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the Duke University collections. The doubt cast on the type 

 specimen by its host record has not been eliminated by its mor- 

 phology. On the other hand there is no proof that it is not con- 

 specific with the paratypes and with the new material described 

 here. Although some question may remain concerning the type 

 specimen or its host record, there is no basis for disturbing the 

 nomenclature and the name Euschongastia blarinae is retained 

 for the species redescribed here. 



20. Euschongastia carolinensis, new species 



Figure 7,c; Plates 2, 5, 7, 19 



Description: Size: Length, 230 to 550; width, 155 to 460. 



Shape: Unengorged in life, broad oval; all preserved speci- 

 mens, broad oval. 



Color: Opaque white to cream, with red eyespots. 



Gnathosoma: Seta on palpal coxa with a fringe of setules on 

 the convex curvature. Seta on palpal femur strong with strong 

 setules. Seta on palpal genu with setules closely arranged in two 

 alternate rows. Dorsal seta on palpal tibia with few setules; 

 lateral seta slender and nude; ventral seta with setules closely 

 arranged in tv/o alternate rows. Palpal claw stout, without taper, 

 terminating in six or seven closely grouped prongs, median prong 

 slightly the longest. Galeal seta with about two to six setules 

 (table 14). Cheliceral base heavy, faintly punctate; blade smooth, 

 curved, with tiny subapical dorsal tooth and a larger ventral 

 tooth. Conspicuous punctae on palpal coxa. 



Table 14. — Distribution of setules on the galeal setae of ten specimens of 

 Euschongastia carolinensis 



(Question mark indicates undetermined number of setules) 



Legs: Leg I with two rather long genualae, a microgenuala, 

 two tibialae with a microtibiala, a spur of moderate size with a 

 microspur about two-thirds the length of the spur distal and 

 posterior to it, a stout subterminala, a rather small parasubter- 

 minala, and a pretarsala. Leg II with a rather long genuala, two 

 tibialae, a moderate spur with microspur slightly proximal and 



