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Chickering — Genus Scaphiella 
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Reimoser furnished two simple figures to accompany his descrip- 
tion of the species. As a result of an examination of the male and 
female on loan from the Naturhistorisches Museum in Vienna I have 
prepared Figures 22-26 to further clarify the status of this species. 
Eyes of male typical of the genus (Fig. 22). Eyes of female sim- 
ilar to those of male but the posterior row is very slightly recurved, 
measured by posterior borders and viewed from above. The essential 
features of the male palp are shown in Figures 23-25. The epigynal 
area of the female appears to be obscurely distinctive (Fig. 26). It 
is quite different from the epigynal areas of the three species known 
from Panama. A female from San Jose, Costa Rica, collected by 
Enrique Schmidt, was, for a time, considered to be a new species. 
Careful comparison with the female of Scaphiella schmidti Reimoser 
has raised doubts regarding its status as a new species and, for this 
reason, it is tentatively placed in the above named species. 
Scaphiella scutata sp. nov. 
Figures 27-35 
Holotype. The male holotype is from Jamaica, W. I., St. Andrew 
Parish, Liguanea, November 14, 1957. The name of the species is 
a Latin adjective meaning “armed with a shield.” 
Description. Total length 1.8 mm (exclusive of extended spin- 
nerets). Carapace 0.73 mm long; 0.62 mm wide opposite interval 
between second and third coxae where it is widest; 0.27 mm tall; 
with four long, stiff, erect hairs between PME and upper part of 
steep posterior declivity; with several shorter hairs just behind PE 
and a few similar hairs elsewhere. Eyes: six in a compact group 
typical of the genus; posterior row very slightly procurved, measured 
by posterior borders and viewed from above; posterior row occupies 
about five eighths of width of carapace at that level. Ratio of eyes 
ALE : PME : PLE = about 7.5 : 7 : 7 (some asymmetry noted; 
long axis always used for measurements). ALE just separated from 
one another and with a long, slender bristle between them; only 
separated from PLE by a line; separated from PME by about three 
eighths of their long axis (Fig. 27). PME contiguous to one an- 
other and to PLE. Posterior row wider than anterior row in ratio 
of about 4:3. Height of clypeus equal to slightly more than diameter 
of ALE; clypeus with a row of four long, stiff bristles and with a 
pair of similar bristles in the middle below ALE. Chelicerae: ver- 
tical; essentially parallel; fairly robust; basal segment about .22 mm 
long; fang normal, moderately robust; no definite teeth observed 
along fang groove. Maxillae: strongly convergent, coming to lie 
