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Type specimens: In the Academy of Natural Sciences of Phila- 

 delphia. 



New distribltion record: 



Kentucky: Harlan County: Pine Mountain, July, 1946 (1 cf), W. L. Xecker 

 and C. K. Necker. 



Discussion: I have examined the holo types of both splendida and 

 dynama and find them to be conspecific. Therefore, Chamberlin's 

 name will have to be regarded as a s3Tion3^mof splendida, as indicated 

 by Chamberlin and HofFman (1958). 



Brachoria tenebrans (Hoffman) 



Figure 9a-d 



Anfractogon tenebrans Hoffman, Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington, vol. 61, pp. 94, 96, 



figs. 1-3, 1948. 

 Brachoria tenebrans, Chamberlin and HoflFman, U. S. Nat. Mus. Bull. 212, p. 25, 



1958. 



Diagnosis: Distinguished from all other species of the genus by 

 the shape of the distal portion of the telopodite of the male gonopod 

 as described below. 



Description: Length of male holotype, 4.3 mm.; width, 11.9 mm.; 

 length of other male specimen, 45 mm.; width, 11.5 mm. 



CoUum subellipsoidal, closely resembling that of initialis, ends of 

 paranota rather narrowly rounded; no paranotal swellings present; 

 strong ridges along cephalic margins of paranota. 



Paranotal swellings not present on 2d segment, present but weak 

 on 3d segment, stronger on succeeding segments, Paranota of 2d 

 and 3d segments with caudolateral corners rather sharp, lateral edges 

 curving strongly cephalomesad from corner; paranota of segments 4-7 

 rather square; paranota of segment 8 and succeeding midbody seg- 

 ments with caudolateral corners produced caudad slightly. 



Sternum of 3d pair of legs with usual processes; sterna of 4th and 

 5th legs each with pair of low moundlike processes; sternum of 6th 

 legs smooth. 



Coxal armatm*e very weak. 



Male gonopods of medium size (about 2.5 mm. in telopodite arc 

 length and 1.7 mm. in arc width); curved mesiad, then mesiodorsad, 

 then abruptly cephalad, then abruptly laterodorsad, then caudodorsad, 

 then laterad; a very prominent ridge along cephalically directed 

 portion; a prominent tooth on caudal side of dorsally directed portion 

 in holotype, this tooth not so prominent on specimen from Lawrence 

 County. Prefemoral spine rather short but strong. 



Color faded but suggests bimaculate type pattern. 



Type locality: Winston County, Ala. 



