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to be slightly suggestive of an epigastric scutum but its outlines are 
very indistinct. Color in alcohol : carapace and legs above are a defi- 
nite yellow color; sternum, mouth parts and lower surfaces of the 
legs are a lighter yellowish; abdomen light purplish brown with a 
distinct, irregular reticulation dorsally and laterally; the cardiac 
region is nearly white through the first quarter; the venter is nearly 
white; some variation in color pattern has been noted on the two 
paratype males. 
Females. Several specimens are, apparently, either immature or 
dismembered to such an extent that an adequate description is re- 
garded as impossible. These females are probably correctly matched 
with the males, however, because of color pattern, general anatomical 
features, the eyes (Fig. 6) and the decorative feathery hairs on the 
palps. 
Diagnosis. The peculiar color pattern, the eyes and other general 
anatomical features seem to indicate a rather close relationship with 
Oonops reticulatus Petrunkevitch. The distinct features of the 
male palp definitely establish this as a new species. 
Records. One paratype male was taken with the holotype and 
another male was taken in the same locality in August, 1950. Five 
or six damaged or immature females were also taken in the vicinity 
of Boquete, Panama, August 4-1 1, 1954. 
Oonops tectulus sp. nov. 
Figures 7-9 
Holotype. The male holotype is from St. Augustine, Trinidad, 
W. I., April 9, 1964. The name of the species is an arbitrary com- 
bination of letters. 
Description. Total length 1.43 mm, exclusive of the somewhat 
extended spinnerets. Carapace 0.66 mm long; 0.48 mm wide opposite 
interval between second and third coxae where it is widest; 0.20 mm 
tall; gently arched from PME to beginning of only moderately steep 
posterior declivity; surface smooth and shining except posterior de- 
clivity where there are very fine transverse corrugations; with a 
sparse supply of moderately long hairs mostly removed by handling; 
with no evidence of a median thoracic groove or pit. Eyes: six as 
usual in a moderately compact group; posterior row occupies nearly 
entire width of carapace at that level and is rather strongly recurved. 
Ratio of eyes ALE : PME : PLE = nearly 6 : 6.5 : 6 . ALE 
separated from one another by nearly three-fourths of their long axis; 
subcontiguous to PME and slightly further removed from PLE 
