1970] 
Chickering — Erigone 
H3 
of the genus; epigynum somewhat distinctive (Figs. 28-28a). Color 
in alcohol : carapace, legs and mouth parts yellowish with variations ; 
sternum light grayish; abdomen yellowish white in general but slightly 
grayish especially on the venter. 
Diagnosis. This is another species which seems to be closely re- 
lated to Erigone tamazunchalensis Gertsch and Davis from Mexico 
but the features of the male palp, chelicerae and eyes establish it 
as a new species. 
Records. Four paratype males and nine paratype females are in 
the collection and all are from Boquete, Panama, August 4-1 1, 1954. 
Although there can be no certainty, the resemblance of these females 
to the holotype male seems to warrant their inclusion in this species. 
Erigone tepena sp. nov. 
Figures 29-31 
Holotype. The male holotype is from the vicinity of the School 
of Agriculture, St. Catherine Parish, Jamaica, W. I., November 23, 
1957. The name of the species is an arbitrary combination of letters. 
Description. Total length 2.09 mm. Carapace 0.97 mm long; 
about O.77 mm wide; nearly 0.33 mm tall in cephalic region where 
it is tallest; with a well defined median thoracic groove; no serra- 
tions observed along ventral margin; general features quite typical 
of the genus. Eyes: eight in two rows as usual in the genus; seen 
from above, posterior row slightly recurved ; anterior row quite def- 
initely recurved ; seen from in front, anterior row gently procurved 
and posterior row rather strongly so. Ratio of eyes AME : ALE : 
PME : PLE ~ 11 : 13 : 14 : 13. Slight differences noted between 
right and left sides and in contours. AME separated from one an- 
other by nearly their radius; separated from ALE by slightly less 
than their radius and from PME by nearly three-fourths of their 
diameter. PME separated from one another by nearly two-thirds 
of their diameter and from PLE by slightly less than that distance. 
Central ocular quadrangle wider behind than in front in ratio ot 
nearly 17 : 14; slightly wider behind than long. Height of clypeus 
equal to a little less than three times the diameter of AME. Cheli- 
cerae: with three minute cusps followed by two small teeth of me- 
dium size all in a row in the proximal two-thirds of each chelicera 
near the lateral side and with a well developed tooth near the 
promarginal row of four or five teeth ; the retromargin of the fang 
groove has several teeth but the exact number not determined because 
