chamberlin: geophiloidea of the southeastern states. 435 



Described originally from Texas. While not actually known from 

 within the district covered by the present paper, its wide distribu- 

 tion across the southern portion of the United States from Texas 

 westward, makes it seem quite likely that it may occur occasionally 

 farther east. 



Haplophilus Verhoeff. 

 Haplophilus grenadae, sp. nov. 



Slender, gradually attenuated cephalad, the caudal portion more 

 abruptly narrowed; entire body and legs clothed sparsely with short 

 straight hairs. 



Light brownish yellow, the caudal portion darker, smoky. Head 

 and prehensorial feet with presternum pale reddish brown; antennae 

 yellow, darkened distad. Cephalic plate much wider than long 

 (a little more than 4:3); sparsely clothed with short straight hairs ; 

 rounded, subcircular, excepting the caudal margin which is substraight 

 and overlaps the basal plate. Free portion of basal plate 3j times as 

 wide as long, the head not fully 2.5 times as long as its median length. 



Antennae short, not fully contiguous at base, flattened dorso- 

 ventrally and attenuated distad as usual; all articles except the 

 ultimate short, the latter much longer than the two preceding taken 

 together. 



Claws of prehensorial feet when closed not attaining front margin 

 of head by a large space; almost glabrous; all joints unarmed; claw 

 stout, moderately curved. Prosternum also almost glabrous; more 

 than twice as wide as long (nearly 2.3:1), not fully twice as long as 

 the prefemur (20:11); anterior margin but weakly sinuate. 



Dorsal scuta very obscurely bisulcate. Anterior prescuta short, 

 becoming of moderate length in middle and posterior portions. 



Spiracles round, the first not enlarged, all being rather small, and 

 only very gradually reduced caudad. 



Ventral plates widely, weakly depressed transversely in line with 

 legs; on posterior of slope of the depression, or partly caudad of it, 

 the ventral pores are arranged in an oblong area which on most plates, 

 especially the more caudal ones, shows a tendency to expand at the 

 ends (Plate 3, fig. 12). 



First pair of legs clearly shorter and more slender than the second; 

 posterior pairs clearly longer and more slender than the anterior pairs. 



Last ventral plate with sides strongly converging caudad, substraight 

 or a little incurved, caudal margin straight (Plate 3, fig. 11). Coxo- 



