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Psyche 
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typical of males of the genus but fragility of the holotype and scarcity 
of parataypes prevents close examination. Sternum: quite convex; 
longer than wide in ratio of about 7:6; bluntly terminated between 
bases of fourth coxae which are separated by nearly 1.5 times their 
width; continued laterally between coxae; surface smooth with faint 
lobulations along margin; sternal suture conspicuous and slightly 
recurved; with a moderate supply of black bristles near margin and 
with a group of five or six of these at posterior end ; first coxae 
somewhat elongate but all others quite globose. Legs: 4123 in order 
of length; tibial index of first leg 12, of fourth leg 11; true spines 
are lacking but spiniform bristles are present. Palp : essential features 
shown in Figures 16-18; both right and left palps fully developed; 
palpal tarsus short and broad ; palpal femur somewhat inflated. 
Abdomen: slender; dorsal and ventral scuta cover nearly entire 
surface (Fig. 19) ; the usual sclerite partially surrounds the spinnerets; 
obscure genital area as shown in Figure 20; minute cusps present 
at base of pedicel. Color in alcohol : essentially as described for S. 
barroana and S. williamsi by Dr. Gertsch (1941) with minor vari- 
ations. 
Female paratype. Total length 1.55 mm. Carapace 0.55 mm 
long; about 0.42 mm wide opposite second coxae where it is widest; 
0.18 mm tall; only slightly arched along middorsal region from 
PME to beginning of posterior declivity. Eyes essentially as in male. 
Chelicerae, maxillae and lip all essentially typical of females of the 
genus so far as observed. Sternum: convex; marginal lobulation 
hardly discernible; otherwise essentially as in male. Legs essentially 
as in male. Palp: tarsus somewhat inflated; a group of flattened hairs 
on prolateral side near base as in male. Abdomen : dorsal scutum 
lacking in typical fashion ; ventral scutum somewhat less extensive 
than in male; epigynal area somewhat distinctive (Fig. 21). Color 
in alcohol : parts not covered by abdominal scutum are white ; else- 
where color is similar to that of male but somewhat lighter with 
slight variations. 
Records. The described female paratype was taken on July 25, 
1966 in the same general locality as the holotype male. A male taken 
in the same general locality on July 24, 1966 is, with some uncer- 
tainty, regarded as a paratype. 
Scaphiella schmidti Reimoser 
Figures 22-26 
Scaphiella schmidti Reimoser, 1939: 380, figs. 13A-13B. Male and female 
syntypes from the San Jose, Costa Rica are in the Naturhistorisches 
Museum in Wien. Roewer, 1942: 289. 
