A New Pseudoscorpion from California 



NATHAN BANKS 



Professor Hilton recently sent me a pseudoscorpion taken on the 

 beach near water, which proves to belong to the genus Atemnits. 

 Our common Florida Ateinnus also occurs on the sea beach. The 

 Californian species differs from the Florida form In having a larger 

 hand and more hairy body. 



Atemuiis hirsiitiis n. sp. 



Pale yellowish; cephalothorax a little longer than broad behind, 

 narrowed in front, sides slightly sinuate, clothed with short, simple 



bristles; mandibles not one-third the length of the cephalothorax, 

 with a short stylet; abdomen elongate, cylindrical, the segments 

 with apical and preapical rows of simple bristles; legs rather large, 

 with many simple bristles, all showing trochantins. Pedipalpi large, 

 clothed with many fine simple hairs and bristles; the trochanters 

 bituberculate behind near tip; the femur about as long as the width 

 of the cephalothorax, of nearly equal width throughout; the tibia 

 about as long as femur, a little broader beyond the middle, about 

 equally convex on each side; hand extremely broad at base, barely 

 shorter than the tibia; fingers as long as the hand, much curved, 

 each with some tooth-like granules and a fine toothed ridge on the 

 apposed sides. 



From Laguna Beach, California, ten feet from the ocean. 

 (Hilton.) 



