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moderate; femur I about as long as the cephalothorax. Abdomen one and 

 one fourth times as long as broad, broadly rounded in front and behind, quite 

 high, quite thickly clothed with not very prominent hair. Epigynum not dis- 

 tinct. 



Two specimens; Tepic, Oct. 



115. Ceratinopsis rosea, sp. nov. 



Plate XIV, Fig. 15. 



Length 1.5 mm. Cephalothorax and mandibles reddish; eyes on black 

 spots; sternum a little darker; legs and palpi yellowish; abdomen dirty white, 

 showing behind some paler narrow chevrons, grayish on venter. Cephalo- 

 thorax gradually rising to eye-region; head not broadened; A. M. E. smaller 

 than the other eyes, at least their diameter apart; posterior row of eyes straight, 

 more than their diameter apart, about as far from S. E., the latter not raised 

 on tubercles as in some species; mandibles quite large, two transverse ridges 

 on the inner side of their front; sternum as broad as long, truncate between 

 the hind coxae, sides rounded. Legs short; femur I shorter than cephalo- 

 thorax, moderately hairy, but without spines. Abdomen ovate, quite hairy; 

 palpus black, has a strong hook on the tibia, which has a tooth above. 



One male from San Francisquito, Sierra Laguna. 



116. Grammonota gentilis, sp. nov. 



Plate XIV, Fig. 24. 



Length $3.8 mm. Cephalothorax and mandibles light red-brown; sternum 

 paler; legs dirty yellowish; abdomen pale grayish, with a black central stripe, 

 and an incomplete lateral stripe, these are connected behind; venter with two 

 indistinct dark lines. Cephalothorax quite broad, but slightly higher in the 

 eye-region; A. M. E. small, close together; posterior row slightly procurved; 

 P. M. E. about their diameter apart, farther from the S. E. ; mandibles stout, 

 with a row of large teeth each side of the fang. Legs short, quite stout; 

 femur I much shorter than the cephalothorax, a spine above on middle of 

 tibiae and on tip of patellae; all clothed with stiff bristles; sternum about as 

 broad as long, pointed between hind coxae, undulate on sides. Abdomen 

 more than once and a half as long as broad, rounded in front, pointed behind. 



One female; El Taste. 



117. Grammonota (?) nigriceps, sp. nov. 



Plate XIV, Fig. 16. 



Length 2.4 mm. Cephalothorax and legs pale yellowish; eye-region 

 blackish; mandibles brownish; sternum yellowish; abdomen uniform gray. 



