1936 ] New Species of Southern Spiders 95 
The genus was based on a female from California. Cham- 
berlin described one male that has a similar palpal organ 
but differs from the Texas species by the proportion of the 
joints of the palpus and the much longer tibial spur. 
Drassyllus pullus sp. nov. 
Fig. 4, 5 
Male. Length, 5.1 mm. ; ceph., 2.2 mm. ; abd., 3.0 mm. 
Cephalothorax dark brown with no light area, thoracic 
groove short but distinct, sides evenly rounded, front mar- 
gin about same width as posterior; eyes covering middle 
half of head, anterior row straight, a.m.e. smallest of 
eight, separated by less than a diameter and from a.l.e. by 
less than a radius, a.l.e. largest of eight, posterior row a 
little longer than anterior row, straight, p.m.e. little 
smaller than a.l.e. round, separated by a diameter and from 
p.l.e. by less ; quadrangle of median eyes slightly narrower 
in front and higher than wide; clypeus less than diameter 
of a.m.e.; mandibles dark brown, vertical, median margin 
covered with long bristles, fang groove slightly oblique, su- 
perior margin with numerous stiff bristles and two sub- 
equal teeth, inferior margin with three small teeth, fang 
stout at base and evenly curved; labium higher than wide, 
lateral margin excavate at basal third then sides slightly 
inclined towards tip ; maxillae once and a half times as high 
as labium; palpi inserted very near the tip; maxillae dis- 
tinctly impressed; sternum brown, two-thirds as wide as 
long, ending in a blunt point in front of IV coxae, sides 
with numerous long bristles; abdomen oval, a dark gray, 
thinly covered with long hairs, basal scutum very distinct 
extending one third length of abdomen, venter pale, with a 
scutum separate from dorsal and extending from pedicle to 
fold; inferior spinnerets separated by more than a dia- 
meter; legs, I pair, and II right missing, dark with many 
long hairs and bristles, spines, II tibia, 0 spines ventral or 
lateral, metatarsus, 2 basal, rather weak, IV tibia, 0 spines 
dorsal but a lateral pair; palpus not as long as cephalo- 
thorax, seen from above patella longer than tibia, tibia 
