1914 Pomona College Journal of Entomology and Zoology, Vol.VI, No. 4, Dec. 



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 Atemnus. 

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

 Californian species differs from the Florida form in ha\ing a larger 

 hand and more hairy body. 



Atcnnms Jiirsutus 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 behinci 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 broaci at base, barely 

 shorter than the tibia; fingers as long as the hanci, 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.) 



