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Male gonopods of medium size (about 1.9 mm. in telopodite arc 

 length and 1.5 mm. in arc width) ; broad, telopodite sigmoidally curved 

 mesiad, then cephalad, then ventrolaterad and slightly caudad in a 

 continuous arc; a prominent tongue-like solenomerite on distal end 

 of telopodite; precingular portion of telopodite much longer than 

 postcingular portion. 



Color faded but indicates possibility of a trimacidate pattern. 



Type locality: 1.3 miles east of Premier, McDowell County, 

 W. Va. lOiown onty from the type locality. 



Type specimens: Collected by Leslie Hubricht, June 28, 1950. 

 Male holotype, male paratype, and female allotype in the U. S, 

 National Museum. 



Discussion: Brachoria ligula is another new species with gonopods 

 intermediate in form between those formerly thought typical of 

 Brachoria and Tucoria. The general form and lack of complexity of 

 the telopodite and the development of the prefemoral spine are all 

 more like Brachoria, but the bulk of the gonopods approaches that of 

 Tucoria. 



The name refers to the tongue-like solenomerite. 



Brachoria mendota, new species 



Figure 7g,h 



Diagnosis: Distinguished from aU other species of the genus except 

 insolita by the fact that the distal part of the arc of the gonopods is 

 in a plane primarily parallel to the body. Differs from insolita in 

 the location of the cingulum and in the absence of a tooth on the 

 distal part of the telopodite. 



Description: Length of male holotype, 38 mm.; width, 8 mm.; 

 length of male paratype, 34 mm.; width, 8 mm. 



CoUum subellipsoidal, ends smoothly rounded; paranotal swellings 

 and ridges absent. 



Paranotal swellings absent on segments 2 and 3, very weak on 

 segment 4, becoming slightly stronger on more posterior segments 

 but never strong. Caudolateral corners of all paranota rounded. 



Sternum of 3d pair of legs \\4th median longitudinal gToove; sternum 

 of 4th legs with pair of small processes; sterna of 5th and 6th legs 

 smooth, 



Coxal annatiu'e of anterior and midbody segments weak, stronger 

 on posterior segments. 



Male gonopods long (about 2.22 mm. in telopodite arc length) but 

 the telopodite arc not very wide (about 1.06 mm.); directed almost 

 straight ventrad, then curving smootlily cephalomesiad, then more 

 abruptly mesiad, then rather abruptly laterocephalad ; portion of 

 telopodite distal to last bend more slender than more proximal por- 



