man and Selection in Relation to Sex, Vol. I (1st edition)"
Charles Darwin
It also enclosed two perfect male skeletons, the tops of the Femora of another, and a bone of some animal.
"An Illustrated History of Ireland from AD 400 to 1800"
Mary Frances Cusack